Local Food Festival at the UBC Farm!!

In conjunction with International Eat In/Act Out Week
(see below), we
will be celebrating the bounty of local food by
inviting the community
to come down and have a local food picnic on the Farm,
from 9-1 on
Saturday August 6th. We will be serving traditional
bannock, grilled
veggies, homemade blackberry pie, and more. Other
features will
include:
honey tasting and beehive tours, live music, heaps of
u-pick
blackberries, the UBC Farm Market, and face painting.
Come down and join us for a country in
the city morning/afternoon.


August 1st -7th
International /Eat In, Act Out/ Week**
*A Global celebration of local, healthy food and
communities*

*August 1st -7th * 2005, fill-up your* picnic basket*
with fresh,
local ingredients and join us! Join hundreds of
thousands of people
across the province of BC and the world to celebrate
the 1st
International /Eat In Act Out/ Week.

Initially launched by the non-profit organization,
/The Food Project/
(www.thefoodproject.org
<http://www.thefoodproject.org/>), /Eat In Act
Out/ Week is a series of events happening worldwide to
promote local,
healthy food and communities...a week to celebrate our
local economies,
our rural communities, and recognize the magnificent
work of our local
farmers and food producers- globally.

/Eat In Act Out/ refers to using local food, cooking
food yourself
instead of eating fast food or take out, and taking
action to
positively
change our food system. Through /Eat In Act Out/ Week,
The Food Project
hopes to:

1) Encourage everyone in our communities to eat
locally and think
critically about their food choices

2) Build a sustainable food system where everyone has
access to
affordable healthy food

3) Highlight the capabilities and importance of youth
in this movement

4) Engage youth in positive forms of social activism

5) Strengthen its connections, and build the movement
by working
together on an international event

**Here’s a perfect, low-maintenance, fun, social event
for community
garden associations, neighbourhood associations,
co-operatives,
non-profits, families, and citizens across BC*****

*August 1^st -7^th ,* organisations across BC will
encourage their
members to fill-up their basket with fresh, local
ingredients, cook a
tasty meal, and bring friends, family, and neighbours
to their
favourite
park, farm, or community garden for a
socially-responsible
picnic...imagine town wide, citywide picnic
celebrations of our urban,
sub-urban, and rural food-producing communities-
across the province of
BC.

And, watch-out for the *green ribbons*! At markets in
Vancouver,
Victoria, Kamloops, Penticton, Prince George, and
Abbotsford, teams of
dynamic volunteers will be distributing green ribbons
for people to
wear
August 1^st -7^th , to catalyse province-wide
conversation about the
importance of eating locally and supporting our local
growers.

Please, spread the word!

*In BC, this pilot initiative is being made possible
by the BC
Association of Farmers’ Markets
(www.bcfarmersmarket.org
<http://www.bcfarmersmarket.org/>), the BC Ministry of
Agriculture and
Lands, Your Local Farmers' Market Society
(www.eatlocal.org
<http://www.eatlocal.org/>), the Vancouver Food Policy
Council
(www.vancouver.ca/foodpolicy
<http://www.vancouver.ca/foodpolicy>),
Oxfam Canada (www.oxfam.ca <http://www.oxfam.ca/>),
Small Potatoes
Urban
Delivery (www.spud.ca <http://www.spud.caom>), Capers
Community Market
(www.capersmarkets.com
<http://www.capersmarkets.com>), and the UBC
Farm
(www.agsci.*ubc*.ca/*ubcfarm*/
<http://www.agsci.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/>).

--
Gavin Wright
Outreach and Education Coordinator, UBC Farm
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia

Street Address: 6182 South Campus Road Mailing
Address: 2357 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Phone: 604-822-5092 Fax: 604-822-6839
website: www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm

farmteam@...


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