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SUMMARY:BCAC Producer Emergency Awareness Sessions (virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Emergencies can strike without warning. Join one of BCAC’s sessions to learn to how to protect your farm operation with practical tools and strategies designed to enhance resilience and response capabilities. \n\n\n\n\nJoin BC Agriculture Council and AgSafe to:\n\nLearn how to develop and implement effective emergency management plans tailored for your farm.\nUnderstand BC’s emergency response framework and how it supports producers.\nExplore vital tools\, including the Access Pass System\, Premises ID\, and producer-specific resources.\nBuild connections with local Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) and strengthen community collaboration.\n\n\n  \nClick here to register!
URL:https://crosscommodity.org/event/bcac-producer-emergency-awareness-session/2025-05-21/
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CATEGORIES:Apples,Cherries,Grapes,Tree Fruits
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SUMMARY:Reshaping Our Food System
DESCRIPTION:Reshaping our food system: How grocery retailer consolidation in Canada imperils food production and what we can do about it\nWHEN: Wednesday\, May 21\, 2025\, 6:00pm – 8:00pm \nWHERE: Summerland Center Stage Theatre\, 9518 Main Street\, Summerland \nCOST: By donation \n  \nMany farmers in Canada are struggling to make ends meet\, while many Canadians struggle to afford groceries. Meanwhile\, a small handful of companies control most of the grocery retail market in Canada\, and these companies are making record profits. \nOn May 21\, 2025\, join Dr. Katie Sardinha\, a third-generation tree fruit orchardist in Summerland\, BC\, for a farmer’s perspective on how retailer consolidation imperils food production in Canada. In our food system\, most Canadian farmers are price takers\, unable to negotiate farmgate prices to cover rising production costs. We will talk about how retailer consolidation creates a power imbalance that exacerbates many of the problems faced by farmers today\, as well as the question of where retailers are choosing to spend (and not spend) their profits. We will also talk about the tough decisions Canadian farmers are compelled to make in order to survive within an unbalanced domestic market\, and why the number of farms and farmers in Canada is steadily dwindling. \nFollowing an introductory talk (45min)\, the event will transition into being a community brainstorming session (75min)\, where audience members will be invited to participate in imagining ways to reshape our food system to make it more resilient and equitable for all. Some top-down solutions to the problem of retailer consolidation that we will consider include strategies enacted by governments (e.g. policy changes\, legislation)\, strategies enacted voluntarily by retailers (cf. Grocery Code of Conduct)\, and strategies enacted through the cooperation of food producers (e.g. marketing commissions\, supply management). Ultimately\, however\, the most enduring solution to the problem of retailer consolidation is one that involves Canadians coming together to enact a revolution from below\, collaborating to build a food system that benefits us all. The good news is that a revolution from below is already underway within our food system. But farmers and our allies cannot enact it alone – we need everyone’s help to make it grow. \n***This event will be filmed and the video will be shared online\, in hopes of sparking interest and conversation on this topic.***
URL:https://crosscommodity.org/event/reshaping-our-food-system/
LOCATION:Summerland Centre Stage Theatre\, 9518 Main Street\, Summerland\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Apples,Cherries,Grapes,Tree Fruits
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