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Home-grown food: BC and Canada

August 26, 2009 by Mike Soron

In the 1970s, British Columbia produced about 86% of our vegetables. Today, the number is 43% for vegetables and about half for food in general. During the Second World War the region was essentially food self-sufficient, says Harold Steves in the Tyee’s Lots of Food, but for How Long?. We know we can do it, [...]

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Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems: a closer look at one community

Thumbnail image for Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems: a closer look at one community April 10, 2009 by Jon Steinman

What does it take for a community to redefine how it accesses food?
The answer is likely different for every community, however, most North American communities are structured quite similarly and a snapshot of a recent gathering of over seventy people in Nelson, B.C., lends an ideal example of who and what’s required to better localize [...]

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Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems II/Backyard Chickens VI

Thumbnail image for Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems II/Backyard Chickens VI April 6, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient now features Deconstructing Dinner, an award-winning weekly radio podcast about local and international food issues brought to you by Kootenay Coop Radio CJLY FM in Nelson, British Columbia. You can download the latest episode here, stream it Part II in a series featuring recordings from the 2009 Community Food Matters Gathering.
Over the [...]

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Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems

Thumbnail image for Hosting a Community Dialogue on Local Food Systems March 30, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient now features Deconstructing Dinner, an award-winning weekly radio podcast about local and international food issues brought to you by Kootenay Coop Radio CJLY FM in Nelson, British Columbia. You can download the latest episode here, stream it here or subscribe to it on iTunes.
Over the past few years, Deconstructing Dinner has involved [...]

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Regional Autonomy & Community Ownership: BC MLA Corky Evans says ‘farewell’

Thumbnail image for Regional Autonomy & Community Ownership: BC MLA Corky Evans says ‘farewell’ March 24, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

The following is the farewell speech from British Columbia M.L.A. Corky Evans on the subject of his retirement from the legislature. I’ve followed Evan’s career with interest, and it is clear that his political philosophy embodies much of our own at the New Resilient. Conrad St. James Evans has always been a fierce advocate for [...]

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“Wild Cities” – EcoMetropolitanism’s ambitious vision

January 29, 2009 by Mike Soron

Every trip I take to Vancouver I am overwhelmed by the city’s urban space and natural surroundings. Perhaps it is because I call bland and poorly-planned Calgary my home — but, I’m not alone. North America — and especially its planning community and urbanophiles — seem to be infatuated with Vancouver. Simply put, the City [...]

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Bird flu outbreak in BC’s Fraser Valley?

January 23, 2009 by Mike Soron

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking into some sickly turkeys at a 50,000-strong bird farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. Early testing suggests H5-type avian influenza. Several nearby farms have been placed under quarantine.
H5N1 influenza, a highly pathological subtype, killed nearly 250 people in Asia, Africa and Europe in ‘04 and ‘05 and [...]

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