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Something relatively new to the Comox Valley are food carts. Darren Howlett, a local business man, needing a new challenge, decided that building a food cart and focusing on serving sushi. The inherent challenges of setting up a kitchen in a small space, plus having the ability to keep that space up to the requirements of the health inspectors made this project a little more difficult than originally anticipated. After working a few events with Kamma Bento, Darren is excited by the positive feedback of his new endeavor. Thanks for sharing your story Darren, we hope to sample your sushi soon. Upcoming Events

With Jon away for this weeks recording, Blayne needed a guest and co-host, so he thought that Arzeena Hamir for Amara Farm would fill this role perfectly. The topic of this episode it winter gardening. The Comox Valley has an excellent climate for harvesting vegetables all winter long. If you have been interested in trying out some winter gardening, this episode will have some great tips for you. Remember to keep supporting our local farmers this winter as many of them will have fresh vegetables available during the "off season" Stop by and say Hi to Arzeena at the Market and pick up some Kale, Bok Choy, Mustard greens and many other delicious, fresh veggies. Thanks for being a good sport for join the podcast, and for having such a great community spirit Arzeena. Up Coming Events:

Tina Willard-Stepen has been operating Seeds Food Market in Cumberland for almost 5 years. This "Green Grocery" was the first true grocery store in the Village in many years. With a mix of organic, local and natural products as well as family favorites and comfort food, the staff at Seeds strives to offer something for everyone, at competitive prices.  Seeds is a great place to find Tannadice Farms products as well as Island Bison, Pattison Farms, Natural Pastures Cheeses, and many niche products that my be tough to find in a larger shop. Thanks for being a wonderful guest, neighbour and for having such a strong community spirit Tina.

Hans Peter Meyer is a writer, photographer, social media artist and coach. He has become well known in the Comox Valley and beyond for writing about food and events happening on Vancouver Island. We brought Hans in for a discussion on Flavour- The North Island Gourmet Picnic, which Hans was social media sponsor.  A segment on using social media to promote food tourism in the area during our visit was quite informative for the hosts. Thanks Hans for coming into studio and we look forward to having you in studio again to talk about upcoming events.