We did come and enjoy the music, food, people and the festival this weekend. It was awesome! The music was great, food was incredible and we left with a fistful of information and a gratifying feeling about being part of something good.
Michele Murphy, Victoria, BC
Congratulations on the continuing success of the Organic Islands Festival. It has become an annual celebration of our thriving organic community.
Carolyn Herriot, The Garden Path Organic Plant Nursery
We′ve been getting rave reviews about the weekend and what a great event you produced. The feedback has all been positive and everyone is looking forward to the next Organic Islands Festival.
Robyn Burton, Executive Director, Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
Guy Dauncey speaks with A Channel about Deb Morse from Organic Islands on Vimeo.
During the annual Green Drinks gathering in Victoria on July 14 at Royal Roads University, Guy Dauncey chats with A Channel about Festival Director Deb Morse’s contribution to the green and sustainability movement on Vancouver Island.
Reporter Matthew Pearson provides a great summary of the panel discussion with local farmers and food activists offering their solutions to reviving the Vancouver Island Diet. Here is an excerpt:
Metchosin farmer Tom Henry has this advice for Islanders: grow five per cent more food than you did last year and buy five per cent more locally grown food.
The hour-long talk centred on a sobering statistic — more than 90 per cent of the Island’s food supply comes from off-Island. By contrast, in the 1960s, 85 per cent of the food consumed here was actually grown on the Island…
At the festival this past weekend, we got the chance to film clips of some of the exhibitors and volunteers. We are happy to be able to feature this footage of great green businesses and people in our community. Here is a slide show of some of the videos. For details about each of these clips, go to http://vimeo.com/channels/thegreenscene
Reporter Travis Peterson of Black Press reported on how the festival is promoting sustainable change in what we grow and eat. Speakers included Oak Bay MLA Ida Chong, now Minister of Healthy Living and Sport. Here is an excerpt:
Glendale Gardens was busy, hot and sustainable on the weekend…
Wonderful coverage of the festival by Editor John Threlfall at Monday Magazine. He previews the festival in this week’s print and online edition. Here is an excerpt:
Read this article about Jen Fisher-Bradley, speaker on main stage at Organic Islands Festival:
Local food-security activist Jen Fisher-Bradley has been selected as a feature speaker for the upcoming Organic Island Festival and Sustainability Expo…
Joan Delaney of The Epoch Times, the world’s largest independent newspaper, interviewed me and the marketing directors of Level Ground Trading and Nature’s Path Foods (both festival sponsors) while researching her article on the growth of green business in Canada and quoted us as follows:
Green business is “not just about ‘let’s stop buying this stuff and let’s start buying green stuff’—we want to buy less stuff” — Deb Morse, festival director …
I was somewhat taken by surprise when Valerie Williams, Green Muze editor on Saltspring Island, called me an ‘eco rock star’ during the course of our recent interview. Here is an ‘excerpt’ of the article and interview with link to the Green Muze site which describes itself as “part news agency, part magazine, part advocacy group, and unquestionably idealistic”
Last year’s festival coverage from ‘A’ British Columbia showcases the forward thinking green practices that our exhibitors are known for. Reporter Astrid Braunschmidt gives us the scoop on two companies leading the way with triple bottom line approaches: Level Ground Trading and Swift Kick Computers.
We did come and enjoy the music, food, people and the festival this weekend. It was awesome! The music was great, food was incredible and we left with a fistful of information and a gratifying feeling about being part of something good.
Reporter Matthew Pearson provides a great summary of the panel discussion with local farmers and food activists offering their solutions to reviving the Vancouver Island Diet. Here is an excerpt:
Last year’s festival coverage from ‘A’ British Columbia showcases the forward thinking green practices that our exhibitors are known for. Reporter 