Meeting

The next Food Policy Council meeting will be

Wednesday January 14th 6-8:30 pm
Strathcona Room at City Hall

We have a packed agenda, as usual, and guests are welcome.

Claire Gram, Regional Coordinator of Vancouver Coastal Health's Healthy Communities & Community Food Security program will be presenting about what VCH is up to.

By making sure that all people, at all times, have access to adequate amounts of safe, nutritious, culturally appropriate foods, produced in an environmentally sustainable way and provided in a manner that promotes dignity*, Vancouver Coastal Health is working towards a healthier tomorrow for communities, families and individuals.

Vancouver Coastal Health is working in partnership with communities across the region to address food security issues. Currently, there are 8 local Community Food Action Initiative (CFAI) committees in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

My name is Trish Kelly, I'm the co-chair and a member of the Vancouver Food Policy Council.

We hope that this blog will help you understand what the VFPC is up to.

After each Food Policy Council meeting, I will post an entry about the most exciting parts of the meeting.

The next VFPC meeting is Wednesday November 12th at 6pm. As our usual meeting room at City Hall is booked, we're meeting at the Social Planning office.

This month's meeting, we're seeing a presentation by members of Environmental Youth Alliance www.eya.ca, and a presentation from Alex Chisholm on Urban Agriculture. VFOC members will report back on various projects including our research into Backyard Chickens, Biofuels and their impact on food security, and our upcoming food security forum.