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By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
For more than 40 years, Cortes Islanders have been relying on Linnaea Farm for organic, seasonal produce, along with beef, lamb and chickens. The 316 acre charitable land trust is overseen by the Linnaea Farm Society and includes a group of stewards who live on the property.
Continue reading Cortes Island farm finds new ways to get goods to market
Food security is a big issue on Cortes Island. There has been papers, studies and round table discussions, but as the Cortes Community Economic Development Association (CCEDA) COVID recovery coordinator, Filipe Figueira has to deal with practical solutions. Specifically, what projects can CCEDA achieve in a year?
Continue reading CCEDA’s 2022 targets: Easy wins on the road to food securityCKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Around 20 volunteers of all ages gathered at Linnaea Farm for the latest workbee on the Dillon Creek Wetland Restoration Project on Feb. 12.
Continue reading Dillon Creek wetland planted with water-loving native species
In the conclusion of a 3 part series on the Dillon Creek wetlands restoration, Project Manager Maranda Cross talks about BC’s disappearing wetlands and the revegetation currently underway at Linnaea farm on Cortes Island.
Continue reading Revegetating the Dillon Creek wetlandsAs the second year comes to an end, Project Manager Miranda Cross described the growth of a sediment island within the new Dillon Creek wetland on Cortes Island and gave an overview of the restoration project.
This project arose as a response to the algae blooms in Hague and Gunflint Lakes. Nutrients are entering the lakes from septic tanks, gardens, ditches, roads, creeks and livestock around the shore of the lakes.
Continue reading A growing sediment island in the Dillon Creek wetlands, project update
