"FOOD SYSTEM RETROSPECTIVE AND OUTLOOK w/BRENT WARNER"

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Deconstructing Dinner launches our 2009 season of programming with a restrospective and forward-looking presentation by Brent Warner of Farmers' Markets Canada. Brent was recorded in October 2008 speaking to delegates of the annual conference of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation (CFWF) held in Courtenay, British Columbia.

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Brent Warner - Interim Executive Director, Farmers' Markets Canada (Sidney, BC) - FMC has been created to help connect Canadian consumers to their local farmers and to address the needs of farmers’ markets across the country. Brent is a former Industry Specialist in Agritourism/Direct Marketing with British Columbia's Ministry of Agriculture & Lands. Brent is a horticulturalist who has also served as the Secretary of the North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association.

Transcript

• Farmers' Markets Canada
• BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• CFIA's Prosecution Bulletins
• CFIA's Index of Food Recalls
• Canadian Farm Writers Federation CFWF

• "Is BC's Health Care System Sustainable?" - CCPA
• "Let's be honest about pressures on the system" - Council of Canadians
• "The Sustainability of Canada's Health Care System" - Longwoods Publishing

• October 25/07 - 2017 - The Health Care Crisis
• January 11/07 - 100-Mile Diet / Local Food Strategies
• February 16/06 - Agricultural Change and the Struggle to Keep Up