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COMOX VALLEY Carly Holmes, Highland
Michael Stubbs, Highland
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Be sure to check out the 2013 graduates of the senior secondary schools inside this issue of the Comox Valley Record.
Allison McNeill, former coach of the Canadian women’s basketball team, loves teaching young players. page 10
RECORD Scott Theriault, Vanier
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Agriculture tour visits Comox Valley Record Staff The Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C. is holding its regional tour at various Comox Valley locations Tuesday. The tour provides an opportunity to learn about innovative agriculture projects, and about projects funded by the foundation. The itinerary includes morning stops at Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt, McClintock’s Farm and Gunter Bros. Meat Co. Afternoon visits include Coastal Black Winery, Shelter Point Distillery and Island Bison Ranch. “It’s unique. We’re working closely with IAF this year,” said Abel O’ Brennan, an owner and winemaker at Coastal Black, which will host about 50 guests for wine-tasting and lunch. As of August, the Black Creek winery will have been in operation three years. “They’ve given us some fund-
ing for our Buy Local program for our advertising for the year,” O’Brennan said. This year, IAF has undertaken a campaign where it provides funding up to 50 per cent for businesses advertising or promoting the Buy Local concept. The foundation was established in 1996 as an industry-led, non-profit organization. It represents a significant component of the agriculture and agrifood community, from farm supply to primary production to post-farm gate and food processing. The focus is to work with clients, industry and funding partners, and to invest in projects that have the potential to transform ideas into solutions. In the past two years, the IAF has approved more than $125,000 to projects in the Comox Valley, including the Farmers’ Market, livestock slaughter waste disposal and domestic marketing initiatives.
Huband Elementary has salad days for kids Renee Andor Record Staff
Huband Park Elementary students have been biting into plenty of local produce thanks to the school’s new Farm to School Salad Bar program. Parent, local farmer and salad bar organizer Arzeena Hamir says the salad bar has been in operation once per week for the past six weeks, and she notes
there are three objectives of the lunch program. “The first one is to get kids to eat more fruits and veg for their own nutrition outcomes,” says Hamir. “The second is to support local farms, so the money that’s being spent here is being circulated in the Comox Valley.” The cost per student per lunch is $3, though Hamir adds subsidies are available. She points ... see HUBAND ■ 3
HE DIGS SHELLFISH Bill Wright of Vancouver enjoys scallops at the BC Shellfish Festival. The culmination of the 10-day event Saturday filled Marina Park in Comox to eat seafood as well as to watch cooking demonstrations and an oyster-shucking contest. Fluid Bar and Grill in Courtenay won the chowder contest. PHOTO BY MARK ALLAN
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