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Growing Green
Sustainable Food Policy & Legal Reform
Project Partners:
FarmFolk/CityFolkWest Coast Environmental Law
Liu Institute for Global Issues (UBC)
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What is Growing Green?
• Two-year law & policy reform project on sustainable food systems funded by Canada’s Voluntary Sector Initiative & Tides Canada
• Focused on Southwestern BC: exurban Vancouver & Victoria
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Project Objectives
• Develop in strategic areas, practical law & policy models & reform proposals
• Strengthen capacity of voluntary organizations to contribute to law & policy
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Project Team
• West Coast Environmental Law(Lawrence Alexander), Mark Haddock
• FarmFolk/CityFolkHerb Barbolet, Kathleen Gibson
• Liu Institute for Global IssuesEvan Fraser, Kristina Bouris
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Case for Growing Green
• Food system produces environmental services• Food system needs to produce more
environmental services to be sustainable• Wide spectrum of solutions proposed, including:
– Help sustainable farmers by removing regulatory barriers
– Prepare ‘Plan B’ to current reliance on cheap fuel– Overhaul system; build a local food economy
• Growing Green: reforms that offer meaningful progress towards all three
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• Over 50 potential projects identified in collaboration with farm, food, & voluntary organizations
• Priorities shaped & determined with advice from Reference Group, based on:– Requested by voluntary sector group?– Can Growing Green can add value?– Practical, useful, & doable?
Strategic Law ReformDetermining project priorities
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• Making sustainable food systems work
• Making sustainable food systems pay
Strategic Law ReformPriorities
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• Community-based food councils in GVRD, CRD
• Model Official Community Plans & Bylaws
• Junk food in schools (with Environmental Law Centre)
• Provincial public health legislation• Small-scale food processors
Strategic Law ReformMaking sustainable food systems
work
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Making long-term land management pay
• Co-farming/multi-family housing• Farmland trusts & conservation
covenants• Organics & regulated marketing• Farm labour practices• Farm leases
Making ecological practices pay• Ecological services: incentives & rewards
Strategic Law ReformMaking sustainable food systems
pay
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Ancillary Projects
• “Think piece” on BC agri-food• Voluntary sector tools• Case studies
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Ancillary Projects
“Think piece” on BC agri-foodFarm & food businesses, other aspects of food systems that are off government radar/fall between cracks
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Ancillary Projects
Voluntary Sector Tools• Manual on basics re input to government• “Mind map” of food systems• Research/resources on state-of-art praxis
re community-based food councils• Workshop “Policy Input 201” for
agri-food voluntary sector organizations
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Ancillary Projects
Case Studies• Engeler Farm• Noble Food & Education Centre• Local sourcing for school food
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Project Promotion
• Growing Green presentations• Conference presentations• Launch event March 2004• Communications strategy• Web site• List serves
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Project PromotionGrowing Green presentations
Federal govt, Ottawa, April 2003• Office of Auditor General• National Round Table• Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada• Voluntary Sector Initiative
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Project PromotionGrowing Green presentations
Provincial/local govt, Apr-Sep 2003 • Agricultural Land Commission• BC Agriculture Council• Capital Regional District• Environment Canada/Cdn Wildlife Service• Ministry Agriculture, Food & Fisheries• Ministry Sustainable Resource
Management• Ministry Water, Land & Air Protection• Provincial Health Officer
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Project PromotionConference presentations
• Salt Spring Island Farmers Institute• GVRD Economic Strategy for Ag/Lower Mainland• UBC Agroecology Forum • Land Trust Alliance 2003 AGM• Leading Edge Conference: Stewardship &
Conservation in Canada• Economics Co-ops course, Bologna, Italy• BC Food Systems Network 2002 & 2003
Conferences • Community Food Security Coalition 2003, Boston• National Food Security Conference 2004, Winnipeg
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Project PromotionLaunch Event March 2004
• Interactive final report• Wrap & evaluate project, plant seeds• Showcase work of voluntary sector
partners• Day-long forum with
– Keynote address– 3 workshops– Introduction of tools– Participatory evaluation
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Project Promotion
Communications strategy• Preliminary work with IMPACS
Web site• www.ffcf.bc.ca/GrowingGreen.html
List serves
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Project OverviewReport Card
• Actual policy & law reform proposals & results?
