Candace Vanin is a professional agrologist with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada who works with professional planners in land-use planning in Alberta. Candace Vanin reviews the history of land-use planning in Alberta and agricultural development. She then describes the reasons that agriculture is undervalued as a land-use and as a economic activity important to urban municipalities. She makes the case that when urban plans focus on economic sustainability the role of food production and its value chain needs to be included. Protecting agricultural land is not just about green belts, it is a requirement for a functional urban system. Candace Vanin makes the case for a new relationship between urban planners and agrologists.
Candace Vanin is a Land-use Specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Edmonton, Alberta. Her presentation was part of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists' Banff Conference, March 26-28, 2013
