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Food Security from Cuba to Vancouver

This campaign is to help right to food activists working in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver with their research of successful models of food systems in Cuba.

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Food Security from Cuba to Vancouver

Food Security from Cuba to Vancouver

Food Security from Cuba to Vancouver

Food Security from Cuba to Vancouver

Food Security from Cuba to Vancouver

This campaign is to help right to food activists working in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver with their research of successful models of food systems in Cuba.

This campaign is to help right to food activists working in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver with their research of successful models of food systems in Cuba.

This campaign is to help right to food activists working in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver with their research of successful models of food systems in Cuba.

This campaign is to help right to food activists working in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver with their research of successful models of food systems in Cuba.

Kim Del Valle Garcia
Kim Del Valle Garcia
Kim Del Valle Garcia
Kim Del Valle Garcia
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Vancouver, Canada
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Hi! We are Kim and Alexis from Vancouver, passionate about social justice issues, food security and community. Kim is a right to food activist, and urban agricultural educator working with low income food security at the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTESNH). Alexis is a cook at a bed and breakfast and often volunteers in her spare time at the DTESNH community kitchens and food workshops. Through their time working and teaching in this neighbourhood they have witnessed the barriers that many face to obtain healthy nutritous food in a dignified way. This has led to many that are hungry and suffering from lack of nutrition and separated from their food production; therefore, relying on the scraps of a wasteful food system. 

This past summer Kim taught an Urban Agriculture workshop series for low income residents of the DTES. It was such a fantastic experience being able to help a marginalized but fully capable and resilient population grow their own food and gain a measure of control in their lives. We plan to expand this project next year to touch more lives and grow more food in the DTES. However, we also realize that this project is a small piece of a large pie that it will take to create meaningful and lasting change in dealing with issues of food insecurity not only in Vancouver but across Canada and worldwide.

In our research to find more equitable models of food systems working at a community based, grassroots level we have been intrigued with the urban farming practices utilized in Cuba. During the 'Special Period' Cuba had to decrease their dependence on petroleum products including oil, pesticides and fertilizers, which lead to a country wide shift to small-scale organic farming. Cuba now grows a huge percentage of its food in its urban centers and urban farmers feed themselves and their community all while making a better wage than many other career choices. 

Pretty amazing stuff! Which makes us think, why can't Vancouver do the same? In our journey to try and sort out why we have connected with a permaculture design course in Cuba led by The Urban Farmer and the Antonio Nunez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and Humanity, which strives to teach these very topics. The only catch? The course costs money...more money than we make working in a non-profit in the DTES and cooking up delicious breakfasts for guests. So we need your help. We are hoping to raise $2,800, which will cover a portion of our course fees, and we will be able to cover the remainder of our fees and travel expenses. While that is a hefty chunk of change, it will allow us to further develop legitimate skills that will propel us into new avenues of change-making. We plan to travel to Cuba from January to March and then return to the DTES to share our learning and experiences for year two of the Neighbourhood Farm School!

The impact of your donation will be critical in assisting us in our efforts to live out our passion of helping to create (and be a part of!) holistic communities that value social cohesion. Any help would be amazing! While monetary donations would be the most helpful at this time, we understand that some people just can’t contribute in the form of cash. If you are interested in helping out in other ways, please consider sharing our cause with your friends either using social media or word of mouth!

If you would like more information and to check out the work we are doing:

Our group’s facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RightToFoodCommons 

Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House's website: http://dtesnhouse.ca/

The Urban Farmer Permaculture 2014 course: http://theurbanfarmer.ca/cuba-programs/pdc-2014/

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