{"id":123,"date":"2018-01-06T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/geographyofbc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=123"},"modified":"2018-01-06T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T18:29:41","slug":"suggested-activities-5","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/geographyofbc\/chapter\/suggested-activities-5\/","title":{"raw":"Suggested Activities","rendered":"Suggested Activities"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"bcc-box bcc-info\">\n<h3>Suggested Activities<\/h3>\n<h2>Activity 1<\/h2>\n<p>Volunteer for a local group that is doing a food system activity (anything related to the food system;&nbsp;for example,&nbsp;political protests, food banks, farming, agricultural research, or food policy councils). Write a critical reflection describing the educational value of your experience and stating&nbsp;how the activity impacts and originates from food system dynamics.<\/p>\n<h2>Activity 2<\/h2>\n<p>Act as a participant observer at a food policy council meeting.<\/p>\n<h2>Activity 3<\/h2>\n<p>Map your BC&nbsp;farmers' markets. Create an online map (using Google Maps Engine, ArcOnlin, or another provider)&nbsp;and add a point to the map where your local farmers' markets occur. Include&nbsp;dates and times for the market.<\/p>\n<h2>Activity 4<\/h2>\n<p>Create a map of gleaning locations. You can add your locations to an online site like Falling Fruit (http:\/\/fallingfruit.org\/).<\/p>\n<h2>Activity 5<\/h2>\n<p>Review content from popular media relevant to&nbsp;local regional food systems. The content&nbsp;can be from a&nbsp;article (from websites, newspapers or magazines), film\/documentary, lecture, website or audiovisual presentation. Describe and synthesize the media&nbsp;and explain why this is interesting in relation to course themes.<\/p>\n<h2>Activity 6<\/h2>\n<p>Present one of the indigenous plants used in your local region.&nbsp;Tell the class why this is an important plant for a local or regional culture, how it is used, the geographic distribution and any other interesting details from&nbsp;your&nbsp;own research. For example, how does it fit into the contemporary&nbsp;food system? Are there any samples of the plant in locally available products?<\/p>\n<h2>Activity 7<\/h2>\n<p>Add a Wikipedia article on SPIN-farming strategies. 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