Regional Food Campaign

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Local Food as a Provincial Campaign

This is part of theCollective Action Working Group

The Campus Climate Network is partnering with the BC Government Employees Union (BCGEU) and the BC Food Systems Network to work on a provincial food campaign. The main idea is connecting our activists with their activists, to work on collective campaigns.

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Project ideas

Please add stuff on if you want...

  • map of historical food patterns in B.C. (see what was grown 50 years ago
  • the Growing School Programs. (BCGEU could talk to BCTF and see if we can get them on board)
  • local food resource guides people are at different levels across the province. JOe suggests, contacting local food directry (100 mile diet society, and lifecycles.) Need to be aware that not everyone has internet. And there is room for improvement

Minutes

April 3, 2008 In attendance: Tria Donaldson, Emily Menzies, Joe Menton(Common Energy), Cliff (BCGEU), Darryl(BCGEU)

  • Common Energy local food festival will have a passport idea so people will go around and go see stuff. If you get over
  • the Campus Climate Network is interested, just strapped for time
  • idea of sending a letter to encourage working together. signed by BCGEU, Campus Climate Network, and BC Food Systems Network
  • BCGEU update: trying to get our members and partners across the province working with Campus Climate Network. They have staff at colleges across the province. They will be meeting with their folks to discuss working with us on individual contacts

-*Sustainable High Schools: project of Sierra Club, and SYC. Works on institutionalizing sustainability and empowering youth. working on mentorship, and developing a collaborate. Working on Growing Schools program. See potential for the network to bring project to the province.

ideas for programs:

  • map of historical food patterns in B.C. (see what was grown 50 years ago
  • the Growing School Programs. (BCGEU could talk to BCTF and see if we can get them on board)
  • local food resource guides people are at different levels across the province. JOe suggests, contacting local food directry (100 mile diet society, and lifecycles.) Need to be aware that not everyone has internet. And there is room for improvement

Action Items:

  • will develop a list of people working on food issues regionally, by region to make it easier to connect.
  • will write letter (Cliff, tria)
  • Tria will work on developing a food section on the campus climate network wiki


October 23, 2007

Seven Question Tool for a Provincial Local Food Campaign

What are the needs that this project will address?

  • The need for a locally produced food system throughout BC, one that is less dependant on fossil fuels for transportation and packaging, one that supports our local economies and farmers

What problems can we solve to address these needs?

  • Lack of coordination between local farmers and food distributors or outlets
  • Lack of community gardens and edible landscaping on campuses
  • More mass purchasing from community-supported agriculture
  • Having contractors who are taking on local food initiatives at one school (such as Chartwells at SFU) extend those initiatives to other schools (such as Douglas)

What do we need to know to solve this problem?

  • What are some of the commonalities between campus food systems that we can come together on?
  • How much food is already being procured locally? What is the average food mileage for each campus?
  • Which food items are being imported that could be procured locally?
  • How can menus be changed to more accurately reflect what’s in season?

Who should we ask to get this information?

  • Campuses where food initiatives have taken off (SFU – Candace, UVic – Joe, UBC – Liska)

How are the decisions that affect this problem made?

  • Aramark, Chartwells, UBC Food Services - make decisions independently of administration or school
  • Gardens and edible landscaping - unions, operational staff; land-use policies of school (BoG?) or municipality

Who do we need to engage to make this change?

  • Food contractors at each campus
  • Large and small distributors

What is it going to take and how are we going to do it?

  • Food purchasing policies changed
  • Changed land-use policies of school grounds and in municipality
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