In the Community

Nine months gone and the beloved tortoiseshell lost only one pound

‘Food is so much more than fuel,' writes Laurel Bailey. 'It is social, cultural and sometimes even political.’

Bowen Island FoodResilience Society held two at-capacity lasagna bed making workshops in July. Instead of noodles, there was manure, grass, sticks, wood chips, cardboard and other organic materials to create tasty compost heaps for microbes to turn the mounds into soil.

Being creative in this strange time of COVID-19 on Bowen, has been less difficult than imagined. After offering a highly successful social distancing dance party on the Bowfest field, I wondered what else I could offer.

The story of one very full Miller’s Landing garden and its three-year-old caretaker

Local organizations are supporting islanders most affected by COVID-19

For the last four weeks rain or shine, long or short, energetic or dragging my butt, cold or not, with friends or solo - I’ve been training to swim 1.

A farm-to-table food lounge quietly opened at Meadowbrook Corner last year but due to COVID-19 Orbaek Farm to Table Takeaway & Meats looks a little different this year

It’s been two weeks since B.C. opened up to non-essential travel in phase three of the provincial restart plan so the Undercurrent dropped by Tourism Bowen Island’s Cardena Rd. office to see what greets our off-island visitors.

Here are the 2020 Community Spirit Award recipients