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2007 Farmers Showcase When: Saturday, Oct 20th, from 10am to 4pm. Where: Co-op Centre Parking Lot, 2517 Bowen Road, Nanaimo Why: This event highlights the wonderful, delicious food that is grown here. There will be over 40 local food vendors. Come meet the people who grow your food, learn how to implement the 100 mile diet and be a part of this great local agricultural community.
Farmers' Markets Cedar Farmers' Market: Sundays 10am to 2pm at the Crow and Gate Pub, 2313 Yellowpoint Rd, Nanaimo. Starts Mother's Day weekend. Comox Valley Farmers' Market: Saturday 9am to noon on the Fairgrounds on Headquarters Rd. inCourtenay Wednesday 9am to noon at 4th & Duncan in downtown Courtenay. Market runs from April to December. Duncan Downtown Farmers' Market at the Sun Valley Mall, corner of the TransCanada Hwy and Boys Rd, just south of Duncan, BC. Runs year-round on Saturday from 9am-2pm. Duncan Market in the Square Downtown Duncan's City Square on Saturday from 9am to 2pm. Runs from April to November. Errington Farmers' Market at 1390 Errington Road in Errington on Saturday 10am to 1pm. Runs from May to September. Nanaimo Farmers' Market on the Pioneer waterfront Plaza, right next to the Bastion on Front Street in Nanaimo on Friday 10am to 2pm. Runs from April 13 to October 5. Saltspring Island Market in the Park in Ganges Village - Centennial Park on Saltspring Island Saturday 7:00 am - 4:00 pm. Runs from April to October.
Events OCT 19th, 2007 - Foodlink Nanaimo is hosting a networking forum “Supporting Local Agriculture” on Friday, October 19th at 6:30 pm at Christ Community Church. Farm Shopping Guide Please continue to support local
food producers throughout the year! It's spring and many farms are
opening their gates. Go out and explore your local farms and find
our what's growing in our wonderful island farms and buy straight
from the farmers. Spread the word, share the local bounty with others! Farms/Vendors
Horizon Heritage Farm is a 38 acre Certified Organic Farm located at 2980 Grafton Avenue, Qualicum Beach, BC. Jacqueline Cormier and Warren Leclerc the owners/operators have been operating this farm for over 25 years under organic conditions and became Certified Organic in 2000. They are currently offering lamb meat which is absolutely delicious and tender. People can buy a sampler box of roasts, chops, and stew meat for $125.00 or they can have them custom cut a whole lamb according to their preferences for $250-$300. We will be harvesting in November, December, and January. The lambs are raised on Certified Organic pasture and non-medicated feed yet they are not in the Certified Organic Program. If people are interested in mutton, we have delicious mutton which tastes as good as lamb. The mutton is larger and less expensive per pound. They can be reached at 250 752-6085 or farmfest@telus.net.
Nanoose Edibles
farm is open. They are selling washed and bagged nutritional greens
mix, various kinds of Gary Argyle's Farm is open on Saturdays from 10am to 6pm. He offers a range of veggies. He's on 2403 Maxey Road off of E.Wellington Road. Opening July 7th. Westwood Orchards, which is also on the same area as Gary Argyle's farm is offering a range of apples for a dollar a pound. Just drive up to the back of the property and pick, weigh and pay by the honour system. The bridge is open again and so you can go straight from Gary's to Westwood orchard. Berry Point Orchard is the place to pick up great heirloom apples and pears on Gabriola Island.. Again, it works on the honor system and there are varieties there that you'll never see on any big box supermarket shelf. Berry Point Orchard is at the end of Berry Point Road. Or call him at (250) 247-9210 to place 20 pound orders over the winter. Shady Mile farm market offers a range of local produce, frozen local meats and shrimp. They're at 3452 Jinglepot Rd. They're open all week. Kiwi Cove Lodge's wonderful arguta grape kiwis will be available until early November at Duncan Country Grocer, 49th Parallel Grocery in Cedar and Ladysmith. Individuals can purchase from us, $50.00 minimum order, please call ahead (250) 245 8051. Yellowpoint Cranberries in Ladysmith is offering cranberries in every form imaginable. They're even offering formal product tastings on Saturday. The Duncan Farmer's market in downtown Duncan is open year-round on Saturdays from 9am to 2pm. Cedar Valley Poulty
is offering eggs and chicken meat; whole or cut -up throughout the
year from the farm on 2409 Yellowpoint Rd, Nanaimo. Look for the
farm sign, come across the dirt drive way, up the hill and we are
the first right. Veggies are available while they last throughout
the winter. Tomatoes are still ripening in prime condition for tomatoe
salsa recipies. Dudink's Gardens - U-Pick berries, seasonal vegetables, nursery plants. Dudink's Gardens is located at 2219 Gomerich Rd. Just follow the TransCanada Hwy to the south tip of Nanaimo. Turn right onto Minefield Rd. (keep your eyes open for the road sign, the exit is right after it). Follow down Minefield as it meanders through the backcountry of Nanaimo, passed fields, over train tracks and finally it will hit Gomerich Rd. Turn left on Gomerich and Dudink's Gardens will be on your right. They're opened from 8am to 5pm every day. For more information, call 250-740-0302
Compassion Farms Qualicum Bay/Bowser That Extra Touch Dog Patch Flowers and Garden Art Island Scallops
Zipp’s Farm Fore and Aft Foods Turtle Island Palms Qualicum Beach Furneaux Family Farm Mindi’s Farm
Sloping Hill Farm/ Happy Island
Pigs Coombs and Hilliers Lori’s Farm Evelyn Gilmar Country Pies Horizon Heritage Farm Goldstream Gardens & Sunshine
Herb Pharm Regatta Gardens Errington Silver Meadows Farm Aspenwood Farm Holly Fort Farms
Traehus Haven Farm Ann Voigt Steve Simo
Mountain Mist Plant & Gift
Ray the Shrimp Man Windsong Farm Blue Heron Farm Hof Waldeck Farm
Nanoose Bay Whitta Farms Springford Farm Nanoose Edibles Anne Marie Bampfield
Nanaimo/Cedar
Cedar Valley Poultry Blue
Harvest Farm - several varieties of organic blueberries13387
Code Road
Cowichan Valley
Beech Lake Farm
Cowichan Bay Farms Poultry farm. On farm store providing award
winning specialty chicken and duck products. Open daylight hours
year round.
