Author: urbanfoodstuff
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Urban food recommendations to the Premier’s transition team
Thursday November 7, 2024 | VICTORIA, BC As part of the continuing work of Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) to improve the availability and effective distribution of natural-grown food in urban communities, our group has respectfully submitted these recommended action items for consideration for inclusion in the appropriate Minister’s mandate letters in the 43rd…
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Composting your Halloween pumpkins!
Thursday October 31, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC We hope you will give your pumpkin a second shot at making a special contribution to Halloween. First as a jack-o-lantern, and then as part of the growing season for next year by including it in your compost bin. You’ve already gutted out the pumpkins and saved the…
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UFRIS at the WorkBC Jobs Fair Sept 2024
On September 26, 2024 the Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) participated in the WorkBC Jobs Fair in Langford. We introduced three possible volunteer or paid-project opportunities: Neighbourhood Pod Connector | Community Garden Ambassador | Workshop Host. During the four-hour event we answered questions non-stop about the importance of growing natural food in urban spaces,…
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We chatted about urban food growing at the Sooke Night Market
Saturday August 17, 2024 | SOOKE, BC It was a busy night at the Sooke Night Market on Thursday August 15 on the grounds of the Sooke Region Museum. Our Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) info booth was there for the three-hour event. We had lots of great conversations with visitors to our booth,…
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Urban Food Resilience info booth at Sooke Night Market Aug 15
Friday August 9, 2024 | Vancouver Island, BC On Thursday evening August 15, 2024 Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) will have an info booth at Sooke Night Market, 5 to 8 pm (on the Sooke Region Museum grounds, 2070 Phillips Rd, Sooke). Drop by to find out more about the UFRIS goal to facilitate…
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Mid-summer UFRIS panel explores urban food growing, emergency storage
July 28, 2024 | VIEW ROYAL, BC By Mary P Brooke, B.Sc. | As first published by Island Social Trends Exploring ways to mobilize more municipal action around food-growing and storage in urban communities was the focus of a four-speaker panel in View Royal last week. The highly-informative July 24 two-hour panel event was organized by…
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Urban Food Panel addresses municipal food-growing capacity
NEWS RELEASE – July 23, 2024 Urban Food Panel addresses municipal food-growing capacity LANGFORD, BC. The role of municipalities in providing suitable infrastructure for the growing of natural food in urban spaces is essential now in these times of increasing food prices and emergency scenarios. The Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) was launched in…
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Urban Food Panel July 24, 2024
A panel of experts will discuss urban food growing and emergency storage at a free Urban Food Panel on Wednesday July 24, 2024 in View Royal. The 2-hour panel will hear from four speakers covering topics like soil regeneration, infrastructure for food growing in all types of homes and buildings, solar panel energy for backup,…
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Launching UFRIS
June 10, 2024. The new Urban Food Resilience Initiatives Society (UFRIS) was launched in January 2024. We promote food-growing by households in the South Vancouver Island region, with support from municipalities and other levels of government. Visit our About UFRIS section for more about our mission and how you can get involved. See the UFRIS…