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A barn tour has been suggested for the 2015 summer season as a celebration of the centennial of the Rock Creek Farmers’ Institute. The organization turned 100 in 2014. They held a meeting immediately following the Kettle Valley Stockman’s Association at the Rock Creek fairgrounds pavilion on Nov. 20. It was agreed to extend the term of office for the executive until February or March of next year. Dwayne Harfman is president, Art Harfman the vice-president, and the secretary-treasurer is Ed Fossen. Directors are Wayne Kline, Jim Anderson, Pat Campbell, Lisa Fillmore and Frank Van Oyen. The original documents registering the organization under the Societies Act were on display at the meeting. It reads that “… the objects now are: a) To improve conditions of rural life, so the settlement may be permanent and prosperous. b) To promote the theory and practice of agriculture by lectures, essays, the circulation of information, and other educational methods, and to stimulate interest by exhibitions, prizes and other means; c) To arrange on behalf of its’ members for the purchase, distribution or sale of commodities, supplies or products, and generally to act on their behalf in all matters incidental to agricultural pursuits, d) To promote social intercourse, mutual help and the diffusion of knowledge, and to make new settlers welcome.” “We have inherited a big chunk of history of our area,” said Pat Campbell of the archived records. “We are all here because of these people.”
The officers of the Rock Creek Farmer’s Institute as it heads into it’s second century are Dwayne Harfman (left), Art Harfman, Ed Fossen, Pat Campbell, Wayne Kline and Frank Van Oyen. Missing from photo: Jim Anderson and Lisa Fillmore. PHOTO: PAT KELLY
Talking about a daily dilemma The West Boundary Sustainable Foods and Resources Society (FAR) has scheduled another day of education and sharing this Saturday, Nov. 29. This workshop is entitled “Where does your food come from? (the daily dilemma).” It will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Midway Seniors Centre (corner of Seventh and Chamblet) in Midway. The doors will open at 9:30 a.m. for coffee and registration and the sessions are set to start at 10. For the first hour the topic will be the Kettle Valley Food Coop and local food sourcing. The discussion will then switch to sourcing local (West Boundary) protein from 11 to noon. “Protein is what people are really lacking in their diet,” said event organizer Vivien Browne. “There is quite a bit of canned stuff around but it tends to be tomato, mushroom and vegetable soup. You can only live for so long on that.”
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Following a lunch prepared with Boundary ingredients, there will be a panel presentation on low income food sourcing from 1 - 1:45 p.m. with Tammy Battersby (Grand Forks Blessings Boutique), Reverend Cathy Straume (director of the FAR Society) and Vivien Browne (Local Foodsharing). Battersby recently took part in the Welfare Challenge, going for a week with only $21 for a food budget (see story page 5). To end the afternoon, there will be a 45-minute discussion entitled Food Security—The Next Step, followed by a report from FAR president Leda Fair on her trip to a recent conference. These workshops are made possible through funding from the federal government. For more information contact Leda Fair at 250-449-2639 or Vivien Browne at 250-528-7433.