The impact of the pandemic has been felt differently across the Columbia Basin and farming sectors. In order to better understand its impacts and how to provide the supports for adaptation and stronger farm businesses, we have created a survey to learn how last year went and what is being planned for the year ahead.
Nine months in, we have all mostly become resigned to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is almost hard to remember a time when it did not dominate our lives and all the news sources. However, in the early weeks and months of the pandemic in Canada, we were all navigating in the dark, or at least without a lot of light to shine on the right path forward. The Food Policy Council established Pandemic & Food Roundtable with the goal of supporting those involved in food systems (farmers, food processors and businesses, non-profits, local government) who live and work in the Columbia Basin to discuss our work, our challenges and to help find a path forward in this pandemic…
Join us for the next monthly Pandemic & Food Systems Roundtable happening on Thursday December 3rd from 1:30-3:00pm Pacific / 2:30 – 4:00 Mountain. These monthly meetings provide space for those involved in food systems (farmers, food processors and businesses, non-profits, local government) who live and work in the Columbia Basin to discuss our work, our challenges and to help find a path forward in this pandemic – for the immediate and the long term.
Join us for the next monthly Pandemic & Food Systems Roundtable happening on Thursday November 5th 1:30-3:00pm Pacific / 2:30 – 4:00 Mountain. These monthly meetings provide space for those involved in food systems (farmers, food processors and businesses, non-profits, local government) who live and work in the Columbia Basin to discuss our work, our challenges and to help find a path forward in this pandemic – for the immediate and the long term.
In the late 1990’s, I spent the better part of 2 years educating people about how to grow, make, and preserve food in their own homes. It was part of a pro-active measure taken by my then employer, the Kootenay Country Store Cooperative in Nelson BC, to respond constructively to the concern that many were feeling about the possible havoc that Y2K might wreak. Then, as now, people were concerned about the security of their food supply—though less so about toilet paper. If no fuel was available to run the trucks that bring so much of our food, how could we best protect and prepare ourselves locally? …
