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Growing Green convened a Reference Group of community leaders to advise on strategic directions and policy priorities for the project. The valuable contributions of the following people are gratefully acknowledged: Bruce Bakker, horticulture producer Marion Best, World Council of Churches Larry Bomford, BC Institute of Agrologists Ben Bradshaw, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University Oliver Brandes, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria Linda Geggie, GroundWorks Learning Centre Charan Gill, Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society Cathleen Kneen, BC Food Systems Network Bob McCoubrey, organic farmer Lorna Medd, Northern Health Authority Moura Quayle, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia Wayne Roberts, Toronto Food Policy Council Daphne Sidaway-Wolf, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Ramesh Singal, Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society Shelley Wells, Quest Outreach Society
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Lawrence Alexander (Project Manager 2002-July 2003) is an environmental lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law based in Victoria, BC and is currently on parental leave. Since 1974, West Coast has been providing free legal advice, advocacy, research and law reform services to help empower BC citizens to participate in forming policy for and making decisions about protecting our environment. Lawrence has 10 years’ experience leading government-priority environmental law and policy reform projects. He was lead or co-lead for the Environment and Sustainability Statutes Amendment Act (which, until repealed by the new government, created an environmental auditor for BC and mandatory sustainability reporting requirements for ministries and Crown corporations), the BC Green Economy Initiative, the consensus-based Oil and Gas Commission Act, the Fish Protection Act, "California" automobile emission standards for BC, and regulations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. From 1998-2001 he worked for BC's central government policy office. Lawrence holds a B.Comm. from UBC, an LL.B. from Dalhousie University and an LL.M. from the University of Ottawa. The subject of his LL.M. thesis was "regulatory negotiation" — a consensus-based method for making law and policy. He has been a member of the BC bar since 1992. Herb Barbolet is the co-founder and Executive Director (currently on sabbatical) of FarmFolk/CityFolk Society, based in Vancouver, BC. FarmFolk/CityFolk’s mission is "Working together for food democracy." Herb works in the areas of food policy and food democracy, linking food to health and safety, environment, social justice, community economic development and international development, from the very local to the global. He is a panel member on CBC Almanac's Food Panel, appears regularly in all media, and is co-author of the book Farm Folk/CityFolk, published by Douglas & McIntyre in 1998. Herb has been active in community development for 30 years, working with community planning, energy conservation, citizen participation, cooperative housing, and food and agriculture. He was a founding member of numerous non-profits, cooperatives and limited companies — such as Community Alternatives Society and Glorious Garnish and Seasonal Salad Co. Ltd. Herb holds a B.A. in Urbanism from the University of the City Of New York, Brooklyn College, a M.S.W. in Community Organization/Community Development from the University of Pittsburgh and two incomplete Ph.D.s in community development from the University of Pittsburgh and in Community Planning and Political Economy from the University of British Columbia. Kristina Bouris (September 2003-March 2004) is a M.Sc. student in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC and a research assistant with the Liu Institute for Global Issues. The Liu Institute pursues interdisciplinary and policy-related research and advocacy on global public policy issues related to human security. Before starting her Masters, Kristina worked for several food- related organizations in Southwestern BC, including LifeCycles, Good Food Box, UBC Farm, and the Victoria Fruit Tree Project. Most recently, she has been involved as an intern with the City of Vancouver Food Policy Task Force and as a researcher for the UBC Food System Project. Her thesis will build on these experiences and explore the links between municipal planning and the creation of local food systems. Other research interests include community mapping, participatory planning and conservation biology. Kristina holds a B.Sc. in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Victoria. Evan Fraser has just taken a new position as lecturer in the Leeds Institute for Environmental Science and Management at the University of Leeds in the UK. Until August 2003 he was a Research Associate and Program Coordinator at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia. Evan’s professional experience includes numerous contracts in remote Ontario working on fish and wildlife-related issues, agro-forestry work in Central America, and project management experience in South East Asia on community environmental management. Current research interests include the link between global and local food production systems, human vulnerability to global change, and sustainable cities. Evan holds a B.A in anthropology and a M.Sc. in Forestry, both from the University of Toronto. He recently completed a Ph.D. on social and economic obstacles to sustainable agriculture at the Institute for Resources and Environment, University of British Columbia. Kathleen Gibson, Principal of GBH Consulting Group Ltd., is a food systems specialist and policy analyst with 20 years’ experience in BC and Canadian agri-food issues. GBH Consulting Group Ltd. offers consulting services in issues and policy analysis, research, communications and strategic planning to a variety of clients in the voluntary, public and private sectors. Kathleen has worked for BC farmers and on agricultural policy for the BC government and now works primarily in the voluntary sector. She develops and works on sustainable agriculture and food security projects locally, provincially and nationally. Her current interests include community-based food councils that can link the public health, agriculture, labour and environmental sectors through food. Kathleen holds an M.A. in History in Art from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, a diploma in Advertising and Public Relations from Grant MacEwan College, and a Certificate in Conflict Resolution from the Justice Institute of BC. Kathleen assumed management of the Growing Green project in August 2003. Mark Haddock (September 2003-February 2004), Staff Counsel with West Coast Environmental Law, first worked at West Coast as a researcher in the summers during law school in the 1980s. After stints with Sierra Legal Defence Fund and in private practice, Mark rejoined West Coast in 1997, when he wrote its Citizen's Guide to Forest Land Use Planning. Consultants Growing Green gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the following people to the shape and success of the project: Justin Bull, Web site design Cheney Cawkwell, logistics coordination for March 12, 2004 policy forum Georgia Dahle, Liu Institute for Global Issues, Reference Group meeting coordination Linda Geggie, member of the Reference Group, advice on voluntary sector tools and resources Suzanne Hawkes and Minelle Mahtani, IMPACS, strategic communications advice Bonita Hutcheson, FarmFolk/CityFolk, Reference Group meeting coordination Jennifer King, photos and stories for alternative farms essay Nancy Klenavic, UVic law school, essay on food,Êlocal OCPs and bylaws Pat MacGregor, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, project officer Kathleen McIntosh, UVic Environmental Law Centre, research project on junk food in schools Michael Marrapese, FarmFolk/CityFolk, Web site coordination Derek Masselink, farmland trusts project Heather Pritchard, FarmFolk/CityFolk, budget tracking Rodney Wilts, West Coast Environmental Law |
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