So your local food box farmers are trying something new this year. On August 23rd, we would like to invite our box members to a farm day. This will be a chance to visit Wind Whipped Farm, stop by the Stillmeadow Farm and Parry Bay Sheep Farm farm store, hang out in beautiful Metchosin with your farmers […]
Most days this week at least a dozen tractors fly (relatively) down William Head road, riding in high gear, past Wind Whipped Farm, with their mowers, tedders (egg beater rakes) and bailers to and from the patchwork of hayfields that surround us. Local Food Box partners Parry Bay Sheep Farm and Stillmeadow Farm are amongst them. As pictured above, they […]
The Local Food Box brings together five Metchosin producers. If you would like to know more about our operations and agricultural practices, please take a look at our websites and feel free to contact us directly if you have questions or comments. We look forward to hear from you! Vegetables are produced by Wind Whipped Farm. […]
The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) was created in 1970’s by the BC Legislature in the 1970s. The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) was kept at arms length from the government of the day so that the long-term protection of farmland would override short-term political considerations. With Bill 24, the BC government is transferring responsibility for farmland protection from […]
Registrations for the 2014 Local Food Box Program are now open! Are you a returning customer? Then now is the time to sign up for your weekly supply of Metchosin grown and raised products! Are you new to the Local Food Box Program? Please read the About and FAQ’s pages and contact us if you have any questions. In 2014, we […]
The beauty of farming is that every season brings new project and experiments. This year at Wind Whipped Farm we are particularly excited about trying to grow baby ginger, which is all the rage on the East Coast. We will be raising a small greenhouse (20×30), which will be primarily dedicated to seeding and late season heat-loving crops […]
