Dear Southern Gulf Islands Food Producers and Food Groups, We’ve now had lively meetings on Pender, Galiano, Mayne and Saturna about a potential co-op, with more to come (in March, 2018). You can see the Gulf Islands FOOD CO-OP proposal for details. BIG QUESTION: What do you need most as a food producer, that a CO-OP could potentially […]
Read More QUESTION FOR FOOD PRODUCERS – What do you need most from a Co-op?I just saw this on Derek Masselink’s Growing Islands Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/growingislands/ – a post yesterday from Lana Popham, which might mean new funding opportunities for food co-op’s (fingers crossed): “Today was an incredible day! For starters it was the first BC NDP budget in 16 years…and what a budget it was! We covered off […]
Read More New BC Budget – $29 Million more for GrowBC, FeedBC and BuyBCThere’s an upcoming March 24, 2018 class on Pender Island, for how to use Permaculture Principles to design an Edible Food Forest. This is another local food growing class offered by the non-profit Heartwood Folk School, which is the initiating host of the GULF ISLANDS FOOD CO-OP. See below and email us to register for […]
Read More Class: Designing an Edible FOOD FOREST (March, 2018)