From Co-op Coordinator Nancy Klein (February 21, 2020): Good day to all our valued members and supporters of the Gulf Islands Food Co-op (GIFC), Dare I say that spring is in the air? Many local food producers on the unceded traditional Coast Salish First Nations’ territories of Pender, Mayne, Saturna and Galiano Islands have already […]
Read More Feb, 2020: Update on new Co-op Projects to Support You!SEPTEMBER, 2019: The Food Co-op has now begun offering the first of the NEW SERVICES BELOW. Thanks to Vancity, CRD, and Community Works funding, we are paying islanders to work on the following: (1) CO-OP TABLES for joint selling at island Saturday Markets, for producers who don’t need their own table each week (successfully initiated on Galiano and Mayne this […]
Read More September, 2019 – Co-op Services now initiated…The Gulf Islands Food Co-op (GIFC) is a non-profit co-operative, focused on supporting the food producers, food groups, eaters, and local food resilience of the islands of Pender, Mayne, Galiano, and Saturna (see attached Summary). By offering free or low-cost services to island food producers of all types and sizes (commercial and non-commercial, non-Indigenous and […]
Read More June, 2019 – New Co-op Funding for Projects to serve Producers!