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Now hiring North Shore Table Matters Network Coordinator

North Shore Table Matters Network Coordinator Job Description The North Shore Table Matters Network is a network of people who live, work and eat in the communities that make up Vancouver’s North Shore.  We bring together citizens, community organizations, local businesses, government, and schools, and undertake projects and initiatives to help grow a sustainable food […]

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Food Policy Resource

Online map charts North Shore food resources

Ben Bengtson  /  North Shore News A new online map could help North Shore residents take stock of their collective pantries. Table Matters and Vancouver Coastal Health, with input from local partners, have developed an online food asset map that lists North Shore organizations that offer services and goods such as low-cost meals, subsidized groceries, […]

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2016 Annual Report

2016 was a year of building organizational capacity and dreaming big for the future! Check out our one-page 2016 Report to learn more: North Shore Table Matters Network 2016 Report

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Collaboration Food Charter Food Rescue Scaling-up Food Rescue

Breakfast is Served!

Students at Sherwood Park Elementary School are getting a nutritional head start to school, thanks to an innovative program led by Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) in partnership with Table Matters, Food Lens and Harvest Project. For roughly the past decade, Tsleil-Waututh Nation has offered a breakfast program for Tsleil-Waututh Nation children and has seen first hand […]

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Table Matters has a new Coordinator!

It is my pleasure to announce that Jennifer Meilleur is the first North Shore Table Matters Network Coordinator. Jenn has a passion for food issues including sustainability and food security. Jenn comes with experience on the steering committee and brings skills in communications (and technology!), organizing and strategic thinking. Her Table Matters email address is […]

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Edible Garden Project

Cool Drinks -Sustainable Urban Farms & Gardens

We will be covering the theme of urban farming, particularly how municipal policies and innovative community projects are helping to expand urban and foster sustainable food supplies. The following presenters are confirmed: *Alex Kurnicki, City of North Vancouver–Introduce policies aimed at increasing farming and a stronger local food system *Karen Morton, EcoUrbia Network–Discuss the proposed Klee Wyck […]

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Employment

Table Matters Coordinator Posting

North Shore Table Matters Network Coordinator Position 2016 The North Shore Table Matters Network is hiring a Coordinator! We need a community development professional with planning skills to support the Principal Chair and Steering Committee in setting and fulfilling our 2016/2017 plan. We also need help with maintaining connections with our stakeholders, communications and administration. The position […]

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North Shore Food Recovery: Table Matters to the Rescue

Plan H, a project run by the BC Healthy Communities Society funded the North Shore Table Matters Network to pilot a food rescue project. The project is complete and Plan H staff wrote a wonderful summary of the project. You can find it here http://planh.ca/tablematters    

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B.C. farmers to get tax credit for food bank donations

B.C. farmers who donate surplus food to food banks, charities and school lunch programs are now able to claim a tax credit, Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick announced on Thursday morning. The credit is worth 25 per cent of the fair market value of the qualifying agricultural product donated to a registered charity by individuals and […]

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B.C. agriculture and food classification laws streamlined

Staff | 0 comments B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has introduced legislation that builds on a government commitment requiring foods labelled as organic be certified by a provincial or national program by 2018. Bill 11, the Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act, replaces three older pieces of legislation. Beginning in 2018, producers, processors and handlers of […]