We're still excited!

Dear Food First-ers:

We're still excited from our Food Forum on June 8th! A big thank you again to everyone that attended, volunteered, donated or participated. We are grateful! There was also lots of 'food for thought' from the many fascinating speakers that took part. 

 A popular topic of the day was Food Waste. To help us understand the problem and what we can do about it as individuals, in our jobs, and in our society Jennifer Rustemeyer was one of our great speakers. She spoke on her recent documentary: Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story. We throw away approximately 40 per cent of food in the garbage! This is a staggering number. 

Credit: Eoghan 

Image from: www.foodwastemovie.com 

Jennifer is also the producer of the 2010 documentary The Clean Bin Project. 

As follow-up to the Forum, Food First will be working on a collaborative 'outcomes and next steps' report that will include a wide range of actions we can all take to improve food security in our community. Food waste will be one of the many topics included. So stay tuned for your opportunity to participate!

Thank You!

Burnaby Food First would like to extend a very big thank you to everyone who attend our 'Food Matters: Food for Today & Food for the Future' Forum last week! Attendance was great and we had a lot of fun. Stay tuned for our outcomes report, and follow-up workshops. 

Thank you again as well to our sponsors:

• United Way of the Lower Mainland

• Vancity

• Fraser Health

And thank you to the Burnaby South ACE-IT culinary training program for preparing such amazing food!

Photo Sourced from: http://foodshare.org.au/

Upcoming Forum: Food For Today and Food for the Future

Burnaby Food Matters:
Food for Today and Food for the Future

Join us on Wednesday, June 8th for our second food forum: Burnaby Food Matters - Food for Today
and Food for the Future!

When: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Where: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (6688 Southoaks Crescent / Burnaby - map)

Registration: 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

• Presentations about the state of food - from seed to table to compost
• "World cafe" style sessions

Nourish and Network: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
A light dinner will be provided to all registrants
 
Evening Session: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

• Speakers on the "state of food" and farming in Burnaby
• Hands-on workshops and demonstrations

Come together to

• Learn about local programs and projects.
• Be inspired by great ideas and displays for the future of food.
• Learn about how you can make change where you live, work, play, volunteer and learn.
• Discuss why food is important and how it helps us and our communities stay healthy.

Participants are welcome to join one or both sessions!

Registration link: https://burnabyfoodmatters.eventbrite.com

We look forward to seeing you at our event!

Thank you to the following sponsors:

• United Way of the Lower Mainland
• Vancity
• Fraser Health

Food Forum: Food for Today and Food for the Future - June 8th

Burnaby Food Matters
Food for Today and Food for the Future

Join us on Wednesday June 8th for our second food forum: Burnaby Food Matters - Food for Today

and Food for the Future!

When: Wednesday June 8, 2016
Where: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre,
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby

Registration: 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

Afternoon Session: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

• Presentations about the state of food - from seed to table to compost.
• "World cafe" style sessions

Nourish and network (a light dinner will be provided to all registrants)

Evening Session: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

• Speakers on the "state of food" and farming in Burnaby
• Hands-on workshops and demonstrations

Come together to:

• Learn about local programs and projects.
• Be inspired by great ideas and displays for the future of food.
• Learn about how you can make change where you live, work, play, volunteer and learn.
• Discuss why food is important and how it helps us and our communities stay healthy.

Participants are welcome to join one or both sessions!

Registration link: https://burnabyfoodmatters.eventbrite.com

We look forward to seeing you at our event!

Thank you to the following sponsors:

• United Way of the Lower Mainland
• Vancity
• Fraser Health

Join us on June 8, 2016 - To Talk About Burnaby Food Matters!

Burnaby Food Matters: Food for Today; Food for the Future

When: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Where: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre,
6688 Southoaks Cres., Burnaby



Two Sessions:

Registration		1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Afternoon Session		2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Nourish and Network		5:00 pm to 6:00 pm*
Evening Session		6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

*A light dinner will be provided for all registrants

Join us for the second Burnaby Food Forum! Come together to:

• learn about local programs and projects
• be inspired by great ideas for the future of food
• learn about how you can make change where you live, work, play, volunteer and learn
• discuss why food is important and how it helps us and our communities stay healthy

Note: Participants are welcome to register for one or both of the Forum sessions. Please check back to our website. Registration details will be circulated soon.

Please feel free to download our 2016 Food Forum poster and share with your networks! Help spread our event and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday June 8th at the Nikkei Museum & Cultural Centre!