1.0 Introduction

This policy and background review will inform the development of the Food Security Strategy for the City of Penticton.

To support the policy review and gap analysis, an asset inventory and mapping exercise was completed to identify current food security-related assets within the City. This provides a timestamp which updates to the Food Security Strategy will be able to use to determine impacts on the community. An overview of these assets is included in Section 3.

A review of the City’s current policies was completed to understand the existing policy context with respect to food and food systems. A summary of the relevant policies and documents that were reviewed is outlined in Section 4.1 of this report.

Building upon the policy review, best practices were identified to address gaps identified through the policy analysis (Section 4.1). This includes best practices pertaining chiefly to policies and assets. A summary of these best practices is provided in Section 4.2.

For consideration by City Council, Staff, and the Food Security Working Group, a number of pilot projects have been profiled in Section 6.0. These profiles were compiled from communities across British Columbia and provide ‘food for thought’ when determining the desired pilot project as part of Phase II of the City’s Food Security Strategy.

This review will inform upcoming public engagement sessions and development of the City’s Food Security Strategy.