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​Links of Related Interest (updated May, 2020)

Sooke Region  

* District of Sooke
* District of Sooke Agricultural Plan 
* District of Sooke Official Community Plan

* Sooke Region Food CHI
* Transition Sooke
* Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce
* Sooke Region Community Health Initiative
​* Sooke Country Market
* Sooke Night Market at the Sooke Region Museum  

* Sooke Fall Fair
* Edward Milne Community School Food Garden and Food Sustainability Programs 
* Sunriver Community Garden
* Grace Gardens/Sooke Baptist Church
​* Sooke Food Bank Society 


 British Columbia

* BC Ministry of Agriculture
​* Agricultural Land Commission 
* Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable
​* CRD Water 

* Farm Folk/City Folk's Community Farms Program
* BC Agricultural Council
* The Young Agrarians 
* FarmLink  
(sale listings of available farms and land) 
* Island Farm Fresh: Guide to Vancouver Island Farms & Farmers
* 
Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC - Useful links page 

* Island Organic Producers Association 
* National Trust for Land and Culture (B.C.)
* Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia 
* TLC The Land Conservancy
* Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
* Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust Society
* Pender Island Community Farmland Acquisition Project
* The Gabriola Commons
* Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust
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* Peninsula & Area Agricultural Commission (Saanich) 
​* BC Farm Industry Review Board 


National and International 

* Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 
* Stewards of Irreplaceable Lands (SOIL) (Canadian farm apprenticeship programs) 
* Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
* The World Bank Agricultural Land Survey 
* International National Trusts Organization


Further reading via downloadable PDF files 

* Capital Regional District's Food and Agricultural Strategy: Setting Our Table (2016) 
* BC's Farm Practices Protection (Right to Farm) Act
* 
Young Agrarians' Land Access Guide 
* The Greenhorns' archive of PDF publications and resources 
​* CRFair's Good Food Progress Report (2019)
* 2011 Community Farms Roundtable summary 
* Farm Folk/City Folk and the TLC's April 2010 Review of Farmland Trusts 
* University of Victoria's Environmental Law Centre 2007 report: Legal Tools & Comparative Models for Community Farm Trusts 
* West Coast Environmental Law's Greening Your Title: A Guide to Best Practices for Conservation Covenants 
* Vancouver Island Community Research Alliance's
Indigenous Food Systems on Vancouver Island
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BC Farms and Food's Online Farm Map for Vancouver Island's 100-Mile Diet 

* BC Provincial Health Services Authority's Taking Action On Food Security report (2008)
* Farm Class Guide - BC Property Assessment Appeal Board  

* BC Ministry of Agriculture Service Plan 2019-21 
​* BC Agriculture, Seafood and Food Processing annual statistical snapshots 



​Other farmland trusts & links of related interest 

* Ontario Farmland Trust
* American Farmland Trust
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* BC Assessment Authority 







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