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» Posted Saturday, February 5, 2011
Seed diversity is more and more being recognized as an important issue. Here in the Shuswap, we are lucky to have a dedicated group who have been hosting Seedy Saturdays for 17 years. More recently, they have created a Shuswap Community Seed Bank which asks community members to grow out and save seed yearly.
The Shuswap Seed Savers will host their 17th annual Seed Swap March 5, 2011 at AL Fortune School in Enderby from 10 am to 3pm. In addition to the booths, they will have speakers and be showing FRESH.
FRESH is a new film that claims it’s “more than a movie, it’s a gateway to action”. This movie is “a platform to raise awareness and connecting people to the solutions available in their community”. It should be a great source for grassroots inspiration.
Come support this amazing group and pick up some truly local items.
» Posted Friday, November 5, 2010
Support Shuswap Food Action Co-op by purchasing a 2011 calendar. These beautiful calendars feature great images of farms from around BC as well as local seasonal recipes for each month. To view the calendars visit http://ffcf.bc.ca/Promotions/calendar.html. The calendars are produced by FarmFolk/CityFolk and photographed by Brian Harris. Check out Brian Harris and his work at his site http://www.brianharrisphotography.net/.
The calendars are $15.99 each and all proceeds go to Shuswap Food Action Co-op. They are available at Shuswap Health Foods, Salmon Arm Stationary or from any board member.
Enjoy BC farms year round and support our Co-op at the same time!
» Posted Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Shuswap Food Action Co-op memberships will be on sale at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair. The Co-op is dedicated to supporting and fostering a vibrant local food system where our producers and processors can make a fair living and everyone has access to sufficient, nutritious and ethically produced food.
Our booth in the arena will offer the opportunity to purchase a local apple, provided by Peterson’s Orchards, and be entered to win 8x8 Garden bed. The bed will be built and installed by the Shuswap Food Action Co-op using the custom Green Thumb Garden Bed Corners.
In addition to the Shuswap Food Action Co-op information there will be a newly authored book available as well. Real food, Real Health is written by an Organic farmer, Kathryn Hettler and a physician, Maureen Clement. They have created a lovely book that offers 232 pages packed with helpful information about the wholesome foods grown in the North Okanagan and Shuswap regions--everything from asparagus to ground cherries, from peaches to grass-fed beef to spelt--with lots of simple, delicious serving suggestions.
See you at the fair!
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Shuswap Food Charter
The golden Shuswap is not only a beautiful place but also a bountiful area with the potential to have a strong local food system.
While there have been many strides in this direction much more can be done. The Eat Local project raised awareness about the need
to support and foster a vibrant local food system where our producers and processors can make a fair living and everyone has access
to sufficient, nutritious and ethically produced food. Awareness is high but a number of challenges remain. Members of our community
still go hungry and our agricultural land is threatened by development. Food knowledge and skills are being lost as a reliance on
processed foods grows. This charter is an acknowledgment of the achievements to date and a commitment to work together in meeting
the challenges facing our food system in the future.
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