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This guided forest and nature therapy walk invites participants to attune to these unseen relationships — the living “food web” that nourishes all life, including our own inner ecosystems. Come for connection, exploration and to enjoy a wild tea blend with your community.

Learn the language of bacteria and probiotics—how cultivating diversity in our foods strengthens our bodies to fight viruses and deepens our capacity to support our communities. This hands-on workshop includes practical fermenting techniques, tips on what to plant, and guidance for planning your garden with a fall fermentation schedule in mind.

Learn the principles of regenerative agriculture and explore techniques for growing sub-tropical fruit in Canada with minimal inputs, as well as useful methods for assessing the quality of fruit, soil and compost. A unique opportunity to learn from Jane Squier at her garden and greenhouse, which integrate innovative technologies to create low-input, energy efficient and regenerative growing environments.

Choosing plants that are in season, Jared will share lore and law about stewardship and cultivation practices — from time immemorial, and contemporary — and zoom out to what settlers can learn from the plant relatives and Indigenous law/stories in order to be good ancestors.

Take a walk through the forests and fields with Indigenous chef, knoweldge keeper and foodways expert Qwustenexun, who reveals the living world of ancestral teachings, stories, law and spirit that thrives within every living thing. Learn what springtime delicacies are edible and delicious, and discover the eco-cultural understandings that have guided peoples in the Salish Sea since time immemorial.

Salt Spring’s foodways have supported people for thousands of years: yet, today, we import most of what we eat. This two-part series will look at how Indigenous foodways, and the food systems brought by settlers have intersected — and, from that understanding, imagine a way forward.