Basin Food Summit & Expo

— Image courtesy the Basin Food Summit & Expo

When: November 6 - 8, 2025

Where: Nelson, B.C.

After years of inspiring gatherings across the region, the Basin Food Summit & Expo (FABx) is coming home to Nelson from November 6 through 8, 2025. Known as the Columbia Basin’s flagship food systems gathering, FABx is where farmers, researchers, chefs, policy-makers, innovators, and community leaders convene to share ideas, build partnerships, and chart a resilient future for food locally. 

This year’s event promises a full slate of learning and networking opportunities: Panels, workshops, tasting tours, local food showcases, and immersive conversations that span agriculture, sustainability, regenerative practices, food security, and systems design. Participants will dig into real challenges—from soil health to supply chains—and leave with tangible projects, partnerships, and inspiration to bring back to their home communities.

Nelson makes a fitting host, situated in the heart of the Basin and surrounded by producers, forests, rivers, and mountain communities. The 2025 edition is being shaped around regional resilience, celebrating what’s working while addressing barriers to stronger, fairer, more connected food systems across the Basin. Whether you farm, cook, distribute, serve, research, or advocate, FABx 2025 is your invitation to roll up your sleeves, learn side-by-side, and co-create the future of food in our valleys and watersheds.