A jar of carrots, beets, and fresh herbs assembled at Culture Revolution! Fermentation workshop. Picture this: a long row of tables, pushed together, with people on either side busy chopping, grating, and mandolining piles of beets, carrots and cabbage. Turmeric, ginger and garlic smells waft by as happy chatter fills the air. Melanie shared samples of her kimchi with rose petals along with ferments made from rice and soy beans. This is the Culture Revolution! Fermentation workshop with...

1 hour presentation with 1/2 hour Q&A on keeping backyard chickens with world-renowned expert Ann Wortinger. Includes information on housing, nutrition, and what to do if your chicken gets sick. Ann has been a credentialed veterinary technician since 1983, and got her Veterinary Technician Specialty (VTS) certification in Emergency/ Critical Care in 2000, in Small Animal Internal Medicine in 2008, and in Nutrition in 2013. She was recognized with the Jack Mara Memorial Lecture Award, which is...

To build a more resilient food system, the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust recently completed a deep dive into how our local farmers view emergency threats and how we can better show up for one another during a crisis.