2012, 2014 Urban Food Strategies instructs a 2-day intensive course on community food systems geared towards mid-career professionals. Course modules cover a broad basis including community food systems foundations and frameworks, food access & security, food, health, & the built environment,...
2015, 2016 Food isn’t just about what we eat. Eating is only one part of a vast and highly complex global system that grows, processes, packages, markets, and ultimately discards food. Regrettably, today’s industrial food system is failing not only our...
2012 The Urban Farming Guidebook is a practical resource for enabling farming in and around towns and cities. Urban Food Strategies developed content and facilitated focus groups with four municipalities to create the guidebook. The guidebook provides a resource to help realign...
UFS team members led background research, focus group facilitation, and content development to compose a guide for municipalities to better understand and integrate farmers markets into BCs towns and cities....
2015 Surrey BC is home to many new to Canada residents. As part of creating a welcoming environment, the City of Surrey supported the development of a community garden specifically focused on creating community space for people new to Canada. With...
2016 Urban Food Strategies led a process to develop a comprehensive “how to” resource for municipalities developing food policies and practices in their respective jurisdictions. Intended for an international audience, this guide sets out a performance-based framework for developing food policies and...
2013 UFS, in a project led by Greenchain Consulting, provided visioning facilitation leading to Phase 1 feasibility testing for establishing an agri-food distribution hub in the North Fraser Region. The hub is one of several economic development pilot projects funded by...
2015 In collaboration with Greenchain Consulting, Urban Food Strategies engaged stakeholders in a process to determine if a food hub was feasible for the Township of Langley, one of the most agriculturally rich and productive areas in BC. Despite a good...
2016 Urban Food Strategies, in collaboration with Greenchain Consulting, Sustainability Ventures, and TRU Consulting, conducted a comprehensive assessment of the feasibility of a downtown market for Kamloops. Through engaging stakeholders, reviewing best practices from other jurisdictions, and making calculated projections, the...
2014 Urban Food Strategies, in collaboration with Joaquin Karakas, developed and agrihood concept brief and plan that examines in detail the conversion of a 200 acre golf course site into a large farm integrated with smaller growing spaces in a residential...