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Saturday October 7, 2006
6:30-9:30Registration
6:40-8:00Farms and Gardens of Southern Vancouver Island Tour
8:00-5:00Biting the Land that Feeds You Trip A
9:00-5:00Vancouver's Urban Agriculture Scene Tour Trip A
9:30-1:30Small Food Enterprises Tour

Sunday October 8, 2006
7:30-6:00Registration
8:00-5:30Biting the Land that Feeds You Trip B
9:00-5:00Vancouver's Urban Agriculture Scene Tour Trip B
9:00-2:00Carnegie Kitchen Tour
9:00-12:00Salmon Habitat Restoration Tour
9:30-5:30Life Cycle of a Farm to Cafeteria Program Short Course
10:00-2:00Food Unfair Tour
11:00-3:00Granville Island Public Market Tour
1:00-6:00Carnegie Centre Kitchen Tour
1:00-5:30It's Your Government, Too! Short Course
1:00-5:30Tools for Participation and Empowerment in Community Food Assessment and Food System Work Short Course
5:30-7:00Opening Reception

Monday October 9, 2006
Theme: Food and Communities
7:30-5:00Registration
7:30 -9:00Breakfast Buffet
9:00-11:00Plenary: Food as Culture and Health among Native Americans and Aboriginal Canadians
11:00-12:30Breakout Session #1
12:30-2:15Lunch on Your Own
1:15-2:15Local Economic Analysis: Stronger Regions, Better Food Policies
2:15-3:45Breakout Session #2
4:15-5:45CFSC Committee Meetings & Food Secure Canada/ Sécurité Alimentaire Canada Assembly
6:00-10:00Taste of BC: Harvest Celebration

Tuesday October 10, 2006
Theme: Global Food Issues, Food and Cities, Food and Institutions
7:30-5:00Registration
7:30-9:00Breakfast Buffet
8:00-9:15CFSC Annual Meeting
Food Secure Canada/ Sécurité Alimentaire Canada Meetings
9:30-11:00Plenary: A Vision for Food Sovereignty: Farmers Speak Out
11:00-12:30Breakout Session #3
12:30-2:15Lunch on Your Own
1:15-2:15From the Neighborhood to the Nation - Policy Issues in Farm to Cafeteria; The 100-Mile Diet: A One Year Experiment in Local Eating
2:15-3:45Breakout Session #4
4:15-5:45Breakout Session #5
8:00-10:00Media that Matters Films

Wednesday October 11, 2006
Theme: Food and Communities
7:30-12:00Registration
7:00-8:00Breakfast Buffet
8:00-9:30Roundtable on New Directions for Connecting Food and Health
9:30-11:00Breakout session #6
Food Secure Canada/ Sécurité Alimentaire Canada meetings
11:00-2:00Food Secure Canada/ Sécurité Alimentaire Canada meetings
11:00-5:00Structured Networking (to be set up on site)
9:30-6:30Dismantling Racism Training (continues all day Thursday)