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Wage Subsidy Petition – signatures needed!

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...

Emergency Food Share Response Update

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...

Food Security & Healthy Eating Forums

These online video forums are presented by Arrow Gonsalves from The House of Now in Downtown Courtenay. Thank you to Arrow for her efforts to help us inform our community of what's been happening at our organization.Tuesday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m.Healthy Eating &...

LUSH Valley Responds to CV Food Bank Closure

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...

Welcome to our New Community Garden Coordinator!

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....

Message to LUSH Supporters – COVID-19

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...

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