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Immune Boosting Turmeric Celery Soup – OUR CSA #18
Ingredients 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil 2 medium-size yellow onions, chopped 10 stalks of celery, diced 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 tsp. GF ground turmeric 1 tsp. GF dried sage, or 5 fresh sage leaves chopped 1 tsp. sea salt or to taste ½ tsp. GF coarsely ground black pepper 6 […]
Healing Herbs/Fruits: Elderberries – OUR Educational CSA Week #17
Soon, the coughs, sniffles and sneezes will be flying and drugstores will be well-stocked with the usual cold and flu remedies. If you tend to gravitate toward natural treatment options, you’ve probably seen elderberry products on the shelves season after season. From cough syrup to lozenges, gummies to immunity juice shots, this rich source of […]
Healing Herbs/Fruit: Elderberries – CSA Week #17
Soon, the coughs, sniffles and sneezes will be flying and drugstores will be well-stocked with the usual cold and flu remedies. If you tend to gravitate toward natural treatment options, you’ve probably seen elderberry products on the shelves season after season. From cough syrup to lozenges, gummies to immunity juice shots, this rich source of […]
Reframing the Precautionary Mandates as Caring – CSA Week 16
Nobody likes to have their sense of freedom diminished. Freedom gives us a sense of being powerful and full of possibilities. It’s important to remember that every freedom is linked to a responsibility. Currently, the freedom of medically vulnerable people is dependent on the responsibility of healthy folks to protect them. Here at OUR […]
Kitchen Exploration: When Food is Medicine – CSA Week #16
WHEN ‘FOOD IS MEDICINE’ COLUMN (Brandy’s New Passion Project): So given we are moving into cold/flu season, given we are living in the midst of a global Pandemic, and given we have so much need for nutrient rich, antiviral/immune boosting, and good heart medicine foods….well I thought I would unleash some creative passions in the […]
Healing Herbs: Quince – CSA Week 16
Quince (Cydonia oblonga) are close relatives of apples and pears, but not everybody enjoys eating them fresh due to their tough skin and high tannin content and astringency that can only be mellowed out through cooking. Its cultivation can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome, and though it is considerably less common today, […]
Kitchen Exploration: Food Security and Ways to Discuss Preparedness – CSA Week #15
Kitchen Exploration: Food Security and Ways to Discuss Preparedness – CSA Week #15 According to Victoria’s Focus Online magazine, on Vancouver Island there is a 2- or 3-day supply of food in grocery stores. With the pandemic, there has been heightened interest in food security and awareness of our dependence on food imports. In addition to […]
Healing Herbs: Dill – CSA Week #15
Healing Herbs: Dill – CSA Week #15 Dill (Anethum graveolens), a favourite herb used in many classic dishes such as borscht, roasted veggies, pickles and fish dishes. It’s medicinal uses have been almost forgotten over time, but records found in Egyptian tombs suggest that doctors considered the herb a powerful digestive aid even in […]
OUR Educational CSA Week #15
OUR Educational CSA Week #15 The CSA is a fantastic way to strengthen the community by directly connecting locals to farmers, which reduces food waste and focuses on quality, sustainability and building relationships over profit. OUR mission is to educate, inspire, and transform by co-creating a thriving learning community and permaculture demonstration site. OUR Educational […]
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Land acknowledgment
OUR ECOVILLAGE is situated on unceded Indigenous lands. The Coast Salish Peoples are the guardians of these lands and waters where we live, work, pray, and play. Quw’utsun (Cowichan) is a historical place of gathering and Na’tsa’ maht Shqwaluwun/”one-heart one-mind” for many Indigenous peoples.
OUR ECOVILLAGE is committed to regenerate land and all ecosystems while acknowledging and respecting Indigenous knowledge that ensures thriving for all beings; we call this Permaculture.
OUR ECOVILLAGE is dedicated to continuously educating ourselves and our communities about the history and peoples of OUR bio-region, to assist in decolonization and re-villaging as a path towards peacemaking, from local to global.