Podcasts with Wayne Harris

The Local Grain Revolution X (Retail Supported Agriculture? / Sprouting Grain)

What is Retail Supported Agriculture? As far as the North American local food movement is concerned, it’s not a concept that has yet been coined in any notable way. The Kootenay Grain CSA (community supported agriculture) project located in the Kootenay region of British Columbia is now changing that. Community Supported Agriculture is most often…

The Local Grain Revolution IX

Since March 2008, Deconstructing Dinner has featured The Local Grain Revolution – a series tracking the evolution of Canada’s first community supported agriculture (CSA) project for grain. The CSA completed its first year in the end of 2008 following a commitment by 3 farmers in the Creston Valley of British Columbia who planted 15 acres…

University of Guelph Organic Agriculture Axed… Almost / Mountain Valley Farm I

In late March 2009, the University of Guelph announced that a number of programs at the school would be cut in response to budgetary challenges. Among those proposed cuts was Canada’s only organic agriculture degree program. While the number of enrolled students in the program is small in comparison to the University’s entire Agricultural College…

Future of Food in the Kootenays Conference III / Conscientious Cooks V

Future of Food III In November 2007, Deconstructing Dinner attended one of the first regional food security conferences ever held in Canada. With a population of less than 10,000 people, the City of Nelson, British Columbia, hosted over 250 people for the first evening of keynote speakers. With an equally impressive 170 in attendance on the…