Tag: Farmland Trust

• Learning All About Our Farmland Trust from Andrea and Jenn

  Twelve joined this ASK Salt Spring gathering to welcome the Salt Spring Island Farmland Trust’s (https://www.ssifarmlandtrust.org/) Executive Director Andrea Palframan and Board Chair Jenn LeBlanc. While not a large group, after our gathering, Andrea noted that each one of our participants brought a unique and valuable perspective, creating a quite wonderful conversation.  After an Acknowledgement…

• Eating Together, Eating Local. . . We Can Do Better!

  October 27, 2023: Eighteen joined this ASK Salt Spring gathering to welcome local food production advocates. While Grow Local leaders, Polly Orr and Nick Jones, and Farmland Trust Director, Jon Cooksey, led the conversation, the room was filled with other experts as well, including local growers, long-time local farm advocates, and even a local agronomist from the Ministry of Agriculture. …