Author: CowichanValleyVoice

The tides are turning. We’ve been in a dissolution process for months, shedding old layers of consciousness, releasing patterns, people, places, and things that have been…

Each Earth Day invites us to think about our relationship with the land. Here in the Cowichan Valley, that reflection is increasingly influencing how people choose…

The kitchen triangle, also known as the working or golden triangle, is a design principle developed in the 1940s to improve kitchen efficiency — and it…

My family has been feeding the community in the Cowichan Valley since my Great Grandfather started farming in North Cowichan in the 1880s. My grandfather and…

There are many approaches to gardening, and one of the most practical is creating a kitchen garden — a small-scale garden conveniently located close to the…

Spring has arrived. It is the season of Easter. Eggs are loved in Japan as well, but in a very different way. Instead of pastel-coloured shells…