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countries Visited: 9
Days on the Road: 111

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Sarahs Salt Spring Island Adventure - Part 2

 Everything Organic



One of the things Salt Spring Island is most known for is the in incredible
amount of organic produce and food products in general that is available. One of
the largest, and most expensive farms, is Foxglove Farm.

120 acres, and all organic, this farm produces asparagus, strawberries,
blueberries, melons, peaches, plums, hay and other grains. I had the opportunity
to tour their farm earlier in the summer, with Erin, a friend of mine who had
spent a month woofing there (Yes all you woofers, it is available). Coming from
the city of Toronto, you don’t often get to see your food in its absolute “raw”
form. Just an hour tour and I was intrigued to see how much one can do with a
little hard work and TLC. What amazed me the most though, was their orchard.
They had apple, pear and rainier cherry trees dating back to the 1850’s. These, I
believe, were grown from cuttings of the original trees.

To make the day even better, the farm was running a festival that day, so live
music, and food were available, including wood fire grilled pizza from their hand
built outdoor pizza oven. We had our lunch in the sun while listening to Mexican
music, toured the huge farm, and took a walk around their huge perimeter to get
to Maxwell Lake, Salt Spring’s cleanest fresh water source.

All I can say, if you get the chance to tour a farm, any farm, do it! You are likely
to eat something, more likely to learn something, and you will absolutely enjoy
your day.





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