Thursday, February 24, 2011

FREE!ONLINE LOCAL FOOD DIRECTORY OPPORTUNITY!

FREE!ONLINE LOCAL FOOD DIRECTORY OPPORTUNITY! www.foodaction.ca This spring, Food Action is launching a Local Food Directory for the North Okanagan region. This Directory, which will be promoted widely, will feature listings of local food-related businesses that can easily be entered and updated by the business owners themselves, as well as a Map showing their location. The Directory is located at the Food Action website: www.foodaction.ca. In advance of this launch, we are contacting local food producing and processing businesses, to ask you to sign up for a free listing on this Directory. Food Action will be holding a training session for people interested in learning how to add and manage their own business listing on this Directory. This session will run from 9:00-10:30 am, on Thursday, March 17th, at the North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society (NOEES) on 102-3201 30th Street (across from the Vernon Library, beside Service BC). If you would like to attend, please RSVP by Friday, March 11 to: Mary Stockdale/Shayne Wright Tel: 250-503-2506 Email: fasnowebsite@gmail.com If you cannot attend the training and/or would like to know more about this Directory, please contact us about how we can support you in getting your listing up and running. Membership to the Food Action Society not required, however we would welcome your support as we strive to improve food security in the region. Thank you!