Resources

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Educational Article Links on this Website

Canadian Grow a Row Information
The Cowichan Community Food Security Plan Downloadable PDF
Community Food Assessment Guide
Local Agri-Food: Supply and Demand - Narrowing the Gap 'Snapshot Project'
A Seat at the Table - a Resource Guide for Local Governments
VIHA Food Security Update - September 2008
Infosheet on Food Security in the Cowichan Valley
Climate Change Primer by Starhawk
The Future of Food - a 1½ hr video - There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. This well-researched documentary by Deborah Koons Garcia, the widow of the legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia, takes an in-depth look at the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decades.

Green Health and Food Resources

Salt Spring Island Centre For Arts, Ecology and Agriculture - Demonstrates and interprets the vital connections between farming, land stewardship, food, the arts, and community well being.
Cowichan Green Community on Facebook - Come on and join us!
Food Democracy Network - BC Food Systems Network - Working together to eliminate hunger and create food security for all residents of British Columbia.
City Farmer News - (Vancouver, BC) All about urban gardening, gardening and children. A wealth of valuable information.
Sharing Backyards - "Imagine a world where everyone has plentiful access to healthy, local, organic food. The goal of the sharing backyards program is to further that goal...."
Do Yourself a flavour - Local Flavours is a co-operative effort by caring food growers, producers and supporting people who allow our belief in having a wide variety of personal quality food and edible creations available to us all.
How to be a Locavore
Wendy R. Holm, P. Ag., Award Winning Journalist - Lists of many of her thought provoking articles about the future of farming in Canada. Especially the Dec. 2007 article...chilling.
The Knowledge Pantry at FarmFolk/City Folk - A valuable resource for learning what is in season, where to buy local, and who is providing what. While most of the information applies to the lower mainland, some of it refers to Vancouver Island. The site also discusses current food and agriculture news and events.
O.U.R. Ecovillage - (Shawnigan Lake, BC) A sustainable learning center and demonstration site which focuses on ecological ways of living involving permaculture design.
Small Farm Canada - Newsletter edited by Tom Henry.
How to Find and Eat Local Food - What's in season, how to look and where to find. A list of great resources. Out of Vancouver.
Product of Canada, eh? CBC Marketplace uncovers the truth - The CBC Marketplace feature showing how labeling can be deceiving.
Urban Agriculture Resolution Passed by City of Victoria
Making Food Matter - Planning for Food Security in the CRD
Watching the animals that provide you with meat die - A funny and interesting article from the Chicago Tribune about one woman's journey to eat ethically.
The Food, the Bad and the Ugly
Dietitians of Canada Report on The Cost of Eating in BC 2007
Raw Food Society of BC - Raw and Living Foods communities across the province.
VIHA's Food Security/Community Food Action Initiative
Vancouver Island Diet Recipe Page
How one super-woman does it...the Llama Lady Blog

Other Websites with Useful Information, Workshops, Downloads

Eco-Sense: Ecological, Sustainable Living
Nanaimo Food Share
Vancouver Island University Sustainability Solutions - A Sustainability Network

Other Organizations

BC Coalition for Health Promotion
BC Farmers Market Association - Information including where the nearest farmer's market is, shopping tips, and what's in season.
Canadian Organic Growers - Vancouver Island Chapter
Certified Organic Organization of BC
CIP - Food Security in Canada - From Nanaimo Online.
Comox Valley Seed Savers
Cowichan Community Kitchens
Cowichan Family Life - Helping to create a safe and nurturing community.
Farmers Without Borders
Food Roots
Islands Organic Producers Association - Founded in 1990, the Islands Organic Producers Asson is a non-profit association of organic growers on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
Lifecycles Project
Organic Consumers Association - An online and grassroots non-profit, public interest organization, campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics.
Slow Food Canada - Slow Food believes in recognizing the importance of pleasure connected to food. We should learn to enjoy the vast range of recipes and flavors, recognize the variety of places and people growing and producing food.
Southern Vancouver Island Growers Association
South Island Organic Producers Association - A chapter of the Canadian Organic Growers (COG), which helps connect members to other organic communities and policy makers on a national level.
Supply Line Organic Foods - Buyers Club - (Gabriola Island, BC)
Urban Agriculture Group
Welcome Wagon - (Vancouver Island, BC) Welcome Wagon has committed to supporting the Vancouver Island local food producers by letting all newcomers to our shores know about the local food movement .

Newsletters

News Target.com - Food Politics - American-based online newsletter that carries articles on food politics and other related health and social issues.
Kitchen Gardens International - January 08 - Building school gardens in Argentina.

Books

The 100 Mile Diet Book (Canadian Edition) - "Eating locally isn't just a fad like the various diets advertised on late-night TV-it may be one of the most important ways we save ourselves and the planet." - Dr. David Suzuki, chair, The David Suzuki Foundation
Full Moon Feast - Full Moon Feast invites us to a table brimming with locally grown foods, radical wisdom, and communal nourishment. In Full Moon Feast, accomplished chef and passionate food activist Jessica Prentice champions locally grown, humanely raised, nutrient-rich foods and traditional cooking methods.
Animal Vegetable Miracle - A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. Here is an article about the reaction to her book in Vermont.

Green Service Companies from Vancouver Island

David Coulson Design - Using green technologies, traditional and recycled building materials.
Cowichan Recyclists - Contact local eco-friendly Cowichan recyclists to manage your recycling.
EcoGreeen Interiors - A green design service, using green products.
Janitor's Warehouse - A source of ecologically responsible cleaning products, and biodegradeable garbage bags.
Shore Energy - A company that specializes in retrofitting your home, apartment, or business, with cost and environment saving heating and cooling.
The Eco Store, Duncan - Eco Cleaning Products from skin-sensitive face soap, to bathroom cleaners and kitchen scrubbers! All made in Canada, and safe for both you and the environment.
Thibeault's Table - a local blog about local products and food on Vancouver Island.

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