Useful Food History Links
We have compiled a number of links to help direct students and teachers through the maze of food history resources in BC and Canada.
- Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society
- Archives Association of British Columbia
- Association for the Study of Food & Society
- BC Association of Farmers’ Markets
- BC Dairy Association publications
- BC Farm Museum
- British Columbia Historical Federation
- Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
- Canadian Association for Food Studies
- Culinary Historians of Canada
- Cuizine: The Journal of Canadian Food Cultures
- Farm Folk City Folk
- Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery
- Teachers of Home Economics Specialist Association
- The FOOD Museum On-Line
- The History Education Network
The Government of British Columbia’s Ministry of Agriculture website provides a gateway to a multitude of inter-related programs, organizations and resources on the subject of food and agriculture in the province of British Columbia, including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, B.C. Investment Agriculture Foundation, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, B.C. Seafood Alliance, B.C. Agriculture Council, B.C. Food and Beverage.
The University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems (formerly the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences) is one of the three founding faculties at UBC. Grounded in science, the Faculty is a leader in integrated research and education that addresses global issues surrounding health and sustainable land and food systems, and uses student-centered learning to educate new generations of scientists equipped to solve the most fundamental issues faced by society — those focused around human health, a sustainable food supply and the responsible use of finite land and water resources.The faculty also oversees the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm, which facilitates a farm encompassing 24 hectares of integrated farm and forest lands on UBC’s South Campus, and offers a wide range of interdisciplinary learning, research, and community programs on the site. Together, these programs explore and exemplify new paradigms for sustainable communities.
The Royal BC Museum is home to the BC Archives, the Official Archives of the Government of British Columbia, one of the oldest archival institutions in Canada.
The BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation provides educators and students with quality educational resources, programs, guided farm tours and other agricultural information that highlight agriculture as an important part of our economy and way of life in British Columbia.