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A Taste of What's To Come: Food Sovereignty Declared in U.S. City

Sedgwick, Maine has done what no other town in the United States has done. The town unanimously passed an ordinance giving its citizens the right “to produce, process, sell, purchase, and consume local foods of their choosing.” This includes raw milk, locally slaughtered meats, and just about anything else you can imagine. It’s also a decided bucking of state and federal laws.

Behind the scenes, Canada is negotiating a trade deal with Europe that has the potential to undercut the local food movement as well as farmers' capacity to use their own seeds.

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A brief story on CBC News website taking note of the trend to local and organic at Thanksgiving

The Fraser Valley Food Network is a burgeoning group bringing together local community food tables to work together to eliminate hunger and create food security for all residents of the Fraser Region (Burnaby to Boston Bar).

The upcoming election in BC is a chance to address the new meat regulations that have caused havoc to small-scale farmers throughout BC. This video is focused on the North Okanagan region of BC, where many farmers are impacted. The new regulations have increased our reliance on industrial foods and reduced the amount of organic and ethically raised meat produced in the region. We would like to see a campaign across BC and urge all citizens to contact their local MLAs regarding this issue.

Advocates for land stewardship and organic farming; brings together farmers for education and advancement of sustainable practices; helps Northern Plains farmers convert their farms to organic systems; increases the region's land grant research in organic and sustainable agriculture; helps protect the integrity of the organic label; promotes healthy trade relationships in the organic industry; and helps develop local food systems in
North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, as well as neighboring states of Iowa, Wyoming, and Nebraska.

The Leopold Center is dedicated to exploring and cultivating alternatives that will secure healthier people and landscapes in Iowa and the USA.
 

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society is a non-profit society that works with farm & city to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. We develop and operate projects that provide access to & protection of foodlands; that support local, small scale growers and producers; and that educate, communicate and celebrate with local food communities.
 

Sustainable Table celebrates local sustainable food, educates consumers on food-related issues and works to build community through food.

The Chefs’ Table Society of British Columbia is a province-wide collaborative dedicated to creating a foundation for the exchange of information between culinary professionals. Their website has an interactive forum for the exchange of information between chefs, restauranteurs and others.