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https://youtu.be/cNcQEl2KypI?feature=shared Recap: Rural Food Banks Study Webinar On June 26, 2024, Land to Table hosted a webinar to highlight the significant results and recommendations of the Rural Food Banks Study. This study was conducted in partnership with KPU’s Institute for Sustainable Food Systems (ISFS) and Community Connections (Revelstoke) Society, involving four rural food banks in the Interior: Golden, Invermere, Revelstoke, and Sicamous. The study aimed to address the unique challenges faced in rural food access programs.  Access our Rural Food Banks Study (PDF) Twenty-one people attended the webinar from across the province, including food bank representatives from Armstrong, Merrit, Pemberton, Agassiz-Harrison, Kimberley, Lake Cowichan, Penticton, Chemainus, and Gabriola.  Purpose of the Webinar The purpose of the webinar was to: Present an Overview of the Study Purpose and FindingsLand to Table…

Recap: 2024 Community Food Security Planning Session Land to Table hosted its second annual in-person Community Food Security Planning Session on March 6, 2024. A gathering of 27 individuals from 21 different organizations and institutions who work on building community food security throughout the North Okanagan and neighboring Shuswap region. Who was there? Food Security Orgs and Institutions in the region. The day was filled with networking, sharing, learning, and creative brainstorming of what the future of food security could look like in our community through collaborative efforts. To start, attendees participated in a networking activity to get to know each other. “Land to Table is a network and look what’s been created, it’s a true network and it’s creating those connections” Linda BoydPublic Health Dietician As a group, we…

Food Security Session: Growing for Community This month, 14 participants representing various farms and food access agencies gathered for another Food Security Session focused on growing food for the community. Participants were encouraged to Connect through a roundtable introduction; Learn, as Land to Table shared examples of growing agreements and the context for why we are focused on growing agreements right now; and to Participate, through discussion regarding their reactions, sense of barriers, and expectations based on examples shared and what to work on locally. Ultimately, the goal for this session was to inform further thinking about how to develop growing agreements in our region (e.g. format, approach, considerations for success). Connect In a roundtable style, 14 participants shared their food system/work affiliations and what they wanted to learn about…

Recap: Collective Impact through Needs & Strength Mapping This month, key food actors from across the region gathered for our first Community Food Security Session to identify opportunities for collective impact through mapping our strengths. In the face of what our neighbouring communities just experienced through wildfire this summer (and remembering our experience from two years ago), and based on what we have heard about the community and organizational response (especially when it comes to food for fire evacuees) - it is clear that we are more effective and resilient when working in collaboration. This has us thinking about our community resilience, including how we prepare for, respond and rebuild when there is an emergency or disruption. In a roundtable style, participants shared their organizations’ strengths or “assets” that could…