Learning to love our carbon-holding soil
Every week, Bowen Islanders ship our green waste off-island in big trucks. Every spring we pay to haul it back in big trucks and dump it...
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Get over plastic food packaging
The future of plastics is in the trash can,” predicted Lloyd Stouffer, editor of the Modern Packaging magazine, at a conference of the...
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Help your garden with Hugelkultur
The word seems strange (it’s pronounced Hoogull - Kulchure) but this imported food-growing method could be the salvation for Bowen Island...
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Research on resources, land use and food production on Bowen Island
We have booklets telling us how to prepare for sudden emergencies, like power outages and earthquakes, but what about a long, slow...
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A little insight into Canada's new food guide
The Canada Food Guide has been a staple on classroom walls and in doctors’ offices since 1942. We were fortunate to get an interview with...
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Food for thought: Bee smart on Bowen
In recent years, we’ve heard a lot about the “colony collapse” of bees and the threat to global food crops. Is this a real threat in...
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Bowen digs into its farming roots
How much productive land would it take to feed Bowen Island’s population of 3,600? How many farms on Bowen are actively producing for...
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