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Food Share Call for Volunteers LUSH Valley is in need of volunteers to support our new Food Share program. Opportunities are available to support our Good Food Box hamper assembly and delivery, admin and call centre, as well as a Chef's Assistant for our Hot Meal...

So much has changed in our world since early March. Words like 'social distancing', 'self-isolation' and 'pandemic' became part of everyday conversations and the focus in our community turned to food security seemingly overnight. One thing, however, that has not...

LUSH Valley and other food security and frontline services are blocked from accessing the 75% Wage Subsidy under current rules.Please help us to advocate for food security and frontline non-profits. Four weeks ago we saw a dramatic surge in needs regarding food...

April 15, 2020 -- Notes from our Executive Director, Maurita PratoHot Meal Program – We have secured a commercial kitchen and hired a chef to support this initiative. We have already cooked and delivered 700 meals to the vulnerable sector and froze another 200 for...

The sudden onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic ... resulting in layoffs, requirements for self-isolation/quarantine, and a myriad of other challenges have resulted in our organization evolving from our grass-roots food security activities to being an emergency frontline...

[Comox Valley, BC, March 30th, 2020 In the last two and a half weeks LUSH Valley Food Action Society (LUSH Valley) and the Comox Valley Food Policy Council (FPC) have been working on an emergency food accessibility response to the pandemic. When food hoarding and...

Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 2:00 p.m. The sudden closure of the Comox Valley Food Bank has forced us to restrategize the Emergency Food Share Response Plan that LUSH Valley and the Comox Valley Food Policy Council have been working on. The release of our new Helpline...

Bo Del Valle Garcia is a community organizer, activist, and earth skills/permaculture educator born to the traditional unceded lands of the Coast Salish, otherwise known as Vancouver, BC and is now happily residing on the territories of the K’òmoks and Kwakwaka'wakw....

Like most organizations, LUSH Valley is closely monitoring the circumstances with COVID-19. The community's health and well-being are our top priorities. As the pandemic unfolds it is important that we all take measures to protect ourselves, our families and our...

Enhancing and transforming the current systems that influence how students eat and learn about food was the focus of the first Comox Valley Farm to School Learning Circle held on February 19. Media Release written & distributed by M.H. Lee, Manager of...