Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable and
CRD Roundtable on the Environment- Food and Agriculture Subcommittee invite you to:

Food Matters! Annual Regional Forum on Food Security

Please join us to learn, network and celebrate the progress made by local people, organizations, government and farm and food producers in the realm of food security over the past year.

Welcome - Chris Clement, Mayor of Esquimalt, Vice Chair of the CRD Board

If we could bump the spending of each CRD resident on local food and farm products by 25%, we would be a model community for food security in North America. But do we have the agricultural capacity? Will rising land prices, lack of on-farm labour and increasing regulation stand in the way of the 100 Mile Island Diet? What is our road forward?

Restaurateur David Mincey and farmer Lyle Young of Island Farmhouse Poultry will provide food for thought on the supply and demand of local foods.

Other highlights:

• work and achievements in the area of urban agriculture, food distribution systems, farmland classification and First Nations feasts and community health,
• the opportunity to meet with others involved in food issues,
• an organic local dinner and entertainment,
• award presentations to recognize food security heroes!

Dinner compliments of CR-FAIR, entertainment by the Cloverpoint Drifters.

Date: Friday, March 14, 2008
Time: 2:15 pm - 7:00pm
Location: Victoria City Hall, 1 Centennial Square

Please RSVP to 383-6166 or info@communitycouncil.ca by March 11, 2008 (only 100 seats for this delicious dinner!).

For more information contact: info@communitycouncil.ca

Are you involved in local food issues? You are welcomed to bring brochure/information sheet for distribution at event.