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
* 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
* 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
* BC Assessment Authority
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
* 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
* 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
* BC Assessment Authority