Horse Lake Community Farm Co-op building new root cellar

  Investing in a root cellar is a great way to preserve your produce and ensure your food security.  That’s the message Horse Lake Community Farm Co-Op is looking to promote this summer as it prepares to replace its own root cellar. Rob Diether, the chairperson of the co-op, said...
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Island Farm Land Under Increasing Threat

  Provincial planner urges local authorities to do what they can to protect and encourage agriculture Agricultural land across Vancouver Island is facing increasing pressures, and Reed Bailey, a land-use planner from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, is encouraging local government to do what it can ensure the land...
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Comfort Food for the Holidays

Food topics frequently come up at our staff meetings. We often talk about food from our garden or from the farmers market. As we were pondering the holiday season the topic of favourite comfort foods came up. We each have our own unique family and cultural traditions — and particularly...
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