Selection: Agricultural Planning Program

When the Hope Food Collective undertook a Community Food Security Assessment in 2016, there was a clear and consistent message from residents seeking more local [...]

The City of Kelowna is looking forward to their agricultural future, thanks to their newly updated ag plan. After an 18-month planning process and extensive [...]

When the City of Kamloops completed its first Agricultural Area Plan in 2013, there was an abundance of action items that lay before it. One [...]

Before embarking on something new, you must first determine where you are. Marketers use surveys; community planners use land use inventories. When local governments need to [...]

Lillooet was once the tomato capital. Today, ranching and forage crops dominate the local agricultural scene, and the community is taking a closer look at [...]

The completion of an agricultural area plan by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) could be the beginning of an agricultural revival in the region. [...]

When the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) started the process of developing an agricultural area plan, one of the major challenges was getting an [...]

In 2010, when the City of Kamloops adopted their Sustainable Kamloops Plan, one of the top priorities for the community was agriculture. The people wanted [...]

Increasing public awareness about food and farming on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands has translated into two recently completed Agricultural Area Plans. The Regional [...]