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Links to agricultural census statistics, macroeconomic statistics (employment, investment etc.), BC farm financial statistics (e.g., income, bankruptcies, taxes paid etc.), environmental statistics (e.g., water use, environmental protection), listings of top agricultural commodities in the province, and statistics on selected fruits and vegetables, supply-managed commodities, and food and beverage products.
 

Site dedicated to sharing information, ideas, inspiration, and news that affects our food supply, foodshed, and the health of our local as well as global community. Features interviews with chefs, foodies, activists, farmers - anybody who has something to say about food and the way it is produced, perceived, marketed, eaten, distributed.

Kate Manchester is the publisher of “Edible Santa Fe”, a quarterly publication that celebrates the abundance of local foods, season by season.

BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (MAL) and the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALC), May 2008 (17 pages).

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800100-3_ALR_and_Influence_on_Ag_in_Kelowna.pdf

Map and listings of contact information for individual markets across BC. Produced by the BC Association of Farmers Markets, 2008 (2 pages).

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Directory_of_BC_FarmersMarkets08.pdf

Important essay by global peak oil expert Richard Heinberg. Combines macro-level analysis of the world's food security dilemma in light of climate, energy and environmental trends, with a call to the sustainable and organic agriculture movement to lead the world with "a focus on averting famine under crisis conditions".
Global Public Media - Public Service Broadcasting for a Post-Carbon World (a project of the Post-Carbon Institute); Dec 2007
 

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whatwillwe_eat_astheoilrunsout.doc

Backgrounder on sludge use in food production (4 pages). Describes what hazardous substances may be present in sludge, the risks to human health and the environment, ways to minimize your exposure, and ways in which the government can do more to reduce risk. By Marie Kulick, Institute for Agriculture and Trade.
 

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smart_guides_on_sludge_use.pdf

Q&A document (9 pages). British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board, Oct 2005.

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specialty_review_qa.pdf

Brochure (3 pages).
Meat Industry Enhancement Strategy, BC Food Processors Association. Feb 2006
See website of BC Food Processors Association (www.bcfpa.ca) for more information about meat processing, regulations, abattoir planning, food safety, waste management etc.
 

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MIES_brochure_feb06.pdf

Site with LOTS of curriculum resources (grade levels K-12). Most are print and can be ordered off website. Most are free.

BCAITC also offers farm tours, school visits by a literacy-promoting horse, a potato-growing program for schools that don't have gardens ("Spuds in Tubs"), and a week-long Summer Institute for teachers. And they run the BC Fruits and Vegetables program which delivers BC-grown fresh fruits and vegetables to school children for snacks.

Produced by COABC (Certified Organic Associations of BC) this site has a VERY EXTENSIVE organic news archives, as well as audio & video resources, and information on organic farming production (livestock, vegetable, fruit, specialty crop, greenhouse) as well as connections to great resources on soil, marketing, farm equipment, organic farm certification, on-farm food safety, small scale food processing, and how to use your computer and the internet.