| Welcome to Growing
Green!
Growing Green is a two-year (2002-04) law, policy
and regulatory reform project focused on sustainable food
systems for southwestern British Columbia.
Its goals are:
- to develop practical recommendations for law, policy
and regulatory reform in strategic areas and
- to strengthen the capacity of voluntary sector organizations
to contribute to agri-food policy development.
In addition to policy
recommendations and policy
tools for the voluntary sector, the project will
produce "think
pieces" regarding BC food systems, and a number
of case
studies.
The premise
of the project is that although BC farms provide important
ecological services (to soil, water, air, and habitat), they
need to provide more such services for BC food systems to
be truly sustainable.
The project publicly wraps up March 12, 2004 with a day-long
policy forum in Vancouver called Putting Policy on the Table:
Building sustainable food systems in Southwestern BC. Its
objectives are to:
- Highlight voluntary sector projects that are influencing
sustainable food system policy, law and regulations in BC
and elsewhere
- Provide participants with practical tools and techniques
they can use to influence policy change
- Celebrate the accomplishments of the Growing Green
project
- Discuss strategic directions for sustainable food system
initiatives in BC
- Strengthen the network of people working towards sustainable
food systems for southwestern BC
Growing Green is funded by the Voluntary
Sector Initiative of the federal government (through
Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada), and by Tides
Canada.
Growing Green benefits from the advice of an expert
Reference
Group . The Project
Team is drawn from three partner organizations:
West
Coast Environmental Law, FarmFolk/CityFolk
Society, and the Liu
Institute for Global Issues.
Link to PDF documents
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