Category Archives: Food sovereignty

Our Findings

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In the past week, our group continues looks into each of our own category: grocery stores, caterers, farmers, supermarkets, wholesalers and restaurants. Most of us now have a list of contact information on names and location of our potential donors and recipients. In addition, we made some clarification during our last meeting regarding the boundary of Greater Vancouver. Some of group members thought that Greater Vancouver includes Richmond, Burnaby, Delta and North Vancouver, so we make it clear Greater Vancouver only includes Vancouver; its the city of Vancouver. Most of us just use computer as our technique. Since its impossible to visit potential donors and recipients in person, most of us just did research online to come out with contact information and location. Here is some of our findings:

Donors:                                                                                                                        Grocery Stores                                                                                                                 Safeway 2733 W Broadway                                                                                                   Whole Foods Market 1675 Robson St

Caterers 
Savoury Chef 826 Renfrew St                       

Farms 
UBC Farm 346 Ross Dr
Southlands Heritage Farm 1675 Robson St

Wholesalers                                                                                                                             Real Canadian Superstore 3185 Grandview Highway
Costco Warehouses 605 Expo Blvd

Restaurants 
White Spot 1616 West Georgia Street

Coffee Shop                                                                                                                                   JJ Bean 3010 Main Street

Caterers 
Savory Chef 826 Renfrew St
Farmers UBC Farm 346 Ross Dr

Recipients:                                                                                                                             Non-profit Organization                                                                                                Quest Food Exchange 2020 Dundas Street & 611 East Hastings                                      Sheway 533 East Hastings

In the upcoming week, we will start brainstorm how we going to present our project. We will continue communicate with our community partners to see if they have any preference or idea on how they want us to present our finding. Right now, we thought of either create something like Google Map with all name and location labeled and present in PDF format or we can map out our finding on a physical map of Greater Vancouver. Food processors are hard to find, so we will work together and get help from other groups. Hope by the end, we can present a useful map that complacent the expectation of our community partners.

Introduction to LFS 350

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The Land, Food, and Community series is a number of classes that the students of UBC Land and Food Systems take every year.  The students of Land Food and Community II (LFS 350; formerly known as AGSC 350) complete extensive projects on food security issues in British Columbia.  Students work in groups of 6 or 7 to explore issues within their assigned communities and themes, and team up with members of the community to tackle these issues.  In this way, students can engage in their education by learning from community partners and immersing themselves in “real world” situations outside the classroom.  Community Partners can learn about what students are doing and learning at UBC, and can work with students to make a positive impact on their organizations and communities in terms of food security.  The Land and Food Series classes are unique from most other university courses as they emphasize teaching as a “community of learners” and community based research instead of top-down instruction and research.  Students learn from the teaching team, their peers and the communities of British Columbia making for an education that bridges university academics with real world issues.