Jul 24th, 2024 | Community Farm Working Group

Jul 24th, 2024 | Community Farm Working Group

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Community Farm Working Group July 24th, 2024 | 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. PDT Zoom Online Gathering Register Now Are you interested in the idea of developing a community farm in our area? Do you have ideas of what this should look like? Who this should include? or how it should operate. Join the L2T Community Farm Working Group, and help us develop recommendations to put forward to the Regional District of the North Okanagan for the creation of a community farm at the BX Ranchlands. We will be choosing an August meeting date during this meeting. If folks cannot attend but wish to join the working group, please contact Sammy at hello@landtotablenetwork.com for updates and future invitations to meetings. .
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Jun 26th, 2024 | Rural Food Banks Study Webinar

Jun 26th, 2024 | Rural Food Banks Study Webinar

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Rural Food Banks Study Webinar June 26th, 2024 | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PDT   Zoom Online Webinar Register Now Land to Table is proud to share results from a Rural Food Banks Study completed in collaboration with Community Connections (Revelstoke) Society, and four rural food banks in the Interior. The study was undertaken to help understand and co-develop solutions to the unique challenge of feeding people in rural communities in British Columbia in the face of increasing demand for food bank services. Register for the upcoming Rural Food Banks Webinar and join us as we facilitate a conversation with the four participating food banks on Zoom on June 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PDT. The purpose of this session  We are excited to to co-host a discussion sharing…
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Mar 6th, 2024 | In-Person Community Food Security Session

Mar 6th, 2024 | In-Person Community Food Security Session

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In Person Community Food Security Session March 6th, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PST   Schubert Centre, 3505 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2E6 RSVP by Feb 28: Hello@landtotablenetwork.com As a valued member of the community addressing needs through food (including growing food and in some cases donating food), Land to Table (L2T) would like to invite you to the in-person 2024 Community Food Security Session on March 6th from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. PST at the Schubert Centre in Vernon. Lunch, coffee/tea, and snacks will be provided. The purpose of this session  This Community Food Security Session is designed to offer an opportunity to reconnect in order to better understand the nuanced challenges and increased community need across the food security sector in the North Okanagan. At this…
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Jan 10th, 2024 | Growing for Community

Jan 10th, 2024 | Growing for Community

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Community Food Security Session: Growing for Community January 10th, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST (online)  Register now! What is this event? This session is designed for institutions, organizations, and programs interested in purchasing local food for the upcoming growing season and local farmers. The focus will be on creating growing agreements between farmers and local food organizations and schools, aiming to secure reliable end markets for farmers while providing fresh, local, and affordable supply for local organizations and institutions. Why should you come? Your attendance at this event will offer networking opportunities to connect with end-markets and farmers. Your voice will play a crucial role in shaping how these agreements are written and managed, including mutually beneficial price expectations. There will be opportunities for in-person/zoom follow-up meetings to…
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Oct 4th, 2023 | Collective Impact through Needs & Strength Mapping

Oct 4th, 2023 | Collective Impact through Needs & Strength Mapping

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Community Food Security Session: Collective Impact through Needs & Strength Mapping October 4th, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST (online)  Register now! What is this event? Join fellow food access program providers and key food actors from across the region 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…
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Sep 16-17, 2023 | BX Farm Tour

Sep 16-17, 2023 | BX Farm Tour

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3rd Annual BX Farm Tour A tour of the food, farms and sights of Vernon’s BX region. On September 16th and 17th, you’re invited to “Know Your Farmer, Explore the BX”—to connect with local food, to better know your farmers and how they are farming, and to explore all the BX has to offer. The BX is a rich agricultural region with lots of walking and hiking trails and is the perfect place to get out and explore your own backyard. The BX Farm Tour is hosted by the farmers of the BX, with support from the North Okanagan Land to Table Network, Tourism Vernon and other local partners. Learn more
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May 12, 2022 | BX Open House

May 12, 2022 | BX Open House

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In 2021, The Institute for Sustainable Food Systems (ISFS) and the Land to Table Network of the North Okanagan (L2T) were contracted by the Regional District of the North Okanagan (RDNO) to prepare a 5 year development plan for the BX Ranchlands parcel at 4122 East Vernon Rd. The site is a valued community resource for agriculture, recreation, and conservation. In order to explore these interests further, ISFS and L2T worked with the RDNO and local stakeholders to draft a plan for the site that will maintain community access while supporting ecological well-being and encouraging agricultural opportunities for local farmers and growers.  Watch a Video on the Proposed Development Plan You can click button above for a detailed overview of the plan or you can download a summary of the…
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April 20, 2022 | Learning Circle: Whole System Perspectives

April 20, 2022 | Learning Circle: Whole System Perspectives

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We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming and final Learning Circle Series session looking at: Systems Perspectives.  This discussion will highlight the key points that we have learned in the series so far, and will ask panelists to help us further define and understand the complex/system issues that continue to impact local food procurement (at institutions), and how we create new systems that are sustainable in the long term.  We invite you to join us for this upcoming session over Zoom, Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (PST). Speakers will include (but are not limited to): Panelist Lindsay Harris, Kamloops Food Policy Council Panelist Brittany Maguire, Meal Exchange David Speight, UBC Food Services Register here to join us for this upcoming session over Zoom, Wednesday, April…
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March 22, 2022 | Learning Circle: Aggregation & Distribution

March 22, 2022 | Learning Circle: Aggregation & Distribution

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Over the past year, Land to Table (L2T) and UBC Okanagan have partnered in collaboration with the Institute for Community Engaged Research (ICER) to undertake a local food procurement pilot project.  As a part of our ongoing exploration into existing modes of institutional local food procurement, we are hosting a series of three learning circle sessions. Our first session (Feb 2, 2022) Institutional Perspectives, featured discussion on procurement logistics and relationships, the values that guide decision-making, how partners balance cost, and how institutions engage with students. Please find the recorded session here.  Our upcoming session, Aggregation & Distribution will feature farmer and aggregator/distributor perspectives on supplying to and working alongside institutions. In this session panelists will share different models for aggregation/distribution; the values that shape those models, financial challenges and…
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May 19, 2021 | L2T Processors Meet Up (Online)

May 19, 2021 | L2T Processors Meet Up (Online)

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Wednesday, May 19th | 7 - 8:30pm | Zoom In January we met with over a dozen local food processors —for industry updates and networking— and agreed that May would be a great time to reconnect. We had hoped to meet at the BX Cidery but alas, COVID is still very much with us. Before the nice weather and long days call you away from the computer, we hope that you will plan to join us, along with the Small Scale Food Processors Association, on Wednesday May 19th at 7-8:30pm. Join via Zoom from the comfort of your home for a jam-packed agenda, including: IntroductionsPresentation from Kristina Bouris of Feed BC - sneak preview of the new Value Chain Innovation ServiceOk/Shu listserv launch - for food processors across the Okanagan…
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