Healthy, local, affordable food arrives on Basin tables
Projects across the Basin focus on local food production and access
Interest: Agriculture and Food Production
Blewett farm grows food 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.
Kimberley Commercial Kitchen Builds Community
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.
Sought-after Location Opens
A Rossland homebuilder goes commercial.
A Bustling Jaffray-Baynes Lake Farmers Market
This community hub is getting some bountiful upgrades Baynes Lake is a rural community on the shores of Lake Koocanusa.
Local, by name and experience
Local food store in Fernie connects shoppers to farmers.
Securing Local Food—and the Non-profit That Promotes It
The Revelstoke Local Food Initiative gets support to continue to help get their community growing.
Hot Sauce Proves a Hot Product
A Revelstoke farmers market favourite, may soon be in a store near you.
Sweet Success
At the Procter Village Café, the swirly cinnamon buns are topped with sweet, gooey icing—and are in very high demand. The socially distanced lineup for their cinnamon buns stretched out the door.
Farm to Table, to Enjoyment
New owner of Soulfood in Cranbrook finds a model that works during the pandemic.
