Trufficulture: TruffiCulture is Canada’s only proven supplier of trees inoculated with Truffle mycohrrizae. And they sell truffles too! We can grow them here . . . See Market Place, Interior BC, for more info.
The Vineyard Bistro is OPEN! Lunch is served seven days a week. Chef Shawn Fitzgerald is at the helm. Call 250-539-5481 for reservations. http://www.saturnavineyards.com/bistro.htm
Cheesemaking workshops: One in the morning, one in the afternoon. Saturday, May 30th, $20 per person, Saturna Rec Centre. David Rotsztain, a Mayne Island farmer and cheesemaker, will be leading a hands-on cheesemaking workshop on Saturna. Learn how to make chevre, paneer, blue cheese, cheese curds, yogourt and kefir, and take your fresh cheese home with you! Email juliet@paprika.ca to sign up. SEE News & Events for more details.
Garden plots at Breezy Bay
Grow your summer produce in deep, rich, organic soil at Breezy Bay Farm. Cost: 75 cents a square foot (minimum 135 square feet). Call Flora House and sign a Users' Agreement and get growing. See Breezy Bay Garden Plots under News & Events (at left) for full details. Call Flo at 250-539-5200, or talk to her at the Post Office to sign up.
Olive trees are on Saturna . . . and SOLD OUT!
If you didn't order but are interested in purchasing a tree, email Mark at mark@orcasonline.com and ask to be put on the waiting list. See Projects - Growing Olive Trees for more information about tree varieties and project history.
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Welcome to 31 Square
Saturna Eats !
31 Square - Saturna Eats is Saturna Island's food network – a community information exchange that inspires events, projects and promotions about local and regional food.
Taking its cue from the 100-Mile Diet www.100milediet.org, in 2007 a group of enthusiastic gardeners, and hunters and gatherers of local fresh foods, established a food network on Saturna Island.
This Southern Gulf island of 31 square kilometres is home to several renowned chefs and restaurants, a well established bakery, a vineyard and a community that sponsors several dozen community food events a year. Enthusiasm for eating local foods, eating well and in good company spurred the creation of 31 Square - Saturna Eats.
The food network exists to share food-gardening experiences and resources, preserve extra bounty, support communal eating events and regional producers. An evolving project list includes organizing summer and winter garden tours, organizing presentations, surveying island fruit and produce growers, and bulk buying of organic produce. The network supports the Slow Food movement’s philosophy of valuing and sustaining community through commitment to local and heritage products, and of conviviality through sharing food at table.
Notices of meetings will be posted on this site and Saturna Island bulletin boards.