CAPITAL REGION FOOD & AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES ROUNDTABLE
Promoting Healthy & Sustainable Food Systems.
HONOURING THE LAND
CRFAIR promotes healthy and sustainable food systems. This considers our relationships with each other, and the land and waters of this region. We endeavour to honour the land and its treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We live and work on unceded Coast Salish Territories*, specifically of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) Nations here in the core area, the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations {W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱,(Tsawout) W̱SIKEM (Tseycum)} out on the Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands, to the west Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke, and Pacheedaht, and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) and Pune’laxutth’ (Penelekut) Nations.
We envision a region where local, sustainable and healthy food is celebrated, abundant and central to the cultures, health and well-being of all residents. We work to mobilize and connect efforts to develop healthy, equitable and sustainable food systems in the Capital Region.
Photos from 2018 GoodFood Summit (Photos by: Mariah C)
W H A T W E D O?
NETWORK
CRFAIR acts as a regional backbone organization and offers a range of services to community organizations, government, and industry. We are proud of the growing Good Food Network in this region.
INITIATIVES
CRFAIR undertakes and incubates various initiatives. Currently we are involved in projects surrounding food and farm sector capacity building, farmland and foodland advocacy, healthy school food, food literacy, and Indigenous food sovereignty.
EVENTS
CRFAIR hosts events that connect and mobilize. This includes numerous roundtables and an annual conference called the Good Food Summit.
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OUR PLAN
CRFAIR
CRFAIR BELIEVES IN COLLECTIVE IMPACT.
Our belief in the power of Collective Impact for social change informs work that we do and shapes the strategies that we are using to achieve our objectives. The focus of CRFAIR as an organization is around two distinct but related spheres of activity:
Provide Backbone Support for the Good Food Network
Undertake high value, meaningful projects that are consistent with our Vision, Mission and Values
