How You Can Support UBC Farm

If you have time to write letters in support of UBC Farm, please note the following information:

Important Food Security Workshop on the Future of UBC Farm -Please Register ASAP

Over the following weeks UBC will be making a decision about the future of Vancouver's last working farm - the UBC Farm (and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems.) The UBC Farm is a unique asset to the city and region. It provides students and the broader community the opportunity to learn hands-on about how changes in the way food is produced and distributed are a key piece in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating climate change, and in creating healthy local communities and economies.

To see the kind of innovative programs that UBC Farm offers from school garden programs, to an urban Aboriginal community kitchen, to a student-run farmer's market, to apprenticeships in organic agriculture, to a diverse array of research, please check out their website:

http://www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm

How to Get Involved:

UBC Campus Planning will be holding a workshop (possibly in April or May) on food security and South Campus (where UBC Farm is located). It appears that this will be the only opportunity for the public to have input on the future of UBC Farm before UBC Campus Planning releases proposed options for the future development of South Campus. The person to contact to register for the workshops ASAP is Joe Stott. His number is 604.827.5157. If they tell you that the workshops are full, you may want to suggest that they make them available to more people.

Friends of the Farm meetings take place every Tuesday night at 6 pm in the Student Union Building at UBC in room 211. All are encouraged to attend. You can check out the Friends of the Farm website at: http://www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/friendsubcfarm/Site/Home.html

Finally, if you would like to tell the President of UBC, the Board of Governors, Campus Planning and Metro Vancouver about your support for the UBC Farm, please write them a letter at:

Stephen J. Toope
President and Vice-Chancellor
Office of the President
The University of British Columbia
6328 Memorial Road
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2

Nancy Knight
Associate Vice President Campus & Community Planning
The University of British Columbia
102 - 2210 West Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4

The UBC Board of Governors
c/o Reny Kahlon, Acting Secretary
6328 Memorial Road Vancouver, V6T 1Z2

UBC/GVRD Joint Committee
c/o Paulette Vetleson,
Corporate Secretary
4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, V5H 4G8

Dr Murray Isman
Dean & Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia
2357 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4


And it would be great if you could send one to the farm for their records, too:

UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia
2357 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
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