Tag Archives: Food Action Society of the North Okanagan

“Symphony of the Soils” Film Screening!

Posted by Kristen Nammour on March 11, 2015

Celebrate 2015 as the International Year of Soils! From Deborah Koons Garcia, the director that brought you “The Future of Food”, the “Symphony of the Soil” is a film that explores the mutuality between soil, water, humans, plants and animals. Symphony of the Soil will be presented Thursday, March 19 at 7pm at the Schubert Centre by Allan Brooks Nature Centre in partnership with the BC Institute of Agrologists, the Food Action Society of the North Okanagan (FASNO), and the Sustainable Environment Network Society (SENS). After the film, join us for discussion with local soils experts, and a facilitated breakout session to discuss the future … Continue reading “Symphony of the Soils” Film Screening! →

Seeds of Synchronicity – Young Agrarians South Interior

Posted by admin on October 02, 2013

Article reposted from the BC Organic Growers Magazine Summer 2013! By Michelle Tsutsumi On a mild, hazy day in September, a young couple keen to leave their professional jobs to become homesteaders dropped by Pilgrims’ Produce Organic Farm just outside of Armstrong for a tour. Living five minutes up the highway on rented land, Chris and Maxine Andruik’s enthusiasm for raising chickens, growing good food, and dabbling in hops was a breath of refreshed energy at the tapering end of a busy season. It wasn’t until a month later, when Chris and Maxine invited the Pilgrims’ Farm crew to their … Continue reading Seeds of Synchronicity – Young Agrarians South Interior →