Retailers, restaurants & community groups combine to launch
Get Local initiative to promote locally grown food

To help people in the Lower Mainland choose more locally grown food, a group of non-profit organizations and food industry businesses have combined resources to launch a marketing and public awareness campaign called Get Local. The campaign will stimulate public support for locally grown food and raise awareness around "food miles", the environmental and economic benefits of buying locally produced foods and products, and the businesses that offer them.

Learn more about Get Local at a launch event on Tuesday, August 28 at 10 am, meet the people behind the campaign and sample some delicious local food and drink.

WHAT: Launch of Get Local, grassroots campaign to promote local food

WHO:
Bonita Magee, Project Manager, FarmFolk/CityFolk Society
Tara McDonald, Executive Director, Your Local Farmers Market Society
Susan Davidson, Farmer, Fraser Common Farm Cooperative
Suzanne Fletcher, Manager, East End Food Co-op
Robert Clark, Chef, C Restaurant

WHEN: Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 10:00 am

WHERE: Biovia Organic Link Ltd., 1449 Powell Street, Vancouver