Yesterday Andrew and I met Lisa at Urban Harvest to talk about their business, local food, and what we can do to be more sustainable. Urban Harvest is a small packing house/warehouse with a lunch room, kids area, and a room for Saturday sales. During the tour, Lisa showed us all the produce they were housing which was to be packed into the weekly bins. There was not as much local food as she would have liked, simply because this is so dependent on the time of year and the growing conditions. She explained to us that this time of year is unideal for local growers and local food because the winter stocks are running out and the new growing season has yet to begin.Urban Harvest also has a delivery system which runs between Peachland and Lake Country. They deliver directly to people's houses, and also have drop off locations. I was delighted to learn last week that Lake Country Coffee House has recently become the new drop-off/pick-up location for the Winfield bins. Urban Harvest also have some supplier's in the area - such as Sproule & Son's Farm in Oyama.
When Andrew and I inquired about bin delivery to UBCO's campus, Lisa told us about one student who collects her own bin, often collecting bins for friends as well. Urban Harvest doesn't deliver to UBCO, because it is not viable for them. Students are always coming and going, many live in residences where they have mandatory meal cards, and the relationship has not worked well in the past. However, she did mentioned to us another company who she saw as a potential partner. This organization is caled "Farm Bag", they deliver farm bags to a school or specified location once a month at a minimal cost to the buyer. This food is always local and organic when possible as well. We have passed this information on to the UBCO sustainability club in hopes a future bond will be made. I was very excited to hear that there are several companies and individuals who are passionate about healthy, local food. This makes a huge difference in relation to sustainability because it vastly reduces food miles; it promotes organic foods; and healthy, home cooking.As has been mentioned in this blog previously - food is a main contributor to pollution, climate change, and overall health!
When Andrew and I inquired about bin delivery to UBCO's campus, Lisa told us about one student who collects her own bin, often collecting bins for friends as well. Urban Harvest doesn't deliver to UBCO, because it is not viable for them. Students are always coming and going, many live in residences where they have mandatory meal cards, and the relationship has not worked well in the past. However, she did mentioned to us another company who she saw as a potential partner. This organization is caled "Farm Bag", they deliver farm bags to a school or specified location once a month at a minimal cost to the buyer. This food is always local and organic when possible as well. We have passed this information on to the UBCO sustainability club in hopes a future bond will be made. I was very excited to hear that there are several companies and individuals who are passionate about healthy, local food. This makes a huge difference in relation to sustainability because it vastly reduces food miles; it promotes organic foods; and healthy, home cooking.As has been mentioned in this blog previously - food is a main contributor to pollution, climate change, and overall health!
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