December 2021
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The Gift of Good Food keeps on giving What does it mean to feel connected to your community?
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hat does it mean to be nourished, fed, and supported by the people around you? How do we connect through food to a wider network of human and non-human relationships? What does it mean to be accountable in these relationships? As we enter the holiday season, and as we run our annual Gift of Good Food fundraiser for families to access Good Food Boxes, these are the questions I keep circling back to. The Good Food Box is a non-profit, volunteer-packed, community-run distribution of fresh, healthy, affordable fruit & veggie boxes that is available from Sooke to Saanich. From humble beginnings as a mutual aid project in 2008, we now purchase 2-3 tonnes of fresh produce each week and pack it into individual bags that are sold through our website or donated thanks to funds from the Gift of Good Food fundraiser, which launched in November and will run until December 31st. The Gift of Good Food purchases a year’s worth of bi-weekly Good Food Boxes for families in need, and provides a consistent source of meaningful support for the families who receive it. But it also does much more. Each week begins with our Good Food Box Coordinator, Ruben, combing through the price lists from our local farmers and distributors. He’s searching for the best deals, but he also places top priority on food grown locally, which boosts the seasonality and quality of what we offer. Thanks to his attention, 69% of our food from within 200 miles of Victoria last year. Spending our money as locally as possible strengthens our local food system, which is a long-term investment in our regional food security. Buying in bulk helps us to keep food costs affordable for our paying
Thank you to our team of volunteers and staff who run the Good Food Box and to all the donors, funders, and partner organizations who come together to make the Gift of Good Food possible. The Gift of Good Food fundraising campaign is on now until midnight on New Year’s Eve. Photo: Don Craig.
customers, and our bags full for everyone. Once the food is ordered, an incredible team of volunteers shift into gear. Ellen fills our newsletter with amazing recipes, and a rotating cast of over 20 volunteers fill our gym to cheerfully pack anywhere from 250-500 bags of fresh produce. Our volunteers check every piece of food they pack, our chefs Patrick and Jake make use of any excess or slightly bruised produce, and we compost the small amount of food left after that. We’re able to reduce food waste, and contribute to future soil building through composting. Enter stage left our distribution volunteers and community partners! Our team of volunteer drivers and over 18 community partners pick up and distribute our bags across the CRD. Each neighbourhood community centre serves as a local pick-up location, and we offer delivery to those who need it. Both paying customers
and recipients of the Gift of Good Food get the same high quality, fresh produce from the same pick-up location, there is no distinction. One of our core values is that we provide dignified access to food—we don’t differentiate between our paying and non-paying customers. Everyone gets the same level of quality and service. Our 18 community partners are an essential piece of the Gift of Good Food. They work closely with marginalized people in their communities, and they include neighbourhood community centres, transition houses, refugee service agencies, grassroots collectives, and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. They identify people for whom the Gift of Good Food will have the greatest positive impact, based on the relationships they’ve established in their respective communities. This network of relationships, which starts with the farmers who grow our food
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Indigenous Voices
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Resilience in trying times page 3
Revilalizing food security through reclamation page 4
Addressing food aid page 5
and expands outward, is really what the Gift of Good Food is about. As we’ve seen clearly over the past two years, we are not isolated individuals living out disconnected stories. We are all enmeshed in a web of relationships with the people and land around us, in a reciprocal loop. An investment in someone else’s well-being, an investment in your community, can be a wise investment in you too. So please join us again this year in donating to the Gift of Good Food! It is truly the gift that keeps giving throughout the year. There are many ways to get involved, from individual donations, to starting a Fundraising Team, involving your business, or bidding on our silent auction. Our silent auction runs from December 7th to 9th and has loads of great items to check out. Head to thegiftofgoodfood.ca/donate to learn more. We look forward to working with, and for, you in the new year.
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What’s a food bank?
