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New Models for Growing Food Locally

Heather Pritchard from Farm Folk / City Folk was the 'resource person' for a group discussion on 'Growing Food Locally with New Models'. The first of the two sessions gravitated naturally to the topic of Community Supported Agriculture, and Heather was asked a wide range of questions on the topic of CSAs. The group present at the discussion also contributed to the things summarized here.

Linda Gilkeson: Winter Gardening, Winter Eating too!

(photo credit: Janice Oakley)
(thanks also to Linda for corrections to this text)

The Galiano Food Program hosted a community kitchen and presentation on "Year 'Round Harvesting" by author, researcher, and "seasoned" green-thumb Linda Gilkeson.

Linda, who grows 99% of her yearly vegetables (and the majority of fruit as well!), was sharing all sorts of 'secrets' in hopes of spreading the word that we can nurture our own fresh veggies all year 'round.