Resources

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Our Farmlands, Our Foodlands, Our Future: A Call to Action and Toolkit (PDF)

Other Documents from the Focus on Farmlands Conference

• Strategies Employed on Farmland Accessiblility Issues in the CRD
• Key Players Working on Farmlands Issues
• Key Players Meeting Report April 08.pdf
• Available Tools and Resources on Farmlands.pdf
• Summary 2008-09 TLC Agriculture Projects

Power Point Presentations

• Ione Smith: Living on the Edge



• Jim LeMaistre: Strengthening Farming Program in British Columbia



• Wanda Gorsuch: Farm and Futures - Local Government Toolkit for Agriculture




Available Tools and Resources on Farmlands Accessibility, Productivity and Preservation

Draft Agricultural Land Use Inventory-District of Saanich	Regional Agrologist  Rob Kline Rob.Kline@gov.bc.ca
Capital Region Agriculture Backgrounder Agrologists Tour 2008
Capital Regional District Agriculture Overview
Draft Toolkit for Municipalities for Farmland planning              Community Farms Program for BC:  Putting Farmland into sustainable production	Ramona Scott, TLC Jason Found Heather Pritchard Farm Folk City Folk ramona@conservancy.bc.ca
Join Smart Growth BC's ALR Watch Listserv (send email)	SmartGrowth BC www.smartgrowth.bc.ca
BC's Agricultural Land Reserve - A Legal Review of the Question of Community Need (2007)
Citizens Guide to Protecting Agricultural Land in BC (2005)
State of the ALR Report (2004)
An Agriculture Strategy for the Saanich Peninsula (1997)	Saanich Peninsula Agricultural Strategy Committee, Bob Maxwell fieldstonegarlic@shaw.ca
Farmland Forever:  reshaping the Agricultural Land Reserve for the 21st Century www.davidsuzuki.org/files/SWAG/DSF-ALR-final3.pdf	David Suzuki Foundation
Protecting the Working Landscape of Agriculture:  A smart Growth Direction for Municipalities in British Columbia (2005) www.wcel.org/wcelpub/2005/14233.pdf	Deborah Curran West Coast Environmental Law www.wcel.org
Establishing Your Community Farm Trust :  Legal Tools and Comparative Models www.elc.uvic.ca/documents/ELC-Community-Farm-Trust-Handbook.pdf
Public Amenity Benefits and Ecological Services Provided to Local Communities in the Fraser Valley: The Case Study of Abbotsford, BC	MAL and Strengthening Farmers Program http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/resmgmt/sf/index.htm
BC’s Food Self Reliance:  Can BC’s Farmers Feed Our Growing Populationwww.smartgrowth.bc.ca/Portals/0/Downloads/selfrelience2006.pdf
Planning for Farming www.agf.gov.bc.ca/resmgmt/sf/factsheets/factsheet5.pdf
Agricultural Advisory Committees (AAC)
Agricultural Area Plans
Edge Planning
GIS and Agricultural Land Use Inventories
Support for Local Governments Planning for Agriculture
Subdivision Approving Officers Toolkit
Trails in Farm and Ranch Areas
Publications related to Planning for Agriculture
Acts of Interest
The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Act
The Local Government Act
The Farm Practices Protection Act-(Right to Farm Act)