Talk Green Vancouver | City of Vancouver

Just as food is central to human existence, resilient local food systems have been central to the sustainability of cities for millennia.  In relation to Greenest City Goals, the production, distribution, processing and consumption of food presents one of the single largest sources of greenhouse gas and carbon production.  At the same time, it presents one of the best opportunities to ‘green’ the planet and shift towards a more sustainable future.  Currently, the food production processes that are utilized to feed Vancouver’s 600,000 residents accounts for almost half of the city’s ecological food print.  By encouraging a more ‘local’ dimension in food we can start to reduce the size of our footprint by cutting down on the use of fossil fuels, arresting the loss of food-producing lands (and related bio-diversity), supporting the local economy and eating food that is healthier and better for us.