Farms http://www.eyesonbc.com/food/farms/index.rss Connect with agriculture on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. en-en Copyright EyesOnBC Publishing - All rights reserved Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT Growing Hope The region’s moderate coastal climate offers excellent to good soil depending on the location, for growing a variety of foods. However, only 30% of land set aside for agricultural activity is actually being farmed.

]]> http://www.eyesonbc.com/articles/growing-hope http://www.eyesonbc.com/articles/growing-hope Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT Restoration of Eden - Part 3 Part 3 in the Regional District of Nanaimo's 3-part series about Agriculture on Vancouver Island.

]]> http://www.eyesonbc.com/videos/restoration-of-eden-3 http://www.eyesonbc.com/videos/restoration-of-eden-3 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:30:00 GMT Restoration of Eden - Part 2 Part 2 of the Regional District of Nanaimo's 3 part series about Agriculture on Vancouver Island.

]]> http://www.eyesonbc.com/videos/restoration-of-eden2 http://www.eyesonbc.com/videos/restoration-of-eden2 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT Restoration of Eden Can the farmers of Vancouver Island rebuild food production to the level it was decades ago? Sure! Plant it and we will support the effort, buy the bounty and eat the harvest! We're in this together.

]]> http://www.eyesonbc.com/videos/restoration-of-eden http://www.eyesonbc.com/videos/restoration-of-eden Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT 10 Years of Growing: Buzzing Right Along Celebrate our precious pollinators at the 10th anniversary of Seedy Saturday in Qualicum Beach. Find out how their relationship with plants and flowers is the basis of seed production and indeed, the basis for all life on earth.

]]> http://www.eyesonbc.com/articles/seedy-saturday http://www.eyesonbc.com/articles/seedy-saturday Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT