The Gulf INLET Project
Island Network of Learning and Experiential Tourism
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Let No Apple Be Wasted!
Let No Apple Be Wasted is a new program, helping islanders preserve apples. The SGI CRC and the Gulf Islands Food Co-op are bringing preservation equipment, methods, and support to you this September and October.
There are many ways to participate.
You can….
- Watch a video and learn preservation methods at home. A video will be released in early September with the help of experts and community volunteers on Saturna Island.
- Glean apples (get free apples) if you are in need.
- Donate apples if you have too many, and be matched with someone who can pick your apples.
- Sign up to use equipment including a pressure canner, food dehydrator, and more at a location near you.
- Sign up to receive free jars and lids if you are in need.
Email penderislandcrc@gmail.com to sign up.
In Partnership With
SquashFest
Pender Island
Spring 2020 and October 3, 2020
Come to the Saturday Market each week in October, to celebrate SquashFest!
The Gulf Islands Food Co-op will be hosting an amazing display of dozens of different squash and pumpkins, all grown on Pender!
We’ll also have a sales table where you can purchase winter squash for Thanksgiving, or to stock up for the winter with hardy squash varieties that should keep right into February.
Market vendors will be participating also, by making delicious squashy treats for the market. Lots of reasons to come to the October Saturday Markets!
SquashFest started in the spring, with free seed and soil give-aways to growers and backyard gardeners, as a way to encourage more food growing on Pender, and to build more connections among growers. Now its time to harvest, and eat! Squash is an amazing vegetable – easy to grow, colorful, nutritious, versatile, diverse and very very tasty!
SquashFest is sponsored by CRD, CRC, Buckerfields, Petals and Paws – thank you!
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Do you have an idea for a program or event on Mayne, Pender, Galiano, or Saturna Island to extend tourism beyond the summer months? Do you have a skill that you would like to teach? Do you have an existing program or event that could use support? We would like to hear from you.
We are looking for innovative program and event ideas. Click on your island below for contact information or view the project application form here.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia
