Salt Spring Island · The Locavore Challenge

What if everything on your plate was grown right here?

Local food from local farmers, field to fork, no ferry required. Imagine a Salt Spring that feeds itself — and join the community making it real.

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The Story

Picture a Saturday morning where every bite is from here.

Eggs from down the road. Greens pulled this morning from a farm you can actually visit. Lamb raised on the same hills you hike. Salt Spring already has the soil, the climate, and the people — what's been missing is the map that connects it all. That's what we're building: a living picture of what this island grows, so we can close the gap between what we produce and what we eat.

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See what we actually grow Farm by farm, we're building the first real inventory of Salt Spring's food production — what's here, how much, and where it ends up.
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Know where we're vulnerable Every bag of fertilizer on the ferry is a dependency. We track what comes from off-island so we can find ways to keep it local — soil to shelf.
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Put a face on your food Meet the farmers, see what they grow, and buy directly. This isn't a directory — it's the start of a food community that actually works.

Meet Your Farmers

These are the people feeding this island.

Every card below is a real farm on Salt Spring that's chosen to be part of the network. Get to know them — and next time you're at the market, say hello.

Morningside Greens

Fulford Valley
Salad Mix Herbs Edible Flowers

Saltwind Orchard

Central Salt Spring
Heritage Apples Pears Small-batch Cider

Blue Heron Pastures

Ganges Area
Pastured Eggs Heritage Broilers Pork

Eat Local, Build Community

You don't need a farm to change the food system.

Every resident who commits to buying local sends a signal — to farmers, to makers, to the whole island — that the demand is real. Sign up and we'll send you updates as the network grows, small local challenges to keep you engaged and supporting local food producers, and where to find them!

— Locavores & counting

Welcome to the table. You're Locavore #.

For Producers

Whether you grow it or make it — you belong on this map.

Farmers, bakers, cheesemakers, preserve makers, anyone turning local ingredients into food — five minutes to join the network and help build the picture of what Salt Spring can feed itself.

First — what do you do?

This helps us ask the right questions.

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What you produce

Tell us about your output and where it goes.

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Capacity & growth

Could you produce more for local consumption? What would it take?

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Inputs & participation

Last step — tell us about your challenges and how you'd like to be involved.

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You're on the map.

You're part of the story now. As more farmers and makers join, the picture gets clearer — and the island gets closer to feeding itself. We'll be in touch.