Published by Fernwood Neighbourhood Resource Group Editorial Committee
Chantille Viaud Brett Gaylor
Mila Czemerys Shonna Bell Founding Editor Lisa Helps Contributors
JJ Ford Katrina Philpotts Kayla Siefried Shae Zamardi Hannah Seaton Lauren Gaultier
Chantille Viaud Laurel Collins, MP Lizz Brooks Ariel Reyes Antuan Jan Firstbrook
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Don Craig Laurel Collins, MP Ariel Reyes Antuan Mila Czemerys
Axel Katrina Philpotts Aly Sibley Photography Lauren Gaultier
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›› Chantille Viaud Growing up, my family would give cans of food to our local food bank each year, and I assumed that this was normal. But then one year, friends from Sweden visited us for Christmas. I remember telling them, with pride, that we were gathering cans of food to give to the local food bank. “What’s a food bank?” they asked. I assumed it was a ‘lost in translation’ moment. After explaining, they still didn’t understand, and told us that such things didn’t exist in their country. They asked why our government didn’t instead give people enough money to be able to buy their own food so they didn’t have to rely on our left overs. I was stunned. Since then I’ve come to realize we need to pressure our government to provide
better income assistance to folks so they don’t need to wait in food bank lines. One of my mentors taught me to dream big: “A world without food banks is possible” he says. We know that government’s not going to change things overnight, it’s going to take time. But, people still need food, and people especially need food now after 2 years of a pandemic. One of the ways we’re trying to meet this need, to distribute fresh produce with dignity and free of stigma, is through our Good Food Box program. When we provide free boxes to families, no one knows which boxes are the ones that are for folks who have paid, or for folks who are receiving them for free. The packers treat all the boxes the same, and the produce they receive is the same as everyone else.
This is the reason why Fernwood NRG fundraises each year through our Gift of Good Food campaign. So that we can get as many boxes as possible into the hands of those who need it the most. For $650, a family is provided a free box every other week for a year. I buy these boxes for my own family, and each time I bring home the box my kids help me unload and we talk about which veggies they like, which ones they promise they’ll try again, and which ones might be new to them. My family started a team to fundraise this year because we know how much it means to have fresh quality food for families. And while we know that this is needed and necessary, I will continue to tell my kids that we need to fight for a world where food banks and food charity are no longer needed.
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Closing the gaps ›› Katrina Philpotts Food insecurity, the inability to access sufficient, safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate foods, is increasing at disproportionate rates in many Indigenous communities in Canada. However, the impacts of the lack of access to land for food and cultural practices among urban Indigenous populations have been poorly documented. Originally from Nunavut, I know too well the hard issue my community faces. Although food insecurity is a problem throughout Canada, it is hitting Nunavut especially hard and is something I understand way too well. At one point, Food Secure Canada reported that nearly 70% of the Nunavut population were food insecure. Such pervasive food insecurity in northern Canada is a direct violation of the right to available, accessible, and adequate food. I now live in Victoria, BC, and know that the Capital Region’s food insecurity rate of 14% is still slightly higher than the national rate.
Food is a vital part of Indigenous culture, well-being, and health. Food security is essential to our ability to make healthy choices and live our best lives. Research consistently shows the link between wholesome food choices and healthy eating. Having access to affordable and nutritious food is a vital determinant in improving the health and wellbeing of our people and communities. Writing this article is an opportunity for me and others in my community to celebrate and highlight the importance of accessing and eating healthy food. The Good Food Box and the Victoria Native Friendship Centre have collaborated over the years to come together and provide fresh foods to the urban Indigenous community. The Good Food Box inspires and nurtures a healthy community by having built a local, sustainable, and Vancouver Island food economy. The hope is that the Victoria Native Friendship Centre continues to actively collaborate with local partners, like the Good Food Box, to continue to develop shared approaches and find innov-
Aiden F. and Delwyn P. getting the Good Food Boxes ready for the VNFC community. Photo: Katrina Philpotts
ative solutions so that we can keep moving forward as an equitable and healthy urban Indigenous community. Katrina Philpotts is the Special Projects Assistant/Library Coordinator at Victoria Native Friendship Centre (VNFC). VNFC is a partner organization of the Gift of Good Food.
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People in Canada should not be left to struggle without the food they need ›› Laurel Collins, MP In a country as prosperous as Canada, people shouldn’t be left to struggle without the food they need. Every Canadian should have access to affordable, fresh, and nutritious food, yet 4.4 million people continue to face barriers due to rising food insecurity. Food banks, while necessary in our current context, are a sign that our government has failed Canadians. People have been pushed into extreme food insecurity due to the lack of adequate federal supports and services and the pandemic has only exposed and exacerbated pre-existing inequalities. In Canada, 10% of white households face food insecurity but this percentage jumps to 28% if you are of black or Indigenous descent. Food security is an issue close to my heart, prior to becoming your Member of Parliament I sat on the Victoria Urban Food Table board, advocating for food security policies and actions. As your MP I have continued this work in Ottawa and have been calling on the Liberals to develop a national food policy and roll out a strategy to reduce food waste. Furthermore, we want to support
farmers who are on the front lines of fighting climate change and food insecurity by implementing a national soil strategy which will help to maintain, enhance, and rebuild the capacity of soils to produce food. According to UNICEF, as a country Canada ranked 37 out of 41 countries in terms of access to nutritious food for children and remains one of the only Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) nations without a national school food program. Canada’s current patchwork of school food programming is inadequate and reaches only a small percentage of students. I have long called for a Universal Healthy School Food Program to enable all students to have access to healthy meals at school, building on existing programs across the country and including food education to serve culturally appropriate, local, sustainable food to the fullest extent possible. As your MP I have also been advocating for many measures that address the underlying root causes of food insecurity, including a guaranteed livable basic income, pharmacare, childcare, and meaningful action to address the food insecurity and affordability crisis in the north.
