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Gabriola Agriculture Co-op News
news posts from our community
Food Security Fair May 3, 2026 12-3 PM
Save the Date – Seed Bank Events
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Bring your favourite dish to share and come join us at our Potluck AGM! Your Co-op will be providing home-made soup and local green salad - and you bring the rest! Here are the meeting details: Date: March 11, 2026 Place: Agi Co-op Hall 465 South Road Time: 5:30 -...
The Magic of Soil
In response to a UN Food and Agriculture Organization announcement, “Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues” (Scientific American, Dec. 5, 2014), University of British Columbia Emeritus Professor of Physics and Astronomer, Phil Gregory, has spent...
How much food do you waste?
Did you know? Canadians waste $31 billion of food every year! And 47% of that food is wasted in the home. The primary contributor to consumer food waste is high expectations—demand for high-quality, aesthetically-pleasing food is a key factor behind the volume of food...
The agricultural carrying capacity of Vancouver Island
Jared Smith wrote a paper about food production on Vancouver Island which highlights the issues of food security on Vancouver Island. Are we doing enough to feed ourselves on Gabriola? "Because so few people are directly involved in agriculture, there exists a...