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Food Policy Council

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The Vancouver Food Policy Council

The Vancouver Food Policy Council (VFPC) is comprised of individuals from all sectors of our local food system, including food production, processing, access, distribution, consumption and waste management.

Membership includes people with a variety of different backgrounds such as, nutritionists, food wholesalers and distributors, food retailers and grocers, managers of non profit organizations and academics engaged in the food system. This multi-disciplinary group creates an innovative forum for discussion and action towards building a food system that is ecologically sustainable, economically viable and socially just. It is built upon collaboration between citizens and government officials who come together to work together on food policy initiatives. The primary goal of the Food Policy Council is to examine the operation of a local food system and provide ideas and policy recommendations for how it can be improved.

Vision for the Vancouver Food Policy Council

The Vancouver Food Policy Council will support the development of a just and sustainable food system for the City of Vancouver that fosters sustainable equitable food production, distribution and consumption; nutrition; community development and environmental health.

A Just and Sustainable Food System

A Just and Sustainable food system encompasses a wide range of issues associated with jurisdictions ranging from the local (e.g., Farmers Markets, community gardens and food banks) to the regional/national (e.g., Health, nutrition, agriculture, agri-food policy, natural resources, fisheries), to the global (e.g., International trade agreements, climate change impacts on agriculture). While recognizing the interconnections between food issues at different geographical scales, the focus of the work plan proposed by the Vancouver Food Policy Council has a strategic focus on areas that are within the jurisdiction of the City of Vancouver.

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