An interview in this week’s Monday Magazine called “Seeding the Future” talked about the upcoming regional food-security forum, Food Matters! This is the third annual forum of its type, and it will take place Friday, March 13. There will be a series of workshops “ranging from increasing food access for low-income households to the expansion of the FoodRoots program and the possibility of a downtown market,” as well as keynote speakers such as farmers and land managers from surrounding communities.
The interview was with Linda Geggie, organizer of Food Matters!, and she was asked five questions pertaining to what the forum would cover. Basically the event is trying to highlight the achievements over the past few years and plan for the future of the food on Vancouver Island. Geggie said that they hope to gain knowledge from local seniors on things like gardening and food preservation, both of which have seemed to become lost arts but are now making a comeback.
I think this Food Matters! forum would be a wonderful opportunity to get involved in the community and expand one’s social capital. There will be numerous local land owners with lots of knowledge on important issues regarding local food production, and people can learn a lot as well as talk about what they feel is important for Vancouver Island’s food security. The forum runs 2-7 p.m. Friday, March 13, at the Burnside-Gorge Community Centre, and admission is $15.
Source: Threlfall, J. Seeding the Future. Monday Magazine. Victoria, BC.
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