The VICRA Local Food Project

Community-campus partnerships and knowledge sharing

The VICRA Local Food Project explores four core strategy areas that promote more sustainable and secure food systems on Vancouver Island.  An Advisory Group of community and campus actors in each strategy area directs student information gathering and engagement activities to effect practice, policy and to inspiring community based research and campus-community partnerships.

Local Food Project final report

The purpose of this report is to highlight the results of Vancouver Island Community Research Alliance’s (VICRA) Local Food Project.  The project goal is to provide current evidence, drawn from community expertise and peer-reviewed research related to food security on Vancouver Island, to engage in strategic collaborative work, and inform opportunities for future action.

Download the report by clicking here.(1.8MB PDF)