Progress on the DeFood app

We're waiting on a response to our User stories from the University of British Columbia (UBC), so we can continue the conversation about maybe using LiteFarm code in the DeFood app. (UBC is interested because LiteFarm, a farm management software suite, has no sales portal, and th…

Put on an island-wide systemic Food Summit

In line with our systemic approach to creating resilient food security on Salt Spring Island, the goal is to bring together a group of local and regional representatives not only of food production, processing and distribution, but also representatives of systemically connected a…

Assist in getting funding for 50 Farms project

Assist in application to the Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF) for a grant to support the 50 Farms project, with support growing out of the Food Summit in November 2023. The application will be made through the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust, possibly with support from t…

Assist in hiring of island-wide food security coordinator for Salt Spring

Based on funding from the Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF), will assist with the hiring of an island-wide food security coordinator to pursue the grant goals of emergency preparedness and building a pilot for the 50 Farms decentralized food production project.