Food security is an issue close to MP Collins’s heart. She served on the board of the Victoria Urban Food Table prior to becoming our MP. Photos courtesy of Laurel Collins’s office.
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Resilience in trying times ›› Kayla Siefried From heat waves to forest fires to floods, the chaos that has ensued this past year from climate change is stark. What inspiration and lessons can we garner from the seemingly dark and gloomy climate news we see on the regular? How can we become more resilient as humans living through these wild and unpredictable times? Resiliency to me, means that even if enduring a difficult climactic event, I’d be able to sustain my basic needs and live through the difficult time, and even recover quickly from the challenge. That would require a strong community of friends, family, and neighbours, healthy ways to regulate and care for my mental health, access to healthy food for long periods of time, the ability to live outside, and more. I’d like to focus for a second on the healthy food piece, which is intricately connected to the strong community and good mental health. Healthy food access really relies on healthy soil, and now more then ever we need to build the healthiest soil we possibly can wherever we can. Whether on balconies, in yards, on boulevards, or in community parks, we need to be closing the
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loop on food and yard waste—processing it ourselves, into fertile, living, compost, and using that compost to grow the next round of food crops in our gardens. So, this holiday season and into the new year, do all that you can to become resilient whether in your garden or in your heart. Here are just a few ideas for ways to become more resilient: • Call a friend to build community or bring a holiday treat to a housed or unhoused neighbour • Learn how to breathe deeply in stressful moments • Support the climate resilient programming that the Compost Education Centre offers by signing up for a workshop, buying a membership for a friend, or making a holiday donation • Establish a community garden in your neighbourhood • Compost your food scraps and yard waste—build resilient soils in the process. You can find out more about which composting option is best for you at the Compost Education Centre, compost.bc.ca. All are valuable ways to feel more resilient in challenging times. Wishing you and your garden a happy winter!
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Revitalizing food security through reclamation ›› Lizz Brooks & Shae Zamardi
Food is something that many individuals consider often. Perhaps you’re excited for your favourite meal, you may be questioning going to the grocery store with any current panic buying, or even whether you can afford meals this week. Beyond fueling our bodies, food is a vital piece of human connectedness that can greatly impact our ways of being. A nourishing meal can build bridges between cultures and even within our own. The food dynamic within Indigenous communities is vast. In Canada, food insecurity is common amongst many Nations whether it is from high costs of healthy food in isolated communities, a low income, or both. Food insecurity is a common reality. How do we fuel our spirits when food is unaffordable? We return to our roots. Traditionally, Indigenous peoples have obtained their food through hunting, fishing, gathering, and other natural ways of being. These traditional practices not only support our ability to feed ourselves, but it also keeps us connected to our culture and physically work our bodies. When we gather our own food, we continue the path of interconnectedness between ourselves and the land. Since many sources of food are seasonal, we rely on sustainable practices so the salmon, elk, or other
Raw fish butterflied on sticks around a fire for smoking. The fish appear to be in a cedar building for smoking. The background has a wooden wall with black and red Indigenous linework painted on it. Stock photo found by Shae Zamardi.
game can return in a healthy quantity the following year. Many Nations also have practices like canning, smoking, and other preservation methods to keep their people healthy throughout the year. However, due to historical and current
restrictions for gathering traditional foods, many Indigenous people have lost their connection to these methods of caring for themselves and the land. Several individuals are relearning these practices and returning to their roots, but it will be a slow
process. If Canada wishes to support the Indigenous Peoples, whose land it resides on, it is essential that traditional ways of being are honoured and not limited. Food is more than nourishment for our bodies, it is the core of our being and connectedness.
