Okanagan Fruit delivered to Tofino and Ukee!

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that you can order seasonal fruit from an Okanagan farm by the case load and it will be delivered here weekly! Woohoo!

Here is the website, check it out:

OK Fruit

Garden Party - Tomorrow!

We hope to see you at the garden party tomorrow (Sunday, June 27) afternoon. It is a fundraiser for the community garden. The tea will be held in the garden at 380 Gibson St. — rain or shine (we have lots of tents on stand-by). The tea includes sweet and savory goodies, hot and cold tea, entertainment and garden games. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the garden gate and $5 for children ages 10 and under. You can get tickets at Green Soul Organics, Chocolate Tofino, Storm Surf or from Adrienne (ak_mason@telus.net) or Leah (tofinolocalfood@yahoo.ca). There are sittings at 1 and at 3, but if either of those times don't work, please come when you can. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Thank you for the great fundraiser!!!

Thanks to everyone for coming to the "Let's Get Dirty" Short Film Fest at Shelter the other night!! It was such a great success thanks to you and we raised nearly $800 for the community garden!! The budget for the garden is about $23,000 and we need about $15,500 more (rain water collection system is expensive!). We have a bank account at the CIBC in the name of the Tofino Community Food Initiative if you or anyone you know would like to make a donation to the project. Thanks again everyone!!! Sppecial thanks to Shelter Restaurant (Jay, Shawna and all the staff) and the illustrious MC of the evening, Doug Wright!

"Let's Get Dirty" Short Film Festival

Join the TCFI at Shelter on April 7th for 4 wonderfully inspiring short films, local food and drink specials, and great raffle prizes. Funds raised will go towards the creation of our first community garden up at the Wickaninnish Community School. Special thanks to Shelter for graciously hosting this event!

The following 4 short films will be featured:

1) Homegrown Revolution

"In the midst of a densely urban setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead. They harvest nearly 3 tons of organic food from their 1/10 acre garden while incorporating many back-to-basics practices, as well as solar energy and biodiesel."



2) Looking at the UBC Farm

"This film looks at the teaching, learning, urban agriculture and community development that happens in the 24 hectare space called UBC Farm / Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, which is under threat of development."



3)Indigenous Plant Diva

"In the language of the Squamish Nation, Cease Wyss was given the name 'T'Uy'Tanat', meaning 'Woman who travels by canoe to gather medicines for all people.'
In director Kamala Todd's lyrical portrait, Wyss reveals the remarkable healing powers of plants growing among the sprawling urban streets of downtown Vancouver.
Whether it's the secret curl of a fiddlehead, the gentleness of comfrey, or the blood red streaks of frog leaf, plants carry with them millennia of wisdom, communicated through colour, texture and form. Cease Wyss has been listening to this unspoken language, and is now passing this ancient and intimate sense of connection to her own daughter, Senaqwila."



4) A well-Watered Garden

"The film at the centre of this film is part of a faith community called Jacob's well in Vancouver, Canada's downtown east side. This neighbourhood has complex difficulties including extreme poverty (the poorest postal code in Canada), drug addiction (more than five thousand needle users), widespread disease (highest HIV & AIDS infection in the western world), and prevalent mental illness (estimated more then 50% of area resident).The Jacob's Well community has a unique, relational approach to sharing life with residents of the neighbourhood through visiting people, gardening, gathering around the table, worshiping, praying and serving."