IS OUR FOOD SECURITY SLIPPING AWAY WITHOUT ANYONE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA NOTICING? “Few people know how important the Fraser Valley is to food security for British Columbia. The question is…does anyone care, really?” – Ted van der Gulik, President of the Partnership for Water Sustainability, and former Senior Engineer in the Ministry of Agriculture
“Food security, land security and water security are not separate issues. They are one and the same. But agricultural land is being lost bit by bit. And it is not because land is coming out of the Agricultural Land Reserve. Rather, it is all about what is happening on the land within the ALR. The Lower Mainland region is losing food land each year. That is just from making houses and yards bigger and adding amenities such as pools and tennis courts. This accumulating impact will have consequences for our food security,” stated Ted van der Gulik.