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The Kamloops Food Policy Council is the longest-standing independent food council in Canada: pollinating projects, developing projects and contributing to public policy since 1995.
In the early 1990s, Laura Kalina, a public health dietitian with Interior Health, saw that many people in our community were going hungry and pulled together a group of concerned, dedicated people from business, government, non-profits and the farming community to form the KFPC with a goal of working collectively on solutions to food insecurity.
Laura, together with Paula Rubinson, an organic farmer and one of the founders of the Kamloops Farmer's Market, co-chaired the council and hosted our monthly potlucks for the KFPC's first 20 years.
In those initial years, Al Oliver, from the Ministry of Agriculture, also played a significant role in developing the council and supporting the expansion of Kamloops' community garden program.
The KFPC inspires and establishes programming through a community development approach. Many of the programs initiated by the Kamloops Food Policy Council continue to thrive today through our network partners. Such examples include:
Today
Today
The Kamloops Food Policy Council continues to grow. There is now a collaborative leadership structure of staff, an elected board and a very robust network of members from Kamloops, including our volunteers, donors, and representatives from government and non-profit partner organizations.
The Kamloops Food Policy Council is a registered Canadian Charity (867490567 RR0001) and a non-profit registered under the BC Societies act.
KFPC Society Registration and Constitution | KFPC bylaws - Approved August 2018 | KFPC Strategic Plan 2015-2020, 2018 Revision
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