CANOVI Seed Trials: Drought tolerant lettuce
Growing Opportunities is one of 78 farms across Canada selected to participate in the Canadian Organic Vegetable Improvement (CANOVI)...
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- May 6
- 1 min
Teaching food preservation techniques
Over the past nine months, Growing Opportunities helped expand knowledge and understanding of food preservation techniques in the...
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- Mar 30
- 1 min
Seniors Growing Seedlings
For the second year in a row, Growing Opportunities is hosting seniors at Vancouver Island University's G.R. Paine Horticulture Centre....
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- Mar 27
- 1 min
GO contributes to Leek Day at Gabriola Elementary
An overabundance of leeks at our farm led to an exciting educational opportunity with Gabriola Elementary this February. Growing...
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- Mar 27
- 1 min
Thank you, SEA SOIL!
We are so grateful to have received the news that Growing Opportunities would be the recipient of one pallet (63 bags) of compost from...
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- Jan 9
- 1 min
Five Acres Farm saved!
On Dec. 18, 2023, Nanaimo City Council voted 8-1 to rule out building housing on the Five Acre farm in Harewood, keeping it for...
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- Oct 12, 2023
- 2 min
Five Acres Farm consultation
Above: Craig Evans (left) and Jen Cody (far right), with Allan Torgerson, who with his wife Linda owned the five-acre parcel of land at...
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- Sep 18, 2023
- 1 min
Rotary, Lions members join us for fall work party
On September 17, we hosted members of Rotary Club of Nanaimo, Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary, Rotary Club of Nanaimo-Oceanside and Rotary Club...
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- May 23, 2023
- 1 min
Canada Summer Jobs postings
Growing Opportunities is recruiting for a number of summer job positions. These are eight-week Canada Summer Jobs positions funded by the...
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- May 10, 2023
- 1 min
Rotary Club of Nanaimo work day
Last weekend volunteers from the Rotary Club of Nanaimo came out to a work party at Cline Farm. The team was a huge help and transplanted...
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- May 9, 2023
- 1 min
Seniors Growing Seedlings
This spring, Growing Opportunities was joined by 11 volunteers over six weeks who produced more than 1,080 seedlings. The seedlings will...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 1 min
2021 Highlights
The winter solstice is upon us and, as farmers, we celebrate the return of the light as we look forward to longer days and the growing...
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