• ICAN Food Recovery Meeting

    The ICAN Food Recovery meeting is 7pm on Thursday, September 29, 2022. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89953072000

  • “Aquifers and Aquitards, Long Rains and Long Droughts: Quadra Island’s Water Cycle is … Complicated. Implications for Gardeners”

    Quadra Community Centre 970 W Rd, Quathiaski Cove, BC

    Free for members/$3 for guests INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: Quadra Climate: Normal and Extremes The Sunshine Coast and Discovery Islands region exhibits extreme seasonality of precipitation, with the least coming when it is most needed for gardening.  Of course, there is an upside to this due to long sunshine hours supporting plant growth during the […]

  • Canning 101

    The GC/ICAN Food Security Team present another LEARN Food Security workshop. Canning Basics will be held from 10am to noon on October 22, 2022. Learn the fundamentals of water bath canning in a hands-on workshop. Instructors Tara Taylor and Kathy Young have many combined years of food growing and preservation to share with our community. […]

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  • Growing Soil Sprouts

    ICAN and the Quadra Island Garden Club are pleased to present another LEARN Food Security workshop. From 1:30 to 2:30 pm on Sunday, November 27th, at the south end, Sandy McCairns will lead you through the process for growing Soil Sprouts. All you need is sunny windowsill. No grow lights needed. You will take home […]

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  • Mapping South Quadra Island Aquifers

    Quadra Community Centre 970 W Rd, Quathiaski Cove, BC

    Dr. Jerome Lesemann and students Vancouver Island University Fall term 2022 Saturday, December 10 Quadra Community Centre 12:30 pm Nearly 500 wells draw water from Quadra Island Aquifers, but we know little of their extent, how much water they hold, or how fast water from above recharges them. This current fall term, Dr. Lesemann's hydrogeology […]