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UPCOMING EVENTS
Cowichan Gourmet Gala
September 11th, 2009. Quw’utsun’ Cultural & Conference Centre
Doors open 6:30 pm
Tickets ~ $50 - Reserve by calling 250-748-1111
The Gourmet Gala is a fun and delicious event showcasing local chefs, restaurants and food producers who will be demonstrating and sampling their delectable creations, paired with Cowichan wines, ciders & beers.
Click here for more information about the 2009 Gourmet Gala!
The 11th Annual Salt Spring Island Apple Festival
Theme: Celebrating Heritage Apples - TRAVEL BACK IN TIME
Growing over 350 varieties of apples organically.
Sunday, OCT 4, 2009
A chance to visit Apple Heaven while still on earth!
http://www.saltspringmarket.com/apples/
Contact info: Harry Burton
250-653-2007
Vancouver Island Diet and 100 Mile Diet
IN THE NEWS
Push for local foods prompts grocers to go independent. July 15, 2009
Beban Park Farm Marketers to Promote 100 Mile Diet Daily News May 14, 2009
From Sap to Sugar Shack - Alberni Valley News, Feb. 5, 2009
Tapping Big Leaf Maples on Vancouver Island.
Quest Outreach Society coming to Victoria. Quest Outreach Society is working with a volunteer committee of agencies in BC’s Capital Region to
establish a Quest centralized food recovery and redistribution centre on Mary Street in Esquimalt.
In November 2008 a Quest warehouse will be opened that will provide quality foods for community
agency food programs.
In preparation to opening the warehouse doors Quest is looking for donations and volunteers.
What’s needed?
Volunteers: Can you help to get the warehouse set up? Between November 1 and 15, volunteers
will be needed to build shelving, paint, clean and set up.
Supplies: Freezers, shelving, and other materials
Donations: We need to raise about $30,000 to get this warehouse in operation.
If you can help please contact
or 250-383-6166 and let us know what
you would like to offer. We can then connect you with the Victoria Quest Coordinator.
Illicit chickens popping up everywhere
How Secure is our Food Supply. Vancouver Sun, May 17, 2008
100 Miles for 100 Days- Abbotsford Mission Times April 22, 2008
Liberal Whip Randy Hawes Takes up 100 Mile Diet-Georgia Strait Apr. 16, 2008
Know Where Your food is coming From. Ottawa citizen April 9, 2008
The Local Grain Revolution text and podcasts explore the creation of a project launched by two conservation groups wishing to experiment with the creation of a local grain market in the middle of the mountains of British Columbia.
Consumers will soon have food labels that tell them how close to home their groceries come from. Prince George Citizen. Monday, Feb. 18/08
New Victory Gardens Plant Seeds of Change. Newbury Port Wicked Local Feb 16/08
Fish Farms directly responsible for falling stocks of wild salmon and trout. Vancouver Sun, Feb. 13/08
The 100 Inch Diet from the San Francisco Chronicle Feb 2, 2008..ha ha, they beat you, Don, sorry!
Issues of General Concern
Article Archive. As more articles come in, some articles are removed in the interest of not having a page that is 10 screens long. These articles are still of great interest and worth reading.
January 2008 Archive
Vancouver Island Diet, Island Diet, Victoria 100 mile diet, Nanaimo 100 mile diet, Duncan 100 mile diet, Vancouver Island 100 mile diet, Campbell River 100 mile diet.
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