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good food feature:
Addressing food aid ››
Ariel Reyes Antuan
Our ancestors taught us that supporting each other with kindness and compassion is the best way to enhance our human experience. Food is a connector, however many of us agree that food aid is not sustainable as it is reliant on the surplus of industrial food systems. We need a food justice movement that facilitates access to healthy food for all and examines the structural roots of access disparities. At Iyé, we have seen that happiness as a persistent state of mind increases exponentially when you give from the heart. A notable example is our Palenke Produce Boxes (PPB) where we support racialized households through the creation of a mutual aid system where people support each other, and through connecting them with local food grown on these sacred lands. This initiative has been supported by many community partners, although here we are highlighting the Good Food Box. Between October 2020 and November 2021, we have supported the bi-weekly nutritional intake of 30 and sometimes up to 50 families. We have created a small, interconnected community where we learn from each other’s diverse experiences; through meeting the “sheroes” fighting to put food on the table for their children,
those with disabilities left out of current societal structures, and many others. We are very aware of how racism creates food insecurity and the need for transformative justice to dismantle oppression. Indigenous, Black, Newcomers, and other oppressed groups are the most severely impacted by climate change, hunger, poor food access, and diet-related illness within the food system by design—due to white supremacy and systemic barriers. Current events are introducing new challenges for strengthening our local food systems, and further highlight how the existing aid framework is not sustainable for eradicating hunger. We believe these challenges are best overcome through strengthening land-based relationships as the basis of our culture and life itself; through building mutual aid systems, by forming deep relationships, and dismantling current systems of power. Our first step is to reimagine a food system from seed to composting, centering the voices of those who have upheld holistic ecologies from time immemorial. Ariel Reyes Antuan is a community connector, Afrofuturistic, systematic thinker, Iyé Creative co-founder, and entrepreneur. Iyé Creative (Palenke Produce Boxes) is a partner organization of the Gift of Good Food.
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Inside the doors of 7 Rays A store with spirit and the woman behind the counter
›› Hannah Seaton Tucked away in the heart of Fernwood Square is a glass door with a round sign hanging overhead, reading, “7 Rays New Age Store.” Climbing the steep wooden steps up a story to the main floor, customers are greeted with a long table covered in decks of tarot cards. Beyond that stands a smiling woman who introduces herself as Atousa. She runs the shop with her husband, Soheil, who’s a specialist in reiki energy healing and spiritual counselling. Atousa speaks in a warm voice with a slight Persian accent. Her tone is soft, just louder than the calming music playing quietly on speakers around the store. “I feel that what I do, it’s very aligned with how I feel and what I believe in. I believe in love and service. It’s very fulfilling,” she says. The shop is small with bookshelves covering three of the four white-brick walls. The fourth is taken up by Atousa’s wooden check-out counter, which is covered in cases of stone-filled jewelry and small statues of Ganesha, Buddha, and people who appear to be in deep-meditative states. The air smells of a mix of incenses. The space is filled with unique objects that make you wonder if there’s another side of life you’re missing out on. Books titled “Psychic Self-Defense,” “Moon Magic,” “Crystals for Energy Protection,”
and “The Witches Journal” practically jump off the shelves, as well as charts on the walls detailing the moon’s phases and the seven chakras, which inspired the store’s name. Atousa uses this other-worldly environment to run workshops, such as dream analysis, birth chart readings, and group tarot card readings. “You always learn something new,” she says, “no matter how many times you take a workshop. There’s always something new.” Atousa explains that tarot and astrology aren’t what most people think they are. “They’re meant to be guidance, not about fortune telling,” she says as she checks out a customer who’s buying a beautiful white crystal. “At the end, you’re the decision maker. Who decides what the future is going to look like? It’s only us, we create our own future.” Atousa knows that not everyone sees the world the same way she does, and she sees that as a positive. “Working here, I’m constantly learning and also helping others to learn. There’s always something that we can teach someone or that they can teach us,” she says. For Atousa, owning 7 Rays is about more than just business, it’s about fulfilling her life’s purpose—to lovingly serve others. “Love is the most important thing,” she says with a smile as her sky-blue earring stones glimmer in the sun light rushing through a window, “I think the reason for existence is love. What I do is very in alignment with what I believe in. I mean, I don’t even feel that I’m working. I don’t even call this work.”
Atousa at her shop 7 Rays located at 2002 Fernwood Road. Photo: Aly Sibley Photography
trees of fernwood:
Garry oaks Gnarly branches and thousands of acorns
›› Jan Firstbrook Have you noticed the Garry oaks (Quercus garryana) in Fernwood? This area used to be a Garry oak meadow that was managed and cultivated by the Lekwungen Peoples since time immemorial. They burned the meadows to increase the number of camas bulbs and discourage Douglas fir trees and other plants. Camas bulbs are an important source of food that has been threatened by habitat loss due to colonization. Although the Garry oak meadows are gone in Fernwood, replaced with lawns and homes, these oaks are still surviving in drought conditions though seriously endangered by development. The existing population is mature and in need of regeneration and young Garry oaks need to be planted and protected.
