Terra Firma Farms in #RevelstokeBC hired seasonal staff with support from our Food Producer Wage Subsidy Program, which provides support to primary food producers in the Basin to help increase residents’ access to locally grown, healthy food.
Progress on the community garden and kitchen renovation at the community hall is well underway since Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services received funding from Columbia Basin Trust, which included expert guidance from a food advisor, who helped draft a comprehensive food access and recovery plan.
The Trust’s Food Producer Wage Subsidy Program has supported Silver in employing six employees from May through October for the past three years.
Projects across the Basin focus on local food production and access
Faced with the challenge of retaining staff for seasonal work, Bent Plow Farm was in search of a solution. The Trust subsidized their intern Sarah’s salary and now she has a permanent role as Lead Farm Hand.
Since opening its doors in 2018, Healthy Kimberley’s Food Recovery Depot has recovered over 315,000 pounds of food, 85% of which has been used to create over 25,000 frozen meals distributed to Kimberley residents in need.
A Rossland homebuilder goes commercial.
This community hub is getting some bountiful upgrades Baynes Lake is a rural community on the shores of Lake Koocanusa.
Local food store in Fernie connects shoppers to farmers.
The Revelstoke Local Food Initiative gets support to continue to help get their community growing.
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Five-year project in the upper Kicking Horse Canyon is enhancing 112 hectares so Rocky Mountain elk can better use this land in the winter.
A project in Valemount broadens opportunities within the trail system while enhancing and protecting the opportunities that already exist.
A major expansion at the Golden freeride park is transforming the park block into a space that is open, accessible and used by a full spectrum of people.
With their recent participation in our Basin RevUp program, Give ‘Er Shirt Works not only grew their business, but their new 6,000 square-foot production facility and software upgrades are helping them stay on trend and reach new heights.
Homeowners in the new Lakeview Meadows community in Windermere decided on a mutual goal to improve their resilience to potentially disastrous wildfires.
Katherine Russell, glass artist, shifts her focus to improve her online presence and reach more people following one-on-one coaching from the Trust’s Basin Business Advisors Program.
Progress on the community garden and kitchen renovation at the community hall is well underway since Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services received funding from Columbia Basin Trust, which included expert guidance from a food advisor, who helped draft a comprehensive food access and recovery plan.
The Village of Kaslo’s FireSmart committee decided to focused on engaging youth in the community in 2023 by hiring Youth FireSmart Coordinator, Kenya Blouin.
Accessible support like the Trust’s Early Childhood Educator Training Wage Program ensures a bright future for both ECEs and the young children growing up in Basin communities.
