{"id":60862,"date":"2025-10-03T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=60862"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:28:57","slug":"regional-events-for-k-12-school-food-buyers","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/regional-events-for-k-12-school-food-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Events for K\u201312 School Food Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2025-10-03\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday October 03 2025<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Regional Events for K\u201312 School Food Buyers<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>K\u201312 district and school staff, volunteers and partners involved in school food programs are invited to attend two upcoming regional networking events focused on strengthening local food procurement in BC schools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSe6oOGxGmp4A0aIBUy9aoQS-lqLLj0NVFn5zNvd_CClSGvAjQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vancouver Island Economic Alliance Summit \u2013 School Food Buyer Networking Session<\/a> (October 28, 2025 \u2013 Nanaimo, BC)<br>For Vancouver Island region districts and schools, this session includes facilitated networking, a local lunch and opportunities to connect with Island-wide producers and processors.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/basin-food.tickit.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basin Food Summit \u2013 School Food Buyer Programming<\/a> (November 7, 2025 \u2013 Nelson, BC)<br>For Kootenay-Boundary and Thompson-Okanagan region districts and schools, this event features roundtable discussions, a seasonal local lunch and opportunities to meet over 60 BC producers. (Select the Feed BC \u2013 School Food Buyer ticket option.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small travel bursaries may be available for both events on a first come, first served basis. Contact <a href=\"mailto:samantha.gambling@gov.bc.ca\">samantha.gambling@gov.bc.ca<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K\u201312 district and school staff, volunteers and partners involved in school food programs are invited to attend two upcoming regional networking events focused on strengthening local food procurement in BC schools: Small travel bursaries may be available for both events on a first come, first served basis. 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