Kamloops Food Policy Council
140 Laburnum St V2B 1G4 Kamloops, BC, Canada

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The Kamloops Food Policy Council is looking to add a Full-Time Food Hub Coordinator to the team! Applications will be accepted until Monday, January 25, 2021. Visit Our Website for the Full Job Description: https://kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com/were-hiring-food-hub/

The Kamloops Food Policy Council Board Directors, Contractors, and Staff will like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thank you for making this year memorable. The KFPC is lucky to have such a dedicated and passionate network. With your help, we were resilient in the face of change!

It's possible! :)

The network meeting on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, was part of a series of network meetings created to facilitate a discussion around race and the food system. The preliminary conversation will guide further series that will dive deeper into racial caucusing, culture and normativity and intersectionality. Our next network meeting is on Wednesday, February 3, 2020. Click the link below to read the meeting summary and if you would like to participate in further meetings, subscribe to our newsletter at https://kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com/#subscribe

Join us for our virtual December network meeting on Wednesday, December 2nd. The December network meeting is focusing on race awareness and the food system. It is the first meeting in a series that will be hosted by Fauve Garson, Bonnie Klohn, and Deborah Ogundimu that will take a closer look at dismantling racism and guiding the work of the KFPC through this lens. The intentions of this series of network meetings are to: - Listen to equity priority groups’ view on the food... system and how the work of the KFPC can help advance these agendas - Learn about cultural food systems of our network/community - Understand what the BIPOC food experience is like in Kamloops and outside of Kamloops If you're not already subscribed to our newsletter, subscribe at https://kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com/#subscribe After subscribing, you should receive an email prompting you to register for our network meeting! We hope you can join us!

Divine Bovine Records, founded by Jared Doherty and Emilio Pagnotta in 2019 released a mixed tape named HOLY COW 3.0, on October 23rd digitally and on cassette through Bandcamp. Bandcamp waives their revenue share and so, proceeds go to the COVID Meal Train Program to feed the vulnerable population in Kamloops! The Kamloops Food Policy Council and COVID Meal Train thanks the team at Divine Bovine Records, Bandcamp, talented artists and everyone that came together to make ...this initiative/fundraising event possible. Local bands like Elsewhere, Mother Sun and many more are featured on the album. The digital copy sells for $7 and sold through Bandcamp at www.divinebovinerecords.bandcamp.com To support local talents, organizations and feed the vulnerable population in Kamloops, click the link above!

At our last Network Meeting on November 4, 2020, we had amazing presentations from Kirsten Wourms and Elaine Sedgman on Native Pollinators, Pesticides and Integrative Pest Management in Kamloops. Elaine Sedgman shared some recommendations on how the City of Kamloops can be more pollinator-friendly! If you missed our last virtual Network Meeting or would love to access some resources shared during the meeting, click on the blog post below!

Join us for our virtual November network meeting! If you're not already subscribed to our newsletter, subscribe at https://kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil.com/#subscribe After subscribing, you should receive an email prompting you to register for our network meeting! ... We hope you can join us!

Staff, Contractors and Board Directors bid farewell to Sandra Frangiadakis, who retired from her role this month. Sandra has been the fearless leader of our food action program since 2014. Join us in wishing Sandra a very happy and exciting retirement!