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Connection Café – 22 Feb 2022

February 22, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Free

February’s CONNECTION CAFÉ features a facilitated roundtable dialogue + Q & A with rural island farmers, food producers and food resilience champions from:

Cortes, Gabriola, Galiano, Malcolm, Salt Spring and more!

- This event is now over. Registration is closed. Recording below. -

Learn perspectives about the ways the pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities as well as opportunities related to:

  • Building a robust local and islands wide food economy
  • Biodiversity in the face of global warming and environmental conditions; fires, drought, floods, freezing, heat dome
  • Addressing the supply gap and strengthening the value chain
  • Best practices for distributing local produced-processed food
  • Connecting local buyers to local producers
  • Garden to Table trends and strategies
  • Fundraising and marketing successes

PLUS:

  • Connect with rural island neighbours in topical break-out sessions
  • Preview and Q&A with 'Lovin Off The Land' upcoming feature documentary

February Connection Café - Roundtable and Showcase Recording

Details

Organizer

  • Rural Islands Economic Partnership

Venue

  • Zoom