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Edible Garden Project- Seedy Saturday

The Edible Garden Project has arranged a Seedy Saturday! Join us to exchange or buy organic seeds, vegetable seedlings, strawberry plants, and composted manure. Meet local seed growers, check out the Seed Library, and learn to save your own seeds.  When: Saturday March 1st, 2014 1pm-3pm Where: North Shore Neighbourhood House Inman Room – 225 East 2nd […]

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New app from B.C. farmers helps you buy local

A new smartphone app from B.C.’s farmers can tell you which local foods are in season, where to find them in your neighbourhood and even how to cook them with advice from celebrity chefs. “No matter where you are in B.C., you can use the app to find what local foods are around you,” said […]

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Start-ups, organizations take on America’s food waste challenge, PBS NewsHour

Start-ups, organizations take on America’s food waste challenge | Video | PBS NewsHour | PBS. In the last few years, other companies have sprung up to tackle the food waste problem while also trying to make a profit. Start-ups like Food Cowboy and Crop Mobster connect food suppliers who have excess fresh produce to organizations […]

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North Shore Food Security Resources Inventory

Vancouver Coastal Health is launching 2014 by updating an inventory of North Shore food security resources/programs that was previously done in 2010. A food security resource/program can be any of the following: Community kitchen or cooking club Community garden Food buying club Meal program (breakfast, lunch or dinner service) Charitable food program (food bank) Farmers’ […]

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Bees Die-off Linked to Neonicotinoid Pesticides

Bees, moving amongst flowers, pollinating fruits and vegetables in the garden, a happy scene, becoming increasingly at-risk.  Bees are dying at unprecedented rates while large chemical-producing companies maintain their products do not directly kill bees.  However, a bee collecting pollen from exposed plants suffers lowered immunity and impaired memory, leaving them unable to return home.  […]

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Food Charter

Proposed North Shore Food Charter

The North Shore Food Charter has been developed by the Table Matters Committee through public consultation. It has not yet been officially endorsed or passed by any municipality on the North Shore. This Charter outlines a vision and principles around an integrated food system for the North Shore. It articulates shared community principles related to […]

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Table Matters: An Evening of Dialogue 2013

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North Shore Food Charter Draft Process

Proceedings of the Annual Forum, November 22nd 2012 Introduction Over the last 4 years, Table Matters, the food security network on the North Shore has held annual forums to engage stakeholders in moving the food system on the North Shore towards greater food security. The focus of the forum held in November 2012 aimed at […]

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Food Charter and Policy Council Proposed

Table Matters Network: North Shore Food Charter and Food Policy Council In recent months and years, municipal councils have seen an increasing number of delegations and had requests from a range of community groups around food ranging from community gardens, to bees, to urban farms to municipal green waste. CNV Council has committed to developing […]