Author Archives: Rhona

This month’s CR-FAIR meeting was held out at Sooke, where we got a look at Sunriver Community Garden, officially unveiled a week ago, and already thriving. It was created with the energy and guidance of Sooke Food CHI, who are … Continue reading →

Latest notices from the Canadian Food Inspection website May 25, 2010 – June 18, 2010 HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Consumers Cautioned To Avoid Recalled Meat Products Consumer Advisory – United States’ “SpaghettiOs” With Meatballs Recall HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Certain … Continue reading →

The Canadian Organic Growers, with chapters across the country, has a lively membership on Vancouver Island, which includes summer farm tours in the area. Yesterday’s tour took us to Cobble Hill to see a lavender farm, and on to Cowichan … Continue reading →

Sooke’s Sunriver Allotment Garden opens properly with a garden dedication this weekend. I won’t be there for that but hope to have a look round soon. There’s been a lot of buzz about Chinese organics, since this article about dodgy … Continue reading →

Here’s a tasty article that gleans from a number of literary classics while discussing a new book, The Love Verb, which includes recipes. Seems to me I’ve ready other novels with recipes but the idea’s never really grabbed me. Maybe … Continue reading →