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Agricultural & Gardening Groups

Active Malaspina Mariculture Association

Lund  Email

Composting Hotline

Website    Vancouver: 604 736 2250

Farmers Institute

President: Helena Bird   604 483 9546    Email

Seedy Saturday: Wendy Devlin   604 483 9268
Promotes farming, seed saving, animal husbandry, 4-H, agricultural education, and rural values.

Garden Club

Lin Morrison      604 483 4965
Jerry Durnin      604 483 4150

Guest speakers and information for gardeners.  We welcome anyone who is interested in gardening.

Meetings: 3rd Tuesday each month  7:00 pm
Community Living Place, 6831 Artaban Street

Garden Tour Committee

c/o 4316 Westview Avenue, V8A 3J6

Diana Wood     604 485 2860

Organizes an annual spring tour of selected gardens and homes from Lund to Saltery Bay on the Sunday of the Victoria Day weekend. Proceeds dedicated to community projects such as green space, beautifying, etc.

Gillies Bay Farmer's Market

West side of Texada Island   
Seasonal farmer's market offers fresh locally grown produce plus arts and crafts made by local artisans.

Sundays 12:30 to 2:30 summer months

Malaspina Naturalist Club    Website

Janet Alred   604 485 0077
Heather Harbord   604 485-5379
Sherri Wretham   Email

Founded in January 1999, the Malaspina Naturalist Club welcomes all residents and visitors interested in the flora, fauna and geology of our beautiful temperate rainforest. Associate members of the Federation of BC Naturalists.   Activities include monthly field trips, community learning programs and local nature research.  New members welcome.

Meetings: 10 per year with a social gathering at 7:00; meeting and speaker at 7:30
United Church Hall, 6932 Crofton Street. . Meetings are scheduled at the speakers convenience.

Pacific Agricultural Certification Society (PACS)

#8A 100 Kalamalka Lake Road, Vernon, BC, V1T 9G1

Administrator: Rox Cripps  250 558 7927  
Fax: 250 558 7947

Website     Email

Society that certifies all of the province’s organic handlers and processors.  PACS certifies anyone in BC. ISO 65 accredited, USDA agreement in effect.

Powell River & District Agricultural Association

Erin Wilson 604.487.0101

Promotes farmers' markets, fairs, 4-H and local sustainable farming; administers the Paradise Exhibition Park.

Skookum Food Provisioners' Cooperative  Website   Faceboook

604.485.7940 or david@skookumfood.ca

A not-for-profit Community Service Cooperative established in 2010 with a mandate to

• help its members acquire and share the knowledge, skills, and resources they need in order to

> grow, gather, raise, and catch healthful food as locally as possible;

> preserve, store, prepare, and share the bounty;

• build a strong community and a diverse local food economy based on mutual support, fair prices, living wages, and respect for the natural systems which sustain life.

One of our projects is Skookum Gleaners (formerly 'The Fruit Tree Project'). For more information see http://skookumfood.ca/gleaners