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2023 Good Food Box price increases

>> Jesse Wallis

It is really important to us at the Good Food Box to provide an abundance of healthy fruit and vegetables at a low cost for our community. With the increase in the price of food across the province, we have been getting less bang for our buck—there is a direct link between food […]

By |February 17th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Sharing Opportunities and Challenges

>> Chantille Viaud

Last week Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) report confirmed what many of us have known for a while from friends or personal experience: that rent prices have grown at a record pace while the vacancy rates are the lowest since 2001.

Also last week, Victoria’s city council adopted the missing middle program, aimed […]

By |February 17th, 2023|Editorial|0 Comments

Visioning for the Future

>> Laurel Collins, Member of Parliament for Victoria

As the MP for Victoria, my role involves both bringing the voices of my constituents to Ottawa, but also working for a vision of Canada where people don’t have to struggle to pay their rent or mortgage, or just to put food on the table; where people can […]

By |February 17th, 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Community Eats: Greek n’ Go

>> Lauren Gaultier

Some of you may have noticed there’s a new truck in town and it is serving up some Greek delights.  The Greek n’ Go food truck opened in December 2022 adjacent to Fernwood on the Cook Street border at Mason Street.  This father-daughter operation is run by Greek Canadians Eirini her dad Eleftherios.  […]

By |February 17th, 2023|Community Eats|0 Comments

Welcoming Susan Kim to the Fernwood NRG team

›› Susan Kim, Director of Operations at Fernwood NRG

Hello, friends, felines, and Fernwood-appreciators alike! It is an honour to join the Fernwood NRG staff team as the new Director of Operations. I’m nearing the end of my first month on the team, but some things still feel novel. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired […]

By |September 1st, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Protect The Arbutus Trees of The Pacific West Coast

›› Jan Firstbrook

With unique bark, berries and leaves, what tree lives only on the Pacific west coast?

Have you seen a twisted, crooked tree with reddish peeling bark and dark green glossy evergreen leaves?  Under the red bark, there is soft, green skin. Clusters of fragrant white blossoms turn into round orange berries in the fall. […]

By |August 11th, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Tips For a Healthy Veggie Garden

›› Kayla Siefried, Compost Education Centre

Ah, August in the garden, when the abundance is (hopefully) pouring into the kitchen, and when you heavily rely on friends and neighbours to water your garden while you galavant on summer holiday, and when your plants begin to look, maybe, a little yellow or a little tired.

Here are some […]

By |August 11th, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments