food security

Where is the social justice in our food movement?

hgies — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 05:28:41 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Dinner & discussion on food justice

Je Août 21

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Trout Lake Community Centre (Grandview Room)

Adresse:

3360 Victoria Dr, Vancouver

Coût:

Dinner by donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

le contact de l'organisatrice:

Coalition of Progressive Electors: cope@cope.bc.ca

Space Accessibiity:

The venue is wheelchair accessible.

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Lien:

http://cope.bc.ca/food-justice/

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Guerrilla Garden Party!! Soil, Seeds, and Seedlings

Kelsey Corbett — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:17:21 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Get your hands dirty with the Purple Thistle's Guerrilla Gardeners!

Di Avr 7

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Purple Thistle Community Gardens

Adresse:

975 Vernon Drive

Coût:

FREE!!!!

le contact de l'organisatrice:

ki2freedom@gmail.com

Space Accessibiity:

We have woodchips which make wheelchairs very difficult to maneuver around. We are very sorry and are working on this!

Lien de carte:

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&pc=FACEBK&mid=8100&rtp=adr.~pos.49.27611_-123.0786_.Guerrilla+Gardeners+of+the+Purple+Thistle._%23260-975+Vernon+Drive%2C+Vancouver%2C+British+Columbia+Unceded+Coast+Salish+Territory&cp=49.27611~-123.0786&lvl=16&sty=r&rtop=0~0~0~&mode=D&FORM=FBKPL2&mkt=en-US

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Lien:

https://www.facebook.com/events/623787270968744/

Time to put the beans and squash back into the ground. Come this Sunday to help out! There will be beautiful humans, friends to make, and food to eat!

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Fall Zine

pdriftmier — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:09:17 +0000

Downtown Eastside Right to Food

The Right to Food Zine produces a podcast to correspond with each zine published. the RTF Zine is based at the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House, in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories, Canada.

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Fall Podcast

pdriftmier — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:47:55 +0000

Downtown Eastside Right to Food

In this podcast:

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Site C Would Destroy Prime Farmland, Fuel Fracking & Tar Sands

Common Sense Canadian — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:33:08 +0000

At a recent event in Vancouver, biologist and Peace Valley Environment Association representative Diane Culling discussed the enormous consequences of the proposed Site C Dam - including the flooding of prime farmland at a time when the province faces major food security challenges.

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Joe Foy on Why We Don't Need Site C Dam

Common Sense Canadian — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:32:18 +0000

At a recent event in Vancouver, the Wilderness Committee's Joe Foy picked apart the BC Liberal Government's faulty case for Site C Dam - discussing better alternatives to power our future needs and the enormous cost of a dam whose real purpose is to subsidize shale gas and coal mines.

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Voices for BC's Environment - Highlights from the "Take Back Our BC" Tour

Common Sense Canadian — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:15:35 +0000

Highlights from two recent "Take Back Our BC" Tour events on November 7 - in Courtenay and on Quadra Island. Featuring Rafe Mair, Alexandra Morton, Damien Gillis, and John Snyder from CoalWatch Comox Valley.

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Local Food Fraud?

Deconstructing Dinner — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:51:34 +0000

An exclusive behind-the-scenes investigative report taking an in-depth look into alleged local food fraud

www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/090210.htm

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Local Food Fraud?: An Investigation

Deconstructing Dinner — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:45:35 +0000

[note: this video is a complimentary piece to Deconstructing Dinner's 1-hour radio/podcast episode www.cjly.net/deconstructingdinner/090210.htm]

An exclusive behind-the-scenes investigative report taking an in-depth look into alleged local food fraud.

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Vancouver Fruit Tree Project: Season Kick Off Party

samb — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:25:26 +0000

Titre secondaire:

fundraiser for VFPT: harvesting and sharing fruit in Vancouver

Je Juin 24

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Little Mountain Studios

Adresse:

195 East 26th Vancouver BC

Coût:

$3-5 sliding scale, fundraiser, all ages

le contact de l'organisatrice:

info@vancouverfruittree.com

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Lien:

http://vancouverfruittree.com/

Since 1999, the Vancouver Fruit Tree Project has harvested and shared over 25,000 pounds of fruit. Come celebrate the start of a new season of fruit sharing in the city! There will be lots of fine, fruit-lovin' folks to chat with, and we can all cut a rug to the toe-tappin' tunes provided by Harold Donnelly and his band of fine friends.

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