Resource Category: Health

Seeds donated to Heiltsuk Nation Granny Gardens Food Security Initiative

• Year Published: 2020
• Source: Qqs Society
• Category: Community, Decolonization, Environment, Health, Indigenous food sovereignty, Remote, Urban Food Growing and Gathering
• Format: Video
• Type: Video

The Granny Gardens initiative by the QQS Project Society is their response to Victory Gardens, harnessing their 10+ years of food security work into a resilience movement for individuals and families in Bella Bella to grow and harvest their own food during these uncertain times.

Sharing the Harvest during the Pandemic: Safety Precautions for Distributing Traditional Foods

• Year Published: 2020
• Source: First Nations Health Authority
• Category: Covid 19, Food Safety, Health, Indigenous food sovereignty, Procurement
• Format: Document
• Type: Fact sheet

Information on safely sharing traditional foods, such as fish, wild meat or berries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recommendations for Minimizing COVID-19 Risk for Community-Based Food Programs

• Year Published: 2020
• Source: Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
• Category: Covid 19, Food Safety, Health
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This document is intended for community-based food programs including: soup kitchens; community kitchens; and non-profit organizations offering meals prepared and served to the public during COVID-19.

Food Security in a Pandemic

• Year Published: 2009
• Source: Pan American Health Organization
• Category: Covid 19, Health, Local Government
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This tool provides an introduction to staff and volunteers about the key ways in which a pandemic may cause severe hunger and nutrition problems in municipalities and offers suggestions for what local leaders can do to reduce potential food security problems.

2019 Northwest BC Food Security Forum Proceedings

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: Northwest BC Food Action Network
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy, Remote
• Type: Website

Database of proceedings from the 2019 Northwest BC Food Security Forum including report, videos, photos, and presentations.

Better Together: Food Security Forum 2018 Post-Conference Report

• Source: Northwest BC Food Action Network
• Category: Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy, Remote
• Format: Document
• Type: Report/synthesis

Summary report of the 2018 “Better Together: Northwest Food Security Forum”.