Save the date! The next VFPC meeting is:
Thursday, April 29, 6pm,
Virtually (WebEx)
Link to the meeting can be accessed here.
Join in and say hi for our last meeting of the term! We’ll be wrapping up with a continued discussion on the urban farming guidelines, as well as a reflection on the accomplishments and progress achieved in food policy in the past year.
Agenda Overview:
Opening (welcome, intros, housekeeping) ……………………………. 6:00 – 6:15pm
Liaison Updates ………………………………………………………………… 6:15 – 6:30pm
Liaison Updates ………………………………………………………………… 6:15 – 6:30pm
- Councillor Bligh
- Councillor Wiebe
- Commissioner Dumont
- Trustee Gonzalez
- Rebecca Till (Park Board staff)
- Rachel Telling (Sustainability Staff)
- Caitlin Dorward (Social Policy Staff)
Working Group Updates …………………………………………………….. 6:30 – 6:45pm
- Leadership team
- Food waste
- Food cultivation and urban agriculture
- Children and youth
- Development/retail
- Community Food Programming
Urban Farming Guidelines ………………………………………………….. 6:45 – 7:30pm
- The Urban Farming Working Group has put together a draft motion framing the history of urban farming and to ask council to remove barriers to urban farming.
BREAK ……………………………………………………………………………… 7:30 – 7:45pm
Transition to New Term ……………………………………………………… 7:45 – 8:15pm
Transition to New Term ……………………………………………………… 7:45 – 8:15pm
- Housekeeping items
- Update on works in progress from working group to be continued in new term.
Closing Remarks ………………………………………………………………… 8:15 – 8:30pm
- Term in review.