Background Documents

Specific to Salt Spring

Salt Spring Island Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw, available for download at www.islandstrust.bc.ca/ltc/ss/bylaws.cfm

Southern Gulf Islands Abattoir Feasibility Study, April 14, 2005 [1.62MB PDF]

Salt Spring Island local Produce Study: Final Report, November 2005 [2.3MB PDF]

Ministry of Agriculture and lands’ Planning For Agriculture on Salt spring Presentation, November 30, 2005 [2.3MB PDF]

Salt Spring Island Food Security: A Discussion and Planning Paper, September 2006 [4.4MB PDF]

UNBC Preliminary Economic and Community Assessment of Salt Spring Islands Farmers Markets, September 19, 2006 [1.6MB DOC]

Salt Spring Island Community Profile and Data Inventory, November 2006 [0.93MB PDF]

General Interest

Citizens Guide to Protecting Agricultural Land in BC, 2005 [5.4MB PDF]

 Protecting the Working Landscape of Agriculture: A Smart Growth Direction for Municipalities in British Columbia, 2005 [725KB PDF]