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!Greetings, to the 29 initial Members of the Gulf Islands Food Co-op, more Members to come, and any other interested folks of the Southern Gulf Islands… the beautiful traditional territories of our Coast Salish W̱SÁNEĆ Indigenous neighbours. We warmly invite you all to a… CO-OP INTER-ISLAND VIDEO MEETING SUNDAY, February 9, 2019, from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm (or longer if desired) Hosted from the lovely […]
Read More February 9, 2019 Co-op INTER-ISLAND VIDEO MEETING (Members+)