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Garry oaks can be found at Stadacona Park in Fernwood and throughout Southern Vancouver Island. Photo: Mila Czemerys
The Garry oak ecosystem is found only on Southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. These resilient trees have lived
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here for 7,000 years and are very unique. Parks Canada states that these Garry oak woodlands support more species of plants
than any other ecosystem on land in BC. These trees provide shade, soak up the rain, provide a home for wildlife, capture carbon, and cool our city. Where can you find a grove of Garry oaks? Stadacona Park has large 20-metertall trees with sturdy trunks and gnarly branches reaching up to the sky. To experience a Garry oak meadow or woodland, one could visit the Lieutenant Governor’s residence in Rockland, Uplands Park near Willow’s Beach, and PKOLS’s (Mount Doug) rocky outcrops. Would you like to be a volunteer collecting acorns from different areas in order to grow diverse seedlings? Garry oaks produce acorns when they are 30 years old! If you are interested in learning more about Garry oaks and supporting the eco-system, contact the Garry Oak Meadows Preservation Society (GOMPS) and Garry Oaks Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT). We are very lucky to live in an area that has such magnificent trees.
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Stadacona Spotlight Series: Shine Café Shine Café has been serving up delicious breakfasts to hungry Fernwoodians since 2004
›› Lauren Gaultier Many Fernwood residents are surprised to learn that our community borders extend as far east as Fort Street. Enter Stadacona Centre located between Fort Street, Pandora Avenue, Belmont Avenue, and Stadacona Avenue. With a multitude of businesses, over the next several articles we will be showcasing the restaurants that are tucked away in this pocket of our humble hood. Located on the Fort Street side of Stadacona Centre, Shine Café has been serving up some of the best breakfasts in Victoria since 2004. This family owned and operated business started off as one young couple’s dream. Now more than 17 years later, they have grown to include their children as second-generation staff
(Left) Chorizo Hash and (right) Cali Eggs Benedict are a couple favourites served up at Shine Café. Photo: Lauren Gaultier
supporting their two locations and loyal customer base. When asked why owner Lauren Thomson chose Fernwood as the location for Shine, she said that, “ Fernwood was the perfect location to start a small business. The community
was extremely welcoming and supportive right from day one. Local folks were happy to have a café established within walking distance of their homes and neighbourhoods.” Known for their scratch-made hollan-
daise sauce, we had to try their perennial favourite—the Cali Eggs Benedict with bacon, grilled tomato, and avocado. We also tried the Chorizo Hash with house made chorizo, black bean-corn salsa, bell peppers, and tomatoes topped with melted cheddar. If you haven’t been by to support them yet, you should know that by doing so, you are supporting some staff that have been working there for close to a decade, or more (a rarity in this industry). They have been following all provincial health orders and—although it’s been difficult and hectic at times—they would love to welcome you to their establishment to serve up some delicious breakfast and build some lasting memories. “Shine is lucky to serve such an awesome community! We sincerely appreciate the encouragement and support that residents have shown over the past 18 months. It’s been a great place to operate a small business and we’ve been happy to grow with the community for almost 18 years. Many thanks!”, owner Thomson shared. For more info and to peruse their menu items, visit shinecafe.ca or follow them at @shinecafeinc.
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›› Fernwood Art Stroll We a re n ow t a k i n g m e m b e r s h i p applications for artists and artisans for the 2022 Fernwood Art Stroll (FAS). The early bird discount fee is available if received by December 31, 2021. No applications will be considered after March 1, 2022. The dates for the 2022 Stroll are Saturday and Sunday, June 11 and 12, 2022 (Covid permitting). We invite interested artists to introduce
themselves to us by filling out the form at fernwoodartstroll.ca and emailing it to info@fernwoodartstroll.ca. The Fernwood Art Stroll is a non-juried event organized by the participating artists and artisans. You are welcome to participate if you are an artist or artisan living in or have a studio in the Fernwood/Oaklands area (we use Cook St., Hillside Ave., Shelbourne St., and Fort St. as boundaries), and are available to host the public in your studio or yard on the Saturday and Sunday of the Stroll. You also need to commit to contribute 5 to 10 hours with one or more FAS working committees over the year, and attend membership meetings as called (usually kept to 1 hour, no more than once a month).
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Scene in Fernwood : Faces of the Good Food Box
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