[BCFSN] It has been 20 years! How the HEAL are you?

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Hi Joanne- I remember HEAL very well!! It was a terrific community based program- so joyful and purposeful!! 

 It gave me pause to see Wayne and Kathleen- and Mary Anne- time does change us, but time does not change our principles and values!!

 My second last stop in Vancouver was with the Healthy Living Program- a rather top down “expert” lead education program- but, it did have a pool of money for community food/activity grants- and the projects were fantastic. 

Table Matters in North Vancouver VCH did get $$$ for community driven food security programs-they are still funded today. 

All of this work was the result of the Provincial Food Security and Public Health Report we completed which argued the case for VCH immunity driven programs to address food security issues and their sequelae. 

Hats off to all of the good people out there that are the real hero’s here- to jump in and move community efforts forward!!! Real change on the food security and food literacy really shifted- yes- a zoom call us a great idea!! Where are we at now, and where do we need to go?? What needs to be done? I’m thinking out loud here.... Corinne 





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> On Mar 9, 2021, at 1:32 PM, JK Bays <joanne.k.bays at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello all
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> Wow! It is hard to believe, but it has been 2 decades since a small but mighty group of women met at an old military camp transformed into a movie set near Prince George to dream about ways to transform the systems that determine what where when why and even if we eat! 
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> I recall it felt eerie being in that movie set/military camp as the world was reeling from the recent 911 attack. But then our presence there, the vision created, the seeds of fire sown, and the relationships formed, felt exactly right.
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> We came up with the idea of a northern network  that would serve to make visible, connect, support, and inspire activity to close the distance between the field and the fork. We called our network, our food chain  HEAL...,  
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> Check out this beautiful video we produced. So many of your lovely faces are there. And sadly a few inspirational  leaders like Kathleen Kneen, Mary Anne Arcand, and Wayne Roberts have now passed!
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bWDBmdTVzs 
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> ON International Women's Day I thought of you (the men too).
> I wanted to reach out to let you know that.
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> I think it would be lovely to meet up via zoom. Perhaps there is interest in a post pandemic meet up?
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> Let e know if you are interested, I'll pull together a call
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> And feel free to pass this onto others who might have been engaged directly in HEAL or moreso as a kindred spirit on a similar journey towards sustainable just food systems.
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> Hugs to all
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> Joanne
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