Grow Local program helps build resilient and healthy food chain
The Salt Spring Agricultural Alliance and the Salt Spring Community Economic Sustainability Commission (CESC) are…
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One Cool Island: Initiatives aim to boost homegrown food supply
By ANDREA PALFRAMAN
Transition Salt Spring
On any sunny Sunday, especially now, town can seem so quiet. It…
Public eyes wanted to detect Asian giant hornets in 2021
B.C. and Washington state governments were boosting the buzz on Asian giant hornets just as spring was on the…
Photos of fall fair entries invited
Islanders have just under three weeks to submit their photos of exhibits for a special Salt Spring Fall Fair event.…
Editorial: Hearty appetite for food security
One thing the coronavirus pandemic has taught residents of the privileged western world is to appreciate the basic…
Michael Ableman: Thinking Like an Island
By MICHAEL ABLEMAN
Every spring for the last 43 years I have followed the same routine.
I turn under green manure…
Meadowlane project advances
The Salt Spring Local Trust Committee moved forward a number of business matters at its June 25 meeting, giving…
Salt Spring Island farms burst with new life
Spring is here, and on Salt Spring that means it is time for farms to start welcoming baby animals.…
Passing the shovel to a new generation of farmers
Kaleigh Barton wasn’t planning on becoming a farmer. The reason she came to Ruckle Farm on Salt Spring from her…
Construction begins on The Root
The Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust food sustainability building is beginning to take root.
The aptly named…