Regional Food Policy Planning

LifeCycles goal is to provide leadership and support for the development of a common vision and articulated plan for a healthy localized food system in the Capital Region. In addition LifeCycles aims to support networking and capacity building initiatives to strengthen our Island-based agri-food sector.

The primary focus of LifeCycles’ Food Policy work is to support an ongoing collaborative process to develop a Regional Food Charter and Food and Health Action Plan (project called Putting Food and Food Policy on the Table). This work is done under the direction and support of a joint advisory committee of the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable and the Healthy Communities Subcommittee (HCSC) of the Roundtable of the Environment of the Capital Region District.

LifeCycles on behalf of the above collobrative coordinates a participatory multi-sector process to identify and articulate current opportunities and challenges in the region.

Resources:

• Making Food Matter: Putting Food and Food Policy on the Table - 4th edition of the CR-FAIR Newsletter, March 2008
• Making Food Matter: Putting Food and Food Policy on the Table - 3rd edition of the CR-FAIR Newsletter, Dec 2007
• Capital Region Food and Health Action Plan - 2007-2010 - December 2007
• Making Food Matter: Putting Food and Food Policy on the Table - 2nd edition of the CR-FAIR Newsletter, April 2007
• Making Food Matter: Putting Food and Food Policy on the Table - 1st edition of the new CR-FAIR Newsletter, Dec 2006
• Final Report, Phase 1: Putting Food and Food Policy on the Table, Oct 2006 (pdf)
• Fact Sheet: The Real Cost of Food, May 2004 (pdf)
• Fact Sheet: Food Decisions Shape our Community, Sept 2004 (pdf)
• A Baseline Assessment of Food Security in British Columbia's Capital Region, March 2004. (pdf)
• Making Food Matter Report from the Food Forum - 2003 (pdf)
• CR FAIR-Brochure (pdf)

 

Community Food Action Planning

The Community Food Action Planning Initiative works closely with different communities in establishing programs designed to help them maintain a close connection to their food security. This is done through initiating projects that secure access to supplies of good quality local food through affordable, healthy, environmentally sound and culturally appropriate food supply and distribution systems. Citizens, local government, community organizations, the private sector, researchers and academic institutions work together to address challenges and opportunities for local food security. Look at the different case studies to see which communities are involved and what sorts of programs they have started.

Supporters

Thank you to our funders:

• Environment Canada Ecoaction
• CRFAIR