UFV nursing students are helping Chilliwack’s Salvation Army Community Food Bank address a need that often flies under the radar. When you think food bank, you think food. It’s in the name. But diapers and baby wipes are also items the Chilliwack Community Food Bank offers to families struggling to make ends meet, and that’s…

Local food is a trendy phrase and concept, but without Canadian farmers to provide food to our cities, food security is off the table. We “get” this as Canadians, but do we really understand what it means? Award-winning agrologist Wendy Holm will speak on this topic at the University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford campus…

    The University of the Fraser Valley has a new federally funded researcher on campus. Dr. Lenore Newman was recently appointed Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Environment and joins the Geography department at UFV. She will also be working closely with the UFV Agriculture department. The Canada Research Chair program was established…