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Media:

Concrete Garden Magazine Article - Stories Worth Savouring - Fall/Winter 2018

Concrete Garden Magazine Article by Quinn MacDonald - Island of Plenty - July 2018

Country Life in BC article by Peter Mitham on Farmer 2 Farmer and closing the local supply gap - May 2018

Times Colonist article by Linda Geggie on the Good Food Movement, and the Good Food Network - May 2018

Times Colonist article by Dr. Trevor Hancock on CRFAIR, Good Food Summit, and Good Food Network - Dec 2016



Local Flavour Column - Saanich News:

Youth take the lead in Victoria’s Pollinator Leadership Team- Thompson Hygge- August 2020

Growing together launches seedlings for saanich seniors giveaway - Linda Geggie - May 2020

 It’s never to early to start ‘putting up’ food - Linda Geggie - July 2019

Capital Region abuzz with activity for Pollinator Week - Linda Geggie - June 2019

Farms bustle with activity even in the winter months - Linda Geggie - January 2018

Food Security Plan moves ahead in Saanich - Linda Geggie - September 2018

Bringing Nature’s Bounty to the Roadside - Linda Geggie - August 2018

Celebrate Local Food with the Feast of Fields in North Saanich - Linda Geggie - August 2018

Serenity Farm Grows More Than Vegetables - Linda Geggie - June 2018



CRFAIR promotes healthy and sustainable food systems.  This considers our relationships with each other, and the land and waters of this region.  We endeavour to honour the land and its treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We live and work on unceded Coast Salish Territories*, specifically of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) Nations here in the core area, the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations {W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱,(Tsawout) W̱SIKEM (Tseycum)} out on the Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands, to the west Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke, and Pacheedaht, and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) and Pune’laxutth’ (Penelekut) Nations.

The presence of settlers (non-Indigenous peoples who live on these lands) is not neutral; it has had and continues to have devastating impacts on many aspects of life for Indigenous peoples. Many of our practices, including the seeds we plant, the ways we educate, and our methods of growing food came to these lands through the ongoing process of colonialism. Settler colonialism has suppressed local well-being by harming Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ food systems, whether they be land-based or of the sky and sea. We hold this understanding in our interactions and engagements with this land and its people. 

There is important work being done by many nations and allies to ensure the continued thriving of these food systems, communities, and knowledge systems. Those of us who are settlers need to recognize that our knowledge and way of doing things may not be the priority as we work towards food security for everyone in this region.

* The term Coast Salish is used to encompass a number of Indigenous peoples, including Esquimalt, Hul’qumi’num, Klahoose, Lekwungen, MALAXEt, Musqueam, OStlq’emeylem, Pentlatch, Scia’new (Beecher Bay), Sliammon, Shishalh, Skxwú7mesh-ulh Úxwumixw, Stó:lo, Straits, Tsleil-Waututh, T’Sou-ke, W̱SÁNEĆ, and Xwemalhkwu.