Please join Liz Blakeway, Network Director for Land to Table, as she reflects on the challenges and opportunities of network and system building during both the pandemic and climate disruption.
Liz will talk about lessons learned from the past year’s work to create a food system network for the Village of Lumby and better understand the opportunities for food security and Village-owned ALR land use. Reflections will include:
- What does it mean to engage the agricultural and civic community around community identified needs during a time of disruption?
- How do we maintain momentum, to build on existing community food system goals while also fostering trust in community wisdom?
- How does community engaged research lend itself to responsiveness and capacity building?
- What role can community (L2T) organizations and university partnerships (ICER) play, to support local government food system aspirations and efforts?
Land to Table is a regional food system network, based in the North Okanagan, working to build a thriving, healthy, just and resilient regional food system that nourishes and connects people, sustains livelihoods, regenerates the environment and builds community. In collaboration with network partners, L2T builds the network (e.g. through communications, dialogue and events) and carries out projects that strengthen and support the local food system.
Land to Table was a recipient of a 2021 ICER Community Research Award.
Questions? Email: icer.ok@ubc.ca
