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Aug 24, 2023
Wildfire recovery for tourism and hospitality sectors in the Thompson Okanagan
Friends, the Thompson Okanagan, Shuswap and Simillkameen hospitality and tourism sectors desperately needs our help right now as they...
Feb 10, 2023
Celebrate Family Day with Buy BC & Chef Ned
This Family Day long weekend, Buy BC's Chef Ambassador, Ned Bell, shares farms to visit around the province. Ned invites families to...
Mar 27, 2022
Sustainability for all food: my commitment to nose to tail cooking
​ For most of my 30 year culinary career I have worked on and in kitchens that focussed on centre of the plate cooking. Over the last few...
Aug 13, 2021
Sustainable Wild Seafood & Responsibly Farmed Seafood Â
​ For a brief time, Naramata Inn was not carrying wild BC salmon on our menu. The Minister of Fisheries announced the closure of 60...
Mar 15, 2021
DFO Makes the Sale of Frozen Spot Prawns Illegal
March 16th, 2021 ​ “For the past two decades, chefs have passionately had the backs of harvesters and consumers to successfully build the...
Nov 4, 2019
Addendum to post from October 17, 2019
Addendum to post from October 17, 2019 ​ November 4th, 2019 I want to thank my friends in fish for encouraging me to dive deeper and...
Oct 16, 2019
In support of responsible fish farming
October 17, 2019 My name is Ned Bell, and I support responsible fish farming. As a father, a chef, an advocate and an educator who has...
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