Pender Islands Farmers' Institute
PO Box 38 V0N 2M0 Pender Island, BC, Canada

Raven Rock Farm is looking for an enthusiastic worker bee! Please send us an email at [email protected] for more info.

Farmers' Market opens this Saturday at 9:30 am to 1 pm! At the Pender Island Community Hall. Online ordering also available.

It's planting time! Our online store is open, and we have LOTS of plants for your garden. https://www.localline.ca/raven-rock-farm - Tomatoes - we have a huge ...selection! - Peppers, including the ever-productive Gypsy pepper https://www.localline.ca/raven-rock-farm?pid=77047 - Eggplant, including an excellent variety for cool summers: https://www.localline.ca/raven-rock-farm?pid=77040 - Cucumbers - Long English and Slicing still available - Zucchini and Winter Squash Also lots of fresh Bok Choy, Green onions, kale and dill for your dinner!

This morning our CEO Matthew Rowe will be speaking on opportunities in the Canadian Wool Industry to the 90th Congress of the International Wool Textile Organization in Brussels to representatives of the global wool industry. #choosenatural #choosewool #choosecdnwool

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Can the soil offset emissions from oil? Should carbon emissions be commodified and traded? We'll be answering those questions and more in our inaugural NFUnive...rsity class next Thursday, Dec 10! Joined by Dr. Doreen Stabinsky and Tamra Gilbertson, this free webinar will provide an understanding of emissions trading, carbon markets, offset protocols, and how to best structure programs and payments that incentivize farmers to adopt practices that build soils, and result in real emission reductions. Registration is free! Sign up and learn more at: http://ow.ly/r3B750CC5pR.

SERIAL INVENTOR HOOKS UP WITH STRONG WOOL The very successful self-labelled serial inventor, Logan Williams, originally from Timaru, strikes again. This tim...e he has set his sights on reviving New Zealand’s strong wool industry. He has invented a biodegradable material called Keravos which combines strong wool and polylactic acid (PLA) from corn-starch to make a viable alternative to plastic. Wool weighs less than PLA, so the more wool you use the better providing it is paying a fair price to farmers. So far, furniture, pots and crockery have been made using pellets of the Keravos product. Read more about it here: https://www.stuff.co.nz//serial-kiwi-inventor-banking-on-c See more