Fresh News Blog
Good Food Box Update: community boxes now available
The Good Food Box is a large grocery bag of fresh fruit, vegetables and eggs, available every other week. We include 50% or more local food in each order to support our Comox Valley Farmers and Growers. No-cost boxes are primarily available through our partner...
school garden pilot program launch
We are proud to introduce to you our new pilot, the LUSH Valley School Garden program! LUSH Valley is collaborating with eight Comox Valley schools to engage our community’s youth in local food systems. Each school will participate in a number of curriculum-based...
Our Prune-Along Program is Back!
Exciting news! LUSH Valley is pleased to announce that we will be offering several ways to work with you to improve the health and fruit quality of fruit trees in the Comox Valley. Through educational opportunities and pruning services, our goal is to increase the...
Thank you for Your Donations!
Dear Friends and Supporters of LUSH Valley Food Action SocietyOn behalf of the LUSH Valley Food Action Society staff and Board of Directors, I extend heartfelt gratitude for your generous donations in support of our work in 2020. As a small local nonprofit...
Holiday Harvest Meal Fundraiser
Join us on Sunday, Dec. 13 from noon until 4:00 p.m. for this special COVID-compliant fundraising event featuring a meal prepared by Chef James McKerricher of The Farmer's Kitchen Food Truck. Tickets are $60 for two takeaway meals (menu below) Limited to the first 150...
Holiday Funding Appeal
2020: A year of generosity, collaboration and very big hearts!In 2020, LUSH Valley has been a whirlwind of activity and adaptation. The pandemic has forced a culture of rapid innovation and responsiveness, but we have also seen our community come together in the face...
Good Food Box 2020 – Taking a Break
Final Deliveries will be the week of Dec. 18thFrom April 8 through Nov. 20, 2020, LUSH Valley delivered 10,100 + Good Food Box (GFB) ‘units’ to those in need in our community. Each household receives a Good Food Box with 1, 2 or 3 units of fresh food depending on the...
A Perfect Storm for Food Insecurity
Emergency Food Program Funding Dries up as Second Wave of COVID-19 hits[Comox Valley, BC, November 23rd, 2020]Last March, no one could have predicted that the COVID Pandemic state of emergency would last so long. Or, perhaps, we just didn’t really want to think about...
Vote for a Food Secure Future – BC Election Day 2020
At LUSH Valley Food Action Society, we know how important it is to have leaders and decision-makers, across the region, that will stand up for our local communities, economies and the environment, especially as it relates to healthy food production and access. Here...
SOUPer Volunteers Needed to support ‘Healthy Student Meals’ Program
THE VANIER SOUP PROGRAM HAS A NEW NAME!(And we need lots of helpers!)The program is now being managed by SD71’s Indigenous Education and LUSH Valley and is now called the ‘Healthy Student Meal Program’. It consists of soup ingredients kits being delivered to 12 to 15...
