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MICHAEL POLLAN'S OPEN LETTER TO USA PRESIDENT-ELECT

Pollan urges new administration to overhaul America's fossil-fuel dependent food system. Read the entire article in The New York Times (8000 words). Or read a summary of Pollan's article on TreeHugger.

And good news, since he won, it looks like Obama read Pollan's article.

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CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who participated in the GET LOCAL challenge!
(October 1 to October 16th, World Food Day) The Winners of our Challenge are Jennifer Pentland (Dinner for 2 at the deliciously local Pair Bistro ) and Katie McNiven Gladman (a $100 Gift Certifcate from spud!)

Download the Get Local Challenge Registration Form
Download the Get Local Challenge Poster

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Get Local website shares prize with FarmFolk/CityFolk's Knowledge Pantry

Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver award for Best Literary Sustenance.

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SEPTEMBER – Eat Local Month in the City of Vancouver

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September 18 - CHEF MEETS GRAPE

BC food designed for BC wine.

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October 1 – 31 Eat BC!

fresh. local. tasty. British Columbia.

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Capers Whole Foods Markets donates over $13,000 to Get Local! Details.

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UBC Farm Needs Your Support! Click here to find out how you can help.

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MEET YOUR MAKER: Where Food Producers and Food Buyers Find Each Other

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 in Vancouver. Click here to watch a clip of the event.

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Product of Canada, eh?

CBC Marketplace uncovers the truth.

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Deconstructing Dinner: "The Eat Local Challenge" in Nelson, BC

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Get Local project launches in Vancouver

(August 28, 2007 – Vancouver) Lower Mainland consumers are being urged to Get Local as part of a campaign from retailers, restaurants, growers and community groups to encourage people to choose locally grown food.

Launched today surrounded by local food and drink, Get Local is a grassroots promotional and public awareness campaign to stimulate public support for locally grown food and raise awareness around “food miles”, the environmental and economic benefits of buying locally produced foods and products, and the businesses that offer them. Get Local grew out of a ‘think tank’ with 40 organizations last fall organized by FarmFolk/CityFolk Society and Your Local Farmers Market Society.

Read More (pdf)

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Check out the new Get Local Postcards

The Get Local project has a new postcard series. The postcards, available in English, Chinese and Punjabi, describe the benefits of eating local, while directing the public to the Get Local website for more information.

The Postcards are part of the wider Get Local project, and will be distributed throughout the lower mainland.

Download them here:

English (pdf)

Chinese (pdf)

Punjabi (pdf)

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