Network Notes

BC Food Systems Network information Pamphlet
Reports from the annual Sorrento Gatherings
- New! More than 100 adults and a dozen children gathered at the Sorrento Conference Centre from September 14-16th, 2007, for the eighth annual Sorrento Gathering of the BC Food Systems Network. The theme for this year was The Power of Food Systems: Forging Strong Relationships. Read the Summary report of the Sorrento Gathering 2007. We are grateful to the many participants who contributed to creating and collecting notes from the numerous interesting and useful workshops. Read the Workshop Notes.
- Read the Report from Sorrento 2006: Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming Our Local Food Systems. Download the Food (r)Evolution Zine. Please note that this is an extremely large document to download (2.9MB pdf)
- Read the Sorrento Gathering 2005: Land and Food Report.
- Read the Sorrento 2004 Conference Proceedings; Review the Workshop Notes; Read a brief report from the event.
- Read the Sorrento 2003 Report. Note that this is a large file for downloading (1.28 MB).
- Read the Sorrento Gathering 2002 - brief notes.
Press Releases from the BC Food Systems Network
- Open Border Should Not Change Policy. With the border to the USA finally open to Canadian cattle, the BCFSN proposes that we should not forget the lessons learned. Read the full document, July 2005.
- The Wolf is at the Door for Canadians. Almost 15% of Canadians are considered as living in food insecurity. But this statistic is just the tip of the iceberg. Read the BCFSN response to the statistics and identification of some of the underlying causes of food insecurity, May 2005.
Miscellaneous reports for the Network
Read the Final Report from the Action for Food Security Project: Food Security - Population Health and Community Development, which ran throughout the province of British Columbia from 2000 - 2002.