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For\xa0the inaugural broadcast of Deconstructing Dinner, the question of \u201cwhy should we be deconstructing our dinner\u201d was posed to 7 British Columbians who are concerned about the state of our food system.

Guests

Abra Brynne\xa0\u2013 Chair of the certification committee for the\xa0Kootenay Organic Growers Society. She sits on the board of Nelson\u2019s\xa0Kootenay Co-op\xa0grocery store and was instrumental in helping form the\xa0BC Food Systems Network\xa0.

Kim Stansfield\xa0\u2013 Kim operates a 10-acre farm in Summerland where she grows grapes and creates value-added products from her crop. Kim also sits on the board for the\xa0Small Scale Food Processors Association.

Cathleen Kneen\xa0\u2013 Along with her husband Brewster, Cathleen publishes the monthly\xa0food systems newsletter\xa0The Ram\u2019s Horn. Cathleen is helped found the\xa0BC Food Systems Network\xa0and she is the editor of BC Organic Grower \u2013 a quarterly magazine of the\xa0Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia.

Barbara Seed\xa0\u2013 Barbara is a Public Health Nutritionist and PhD student in Food Policy at\xa0City University\xa0in London, England, where her advisor Dr. Tim Lang is internationally renowned in food policy issues. Barbara is a registered dietitian and was also a member of the\xa0Vancouver Food Policy Council.

Gwen Chapman\xa0\u2013 Gwen is an Associate Professor in nutritional sciences at the\xa0University of British Columbia\u2019s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Some of Gwen\u2019s research involves exploring\xa0how our everyday food practices are shaped by socially-constructed notions of\xa0food, health, bodies, and roles.

Frank Moreland and Sandra Mark\xa0\u2013 Since meeting in 1998,\xa0Frank and Sandra\xa0have worked together in food related\xa0community economic development\xa0and co-operative development initiatives. Both are passionate about arming communities with the necessary tools to become economically viable. Sandra teaches community development at the\xa0University of Victoria\u2019s School of Social Work.