Hardie Honey
Farmers Institute & Agricultural Society
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100 Mile Diet.org The originators of the 100 Mile Diet BC Farmers Market Association Chock-full of information including where the nearest farmers market is, shopping tips, and what’s in season now. Island Farm Fresh They are a great resource. Find out what’s in season, where to get it and when farming and local food events are on. Island Farmers Alliance Another great resource on what’s being grown on our gorgeous island. Information for consumers, farmers, restaurants, teachers and kids! Spud.ca Get local organic produce delivered straight to your doorstep! Saltspring Seeds Co. A Saltspring Island company sells veggie, beans and grain seeds. Garden Path Nursery They have a great selection of organic winter vegetables. CJLY - Deconstructing Dinner Cool radio show out of Nelson that looks at food issues. |
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Slow Food Canada Website for Slow Food Canada. Find out if there’s a chapter near you. Eat Local Challenge - Blog A group blog by authors who are interested in the benefits of eating food grown and produced locally. Rusty Coast - Blog Follow Nanaimo 100 Mile Diet member, Jen Lam, as she takes up the 100 Mile Diet challenge. News Target.com - Food Politics American-based online newsletter that carries articles on food politics and other related health and social issues. 100 Mile Diet : St. John's Article written by National Post writers across Canada on hosting a 100 Mile Dinner party at the end of April, 2006. From St. John’s, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. 100 Mile Diet : Toronto Article written by National Post writers across Canada on hosting a 100 Mile Dinner party at the end of April, 2006. From St. John’s, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. 100 Mile Diet: Vancouver Article written by National Post writers across Canada on hosting a 100 Mile Dinner party at the end of April, 2006. From St. John’s, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. NCIP - Food Security Nanaimo’s Community Involvement Project Research News Bank on Food Security. |
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Measuring Your Food by the Mile Disturbing article from the UK about how many ‘Foodmiles’ it takes to get dinner on the table. FoodMiles and Climate Change Project Background on Victoria’s Foodmile and Climate Change Project. The High Cost of Organic Foods Article on the myth of high costs of organic food. You CAN Shop Locally Year-Round Article on how to shop locally. Enjoy the Fall and Save Some Money Article on enjoying the fall’s bounty and still save some $$$. The Third of Seven Myths of Industrial Agriculture Great article on why cheap grocery store food really isn’t so cheap. Globetrotting Food This Thanksgiving Globetrotting Food Will Travel Farther Than Ever This Thanksgiving from Worldwatch Institute The Nation - Slow Food Nation "Slow Food Nation" , a short thought-provoking article from great chef, Alice Waters. David Suzuki Foundation: Nature Challenge Newsletter From the David Suzuki Foundation website, a look at all the benefits of buying local. From Field to Table in Fertile Valley Article from San Francisco Chronicle on the wonderful food of Cowichan Valley. |
Books
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| An Edible Journey An Edible Journey: Exploring Vancouver Island's fine food, farms and vineyards -by Elizabeth Levinson Eating Up Vancouver Island by Rosemary Neering .Follow this author as she travels from the Saanich Peninsula to the Comox Valley and everywhere in between to reveal the amazing variety of fresh fruits and vegetables that can be found right from farms or at local farmers’ markets The End of Food by Thomas F. Pawlick. The End of Food exposes the cause of the crisis--an industrial system of food production geared not toward producing nourishing food, but maximum profit for corporations. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. An entertaining look at the paradoxes and challenges as one writer travels up and down the modern food chain. Feeding the Future: From Fat to Famine edited by Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon. A thoughtprovoking collection of essays that explore the world's food crises and possible solutions. 100 Mile Diet: Eating for Global Change by Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnon. The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of the couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment. |
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