By Lisa De Paoli Silos to Systems was a South Cariboo Community Planning Council workshop presented in partnership with Interior Health in October 2015. It was facilitated by BC Healthy Communities Society (BCHC) on behalf of the PlanH program. It brought together...
Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiative Roundtable (CR-FAIR) is a coalition of organizations working to strengthen regional food security and our local food system, from farm gate to dinner plate. Learn more about how collaboration is the key to success in this...
Oliver Elementary runs a Farm to School program that not only sustains itself, but also turns a small profit. Marji Basso, the school’s lead liaison for the program says that over the last six years, running the Farm to School Program has provided the school with...
The Following Story has been reprinted with permission from the BC Food Security Gateway website: bcfoodsecuritygateway.ca The Edible Garden Project mentors community members to grow food and balances donating and selling their produce affordably to local community...
Chilliwack Council has adopted the Outdoor Public Spaces Smoking Regulation. The bylaw went into effect on October 1, 2015. The purpose of the bylaw is to regulate smoking on or within outdoor City owned public spaces, including parks and trails, within the city of...
This article in The Lancet by Alessandro R Demaio and Johan Rockström links human and planetary health. The piece outlines how healthier diets can have a co-benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full text here.
