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 61 min read
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 301 min read
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 271 min read
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 271 min read
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 91 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20221 min read
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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