• Stronger policy capacity in agri-food voluntary sector organizations?
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Project OverviewReport Card: Policy
• GVRD: recommendations made to Task Force, Task Force to draft food policy & plan
• CRD: recommendations to be summarized• OCPS/bylaws: models to be summarized
(with Smart Growth help)• Junk food/schools: recommendations to be
summarized (with Env. Law Centre help)• Public health: ideas submitted through CNC• Small-scale food processors: recommen-
dations, Emilia Romagna paper to come
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Project OverviewReport Card: Policy
• Farmland trusts: recommendations made to LTA & Salt Spring partners
• Organics/regulated marketing: policy options offered to organics partners/coalition
• Farm leases: partners’ support sought for amendment
• Farm labour practices: identify priorities• Ecological services: policy options
summarized, need implementation strategy
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Project OverviewReport Card: Voluntary Sector
Capacity
• Contacted over 65 organizations• Working with ~10 strategic partners• “Sharing the Benefits” Program• Tools• Roles• Links
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Project OverviewReport Card: Voluntary Sector
Capacity
Key Strategic Partners• Lower Mainland Food Coalition: re-convened
coalition, assisting input to local/regional govt
• CR-FAIR: expanding coalition, assisting with input to local/regional govt
• SSFPA: assisting with strategy & positioning re MAFF, Investment Agriculture
• COABC: linking to BC Marketing Board review
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“Sharing the Benefits” Program 1/2Fostered policy dialogues with/for:• BC Food Systems Network• COABC• Land Trust Alliance• POLIS Project• Small-Scale Food Processors Association• Your Local Farmers’ Market Society
Project OverviewReport Card: Voluntary Sector
Capacity
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Project OverviewReport Card: Voluntary Sector
Capacity
“Sharing the Benefits” Program 2/2Proposing policy dialogues with:• COABC: meet with organics coalition• CR-FAIR: action workshop re Capital
Region Food Council• District A Farmers’ Institute: pilot
farmland trust project• POLIS Project: ecological services
incentives for farmers in GVRD, CRD• PICSS: farm labour co-op
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Project OverviewReport Card: Voluntary Sector
Capacity
Tools• Advisory memos (strategy, tactics)• Blueprints (for govt, for circulation)Roles• “Honest broker” roles between voluntary
sector & government agenciesLinks• New policy links & partnerships between
NGOs, legal & academic communities
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Project OverviewReport Card: Strengths/Weaknesses
Strengths• In-person outreach• Effective in providing ideas to partners• Flexibility: taking advice & opportunities• Reference Group: useful tips, guidance• Project team: strong mix of skills• Demonstrated useful new partnership
models• Attracted attention & great volunteers
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Project OverviewReport Card: Strengths/Weaknesses
Weaknesses• Priorities hard to integrate coherently• Too many issues – spread too thin?• Little connection with AAFC, APF• Drawn into some voluntary sector politics• Advisory role -> limited control over
outcomes• Lack of broadcast project communications
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Project OverviewProposed Policy Focus/Effort to Mar
2004
Major effort• GVRD: long-term food policy & plan• CRD: baseline food security assessment,
proposal for food council• Organics coalition: policy options input to
specialty programs review• “Think piece” on BC alternative agri-food• Voluntary sector tools
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Project Overview Proposed Policy Focus/Effort to Mar
2004
Minor effort• OCPS/bylaws: models summary• Junk food in schools: policy
recommendations• Public health: grassroots links• SSFPA: lessons from Emilia Romagna• Farmland trusts: pilot project startup• Farm leases: amendment filed• Farm labour practices: action plan• Ecological services: implementation
strategy
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Project OverviewAfter Growing Green: new
initiatives?
• Community food councils in GVRD, CRD• Farmland trust pilot on Salt Spring• More on Emilia Romagna models for BC• Business case for BC “alternative” agri-
food• Ecological services programs in GVRD, CRD• LEED farm program• Agri-food specialist at WCEL• National healthy eating challenge