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 & Living
with Chef Jill Lamberts
Registration is free. Sign up online

Chef Jill Lamberts and her husband Chad own Shorewolf Farm in Black Creek, BC. She is also one of LUSH Valley’s Healthy Food Program Facilitators. In her words, Jill is “an avid farmer, fermenter, food preserver, bread baker, beer maker, and charcuterie experimenter … and a lifelong learner, having received degrees in Environmental Science, Biology, and the Culinary Arts.”

Jill recently transplanted herself from an Environmental Chemistry and Remediation career in Seattle, Washington, to the Comox Valley to farm and promote healthy eating.

Chef Jill will share some healthy eating tips and tell us about the Healthy Foods Programs she has been presenting as a facilitator with LUSH Valley for the past year. Of particular interest to many will be joining (or supporting) the upcoming online Healthy Foods Programs to be offered through LUSH Valley. Chef Jill also has a pretty interesting story about rebuilding their farm.

Tuesday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m.
LUSH Valley Q & A
with Exec. Director, Maurita Prato
& Program Manager, Terri Perrin
Registration is free. Sign up online

LUSH Valley had planned to roll out its 20th Anniversary celebrations this spring. Instead, this Comox Valley-based food security organization is now delivering an Emergency Food Share plan that includes both hot meal and Good Food Box Hamper deliveries to those who find themselves in need of food support during this time of global crisis.

Learn what programs LUSH Valley offered pre-Pandemic … and how quickly their capacity scaled to become a frontline resource to meet the needs of our community during this unprecedented time. We’ll announce new programs and initiatives and share ways your family can be proactive or get involved … And then we will open the mic’s for Q & A to ask questions and share your insights.

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