Since March 2008, Deconstructing Dinner has been tracking the evolution of the Kootenay Grain CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in the interior of British Columbia. The project is Canadas first community supported agriculture project for grain and its been quite a while since weve checked in with how its evolved throughout its third year.
Also on this part 10 of the series, we learn about the many grain projects underway elsewhere in Canada and the United States, all of which have been inspired by this very Local Grain Revolution series! Specifically, we travel to Lopez Island, Washington, where one of those projects has completed its first successful year. In October 2010, Jon Steinman visited the Island to share the story of the Kootenay Grain CSA and learn about the Islands very own.
Guests
Roy Lawrence, farmer, R&S Lawrence Farm (Creston, BC) - Roy is a third-generation farmer. Prior to the CSA, Roy had farmed using conventional methods but the CSA became an opportunity for him to transition to growing naturally.
Joanne Gailius, farmer, Full Circle Farm (Canyon, BC) - Full Circle Farm began in Black Creek, a Mennonite community on Vancouver Island. The Gailius family gardens and raises chickens, turkeys, cows, fruit trees and Norwegian Fjord horses (which are used as labour on the farm). In 1999, the family moved to the Creston Valley where they now farm on 40 acres.
Nancy Crowell, volunteer, KLOI 102.9FM (Lopez Island, WA)
Rhea Miller, assistant director, Lopez Community Land Trust (Lopez Island, WA)
O.J. Lougheed, seed saver, Lopez Community Land Trusts Grain Project(Lopez Island, WA)
Kathryn Thomas, farmer, Horse Drawn Farm(Lopez Island, WA)
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Nov. 11, 2010
Kootenay Co-op Radio CJLY, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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