Planning for Agricultural Success
Strengthening Farming Program
- Plan initiated in 1996 to facilitate local government support of agriculture.
Agricultural Area Plan
- Provide policies and bylaws for municipalities
- raises awareness of agriculture
- build community support for farming
- 26 plans and strategies completed in BC since 1992, 16 plans underway
- Who’s involved
- Farmers
- Agribusiness
- Community food action and health advocates
- business development groups
- local government
- land use inventory
- opinions
- existing farms
- primary production through to processing and supply distribution (web of connections)
- retail (tertiary level of food system) through to the consumer
