Local food project : Strategies for increasing food security on Vancouver Island

To learn more about the Local Food Project, to access this summary report and each of the Strategy Area Reports, as well as a number of digital stories and other resources created through the Local Food Project please go to the Vancouver Community Research Alliance website at 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following report provides a summary of the reports created by the stud [...] Acknowledgement and appreciation for the time and support provided by the advisors for each of the strategies: Jenny Horn and Jennifer Mullett for the Climate Change and Food Security Strategy; Lorenzo Magzul and Linda Geggie for the Urban Agriculture Strategy; John Rampanen, and John Marton for the Indigenous Food Systems Strategy and Ken Babich and Sandra Mark for the Institutional Purchasing St [...] We also thank the academics from the five institutions that contributed to, and provided comments and feedback on the final results, and finally thanks to the Steering Committee for their role in advising and guiding the Local Food Project. [...] In light of climate change impacts on both local and global agriculture, and the economic fragility of our island farm and food processing and distribution sector, the sustainability of our current food system is in question. [...] However, high land values, increasing labour and input costs, and loss of processing and distribution infrastructure, coupled with a shrinking farming population has threatened the viability of the local food system on the island and 8 consequently threatens food security of the local people (Scott, 2004).