<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hello all,<br></div>firstly, apologies for cross postings.<br><br></div>As many will know, I have been integrating both Indigenous food systems and fisheries more and more into my work over the past decade or so. There is a host of great books by Indigenous authors to support our work at decolonizing ourselves and our food systems: Dawn Morrison, Jeannette Armstrong, Pam Palmater, Arthur Manual and Taiaiake Alfred all come to mind and are very much worth seeking out. <br><br>I recently came across a great book that stands to do for seafood what Fast Food Nation did for industrial meat systems. The book is called The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate, by Lee Van Der Voo. It is very readable, shocking, and important information if we hope to save our oceans and coastal communities. <br><br></div><div>Lastly, I recently joined the staff of Ecotrust Canada and am supporting a meeting that is being held next friday, February 23rd in Vancouver. The day-long event will feature great speakers, some vital information and conversations that will help us to elaborate what needs to be changed in federal fisheries policy in order to support the vibrancy of coastal communities and ecosystems, and the livelihoods of those who live there. <br><br></div><div>Fisheries, like Indigenous food systems, have for too long been marginalized in the food movement. If you are curious about, or already supportive of sustainable fisheries, please consider joining us next week at the Croatian Cultural Centre. For more information, please see the attached invitation.<br><br></div><div>in good food,<br></div><div>Abra<br> <br></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Abra Brynne<br></font></div><div><div><font size="2"><span>Director, Engagement & Policy<br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">BC Food Systems Network</font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="mailto:abra@bcfsn.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">abra@bcfsn.org</a></font></div><div><font size="2">Ph: 250.352.5342 // mobile: 250.777.2480<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Skype: abra.brynne<br></font></div><div><font size="2"><a href="http://www.bcfsn.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.bcfsn.org</a><br><br></font></div><div><font size="2">**I am now working one day / week with the Network and will respond as quickly as I am able to your email.</font><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please <a href="http://bcfsn.org/donate/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">support our work</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">"Rather than concentrating on what sort of food is healthy for the individual person, we must think about what kind of production system is healthy for the globe. Acting in the context of this vision of a different kind of food system, we will gain the freedom - and the power - to force change for some measure of justice in this one." Cathleen Kneen, 1987</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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