Food-Mar-28-2007

From Common Energy UVic

Minutes of the Food Working Group. To go back to the Food Minutes page, click here

Present: Dylan, Megan, Emily, Matt, Lindsay, Brianne, Joe (notetaker)

Meeting start 4:40PM

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Update:

• Joe: talked about the working of the ERC (very good and more advanced than we thought) composting is good etc. His notes are in chapter draft, upcoming meeting with GSS,
• Lindsay: looked into the areas for rooftop gardens, and the Community Garden.
• Megan: talked with some members (W. Martin is one) of Community Garden to meet up with they sound interested. Talked with Ken Babich and things are on-going to get a food purchasing group going on with some of his staff. Caitlin will be involved. Meeting tomorrow about edible landscaping/urban ag. also has invited other important people in this area. Feels is best to come with a complete front. She talked about the IAT and it's implications. Seems to not be a problem. U of T has a 'local food purchasing agreement'. Megan is going to field opportunities for experiential learning research.
• Dylan: met with TeamFAST and one ActNow member about composting. Saw overlap with ERC actions. These people are definitely in our favour. Talked about local as well, wanted graduated scheme for bringing local food into the system.
• Emily: Here to help with the two page drafting
• Brianne: Here to help with the two page drafting

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Contents 1 Drafting of the Two Pager Advance Summary 1.1 I. Supply (Urban Ag on Campus) 1.2 II. Consumption (Local Food Purchasing) 1.3 III. Composting and Waste Management

[edit] Drafting of the Two Pager Advance Summary

Discussion of where to fit Education. Dylan: Education curricula or outreach? Megan: The education is intermeshed with short-term, long etc. Joe: Agree seems to be natural.

Decision: Keep education intermeshed with the remainder (supply, consumption, composting)

[edit] I. Supply (Urban Ag on Campus)

Action:

• Partner with Community Garden (build capacity)

(don't make it seem that they are in a bad state)

• • Build awareness

1. link with pocket market
2. With profs and departments

• • Help find funding/grants/coop students
  • Lobby for land tenure (point out land is not guaranteed for more than 5 years)

Proposal:

• Edible landscaping: landscape architect, FacMgmt
  • Support new buildings with plans for edible landscaping (Social Sci and Math)
  • Work to incorporate edible landscaping into the other new buildings (Science, First Peoples etc.)
  • Increase edible landscaping on unutilized (or underutilized) land
  • (Work with the future occupants of the First People's building to bring about a stronger voice)
• Rooftop gardens (where possible, if not green roofs)
• CJVI (keep the language relatively moderate), centre for urban agriculture
  • research, innovation, experiential education, food production, community connections

[edit] II. Consumption (Local Food Purchasing)

Action:

• Pocket Market
  • Build awareness
  • Hub for education, advertise community garden, projects, events
  • Find a permanent home
• Co-operative Buying
  • Community Supported Agri., box program, wholesale ordering
• Local Purchasing in SUB & GSS
  • Work with UVSS, GSS, local farmers, distributors, and UVic purchasing to increase local food purchasing
• Create and demonstrate demand for local food. (education, surveys, menu climate-trackers, integrate with Rez Life local cooking classes, events)

Proposal:

• Shift towards increased local food purchasing
  • In practice work with food services to include a local special
  • Work with UVic purchasing
    • Focus Group
    • Work with distributors (part of the 'sparking change in the region')
    • Requests for proposals put out to local farmers and distributors
• Purchasing Policy
  • Promote through collaboration with UVic Purchasing adoption of a local food purchasing policy

[edit] III. Composting and Waste Management

Action:

• Support the work of the ERC and UVSS in the SUB Composting
• Raise awareness of composting in general on campus, as well as general 'using less to create less waste'.
  • Partner with the Compost Education Centre for workshops, promoted through the Pocket Market
• Support the SUB transition to compostable utensils and dishware

Proposal:

• Partner with FacMgmt to expand the current composting system to include more outside locations and inside buildings
• Work towards campus-wide adoption of the dishware/utensils of the SUB (i.e. compostable and/or recyclable)

Meeting ended 6:23PM Cheers!

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