Join us March 11th for our next Council Meeting
Join us for our next Central Kootenay Food Policy Council Meeting on Thursday March 11th from 10 – 11:30am PST via Zoom.
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2020 Annual Report
Check out our hot-off-the-virtual-press 2020 Annual Report and read about all of the amazing work we’ve been able to do over the past year in collaboration with our partners and with support from our generous funders…
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New Regional Food Hub in the Creston Valley
Last week, the BC government announced support for a new food hub in the Creston Valley. This is an exciting announcement for both the Creston Valley and the Central Kootenay region that will bring increased opportunities for farmers and food producers as well as strengthen food security in the Kootenays…
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Kootenay Organic Growers Society AGM
On February 21st, 14 of our region’s farm leaders in the organic sector came together for the Annual General Meeting of Kootenay Organic Growers (KOGS). As became clear through the various reports from the Board, the organization is in a very positive place…
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Celebrating Kootenay Organic Growers
I started attending Kootenay Organic Growers meetings shortly after a group of farmers came together to form it in the mid 1990’s. The idea was to create a farmer-run organization that would allow local access to certification, keep the costs down, and allow farmers to distinguish themselves from other claims in the marketplace…
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Celebrating Diversity, Supporting Choice
I came out as queer in 1993. It had been a long journey, recovering from a childhood marked by sexualized violence that kept me from any notion of sexual choice. When I had finally healed enough to understand who I truly was, it felt amazing. But it was also scary….
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Survey: Farming in a pandemic
The impact of the pandemic has been felt differently across the Columbia Basin and farming sectors. In order to better understand its impacts and how to provide the supports for adaptation and stronger farm businesses, we have created a survey to learn how last year went and what is being planned for the year ahead.
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Evidence-based Food Policy Project Wraps up
Our two year project exploring how to use evidence to support resilient food systems in the Central Kootenay wrapped up in December 2020.
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Food Justice & the Food Policy Council
In January 2020, the Food Policy Council committed to integrating into our work programming focused on systemic racism and food. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted our plans for 2020, just as it has done to everyone, everywhere. Nevertheless, the urgent need to understand how systemic racism is manifested in food systems has only been highlighted by the events of 2020…
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Five Years On
Five years ago, on December 12th, the Paris Climate Agreement came into being. It gave people hope that at long last the political leaders of countries around the world were taking climate change seriously enough to set ambitious targets that reflect the gravity of the existential threat that faces the planet. In the intervening years we have seen a few measures taken that reflect the seriousness of the crisis before us…