UPRIVER Richibucto Survey - April 2011

Survey about Preferences of Residents and Visitors relating to Locally Produced Food

THE BACKGROUND
Since January 2010 residents of the Upriver area have met to make our area strong again.  The Upriver area had historically a strong base in agricultural, that served it very well.  Its farms and its countryside were not only as pretty as any, but they provided well for its residents too.  With the advent of industrial farms in the prairie provinces and the shift of markets and head offices to Quebec and Ontario, bigger and bigger patches of the land were not worked anymore and became depressing to look at.  The farm houses were reduced to residences or worse collapsed after having remained vacant for decades.  We risk reducing our heritage here and in most of New Brunswick.  Local residents and visitors buying from local farmers and others offering food for sale, could turn the tide.  That is what we are striving for.  But how do our neighbours feel?  This what this survey is about.

THE SURVEY
It is the goal of this survey to find out whether Upriver residents and visitors are interested in  revitalising this community by buying the foods their neighbours grow and make.  Our goal is clear, but your answer should not be infuenced by that - please tell us honestly, how you will shop. Only with this honest and open information can we direct our efforts into a direction that helps the Upriver area most.

Let Us Know Your Opinion Here - It Matters!

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Please complete the survey only once, because every participant's opinion should carry the same weight.

You will receive for your records a copy of your answers per e-mail.

The results of this survey will be shared on www.upriver-news.ca as well as in the Upriver Newsletter.

If for any reason you do not want to complete this survey online, you can download a survey form as .pdf file here and drop it off at Thompson’s General Store in Bass River or at Harry’s Variety in Harcourt into the newsletter drop box.

The individual responses will not be published nor will your e-mail adress or any other personal information you provide be published in any form.

If you would like to post a question to Upriver residents that is of general interest, you may use this tool to solicit the responses.  Please contact us by e-mail.

We will be checking back with the community regularly to share where this process is at and offer opportunities to get involved in areas such as:

• Expertise on a particular area in our community
• Expertise on recreational activities
• Expertise on historic content
• Your stories/your families stories from living in our community
• Expertise on our surrounding environment – farming, fishing, tourism
• Cultural connections and unique qualities

The deadline for participation in the survey was April 15th.

To see how people in the Upriver Area responded to the questions above please click here.  This will download a pdf file containing the results.

THANK YOU, to all that shared their opinion.