Northumberlamb: A Farmers’ Cooperative Solution to Marketing
Presenters: Brewster Kneen, Ram’s Horn; Cathleen Kneen
This workshop will tell the story of the Northumberland Lamb marketing Cooperative in Nova Scotia, which recently marked its 25th anniversary, and its worker cooperative, Brookside Abbatoir. It will explore the factors that made Northumberlamb a voluntary supply management system, setting prices, controlling quality, negotiating delivery times and volumes with farmers, and supplying the major supermarkets in the province with local lamb year round. Discussion will focus on farmer coop models and issues.

Making Urban Agriculture a Planning and Governance Priority for Cities:
Experiences from Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, BC
Presenters:Wendy Mendes, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University of Toronto; Amanda Rhoads and Kevin Balmer, Diggable City Project
Food and food systems are once again being recognized as an urban planning and governance concern. As awareness of the connections between land use planning and local food systems grows, greater attention is being placed on urban agriculture. The purpose of this session will be to present and discuss specific strategies used by two Pacific Northwest cities (Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC) to integrate urban agriculture into governance and planning processes.

Other Broadcasts featuring Bridging Borders recordings...

Farmers Speak Out - February 1, 2007
100-Mile Diet / Local Food Strategies - January 11, 2007
Bridging Borders Highlights - October 19, 2006

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