Edible Valley

Our great pleasure to bring to you our friend Dr. Don Wilson to the Edible Valley studio. Don has been following the show since last fall, and was happy to come in to talk about the Paleo lifestyle, indigenous foods, and

We failed to get organized and secure a guest for this week, so it is a chance for a catch up show with Jon and Blayne. Blayne has been busy, touring around the island visiting people and places. He also signed up for an online Permaculture Design Course. The course is offered by Geoff Lawton, arguably the foremost instructor of Permaculture in the world, and is based at the Permaculture Re...

Much to the dismay of our former producer Drex, we finally had the coffee lady in! Dyan Spink of Royston Roasting Company was able to join us in the studio to talk about there new cafe, the business of coffee, fair trade and other interesting bits of the coffee trade. With her husband Gary they have built a hugely successful business supporting local charity and fundraisers, as well as giving locals their morning buzz! Thanks Dyan! Th...

A little bit of a different show for Edible Valley, in the model of the show featuring Arzeena Hamir back in the fall about winter gardening, we welcome local compost educator Patty Rose. Patty is a familiar face in the community, teaching a variety of composting and organic gardening courses through out the year. She has a passion for local food, and clean eating. And ,of course, her worm bins. Than...

Something new to the Edible Valley podcast are episodes featuring Darren Howlett. We have asked Darren to research various ingredients, from rutabaga to cinnamon. The sky is the limit in Darren’s research and what facts he can dig up. This episode he was asked to look at the delicious tuna fish. With many varieties in the sea, thi...

After much hard work completed by Jon, the Edible Valley studio is up and running and it was time to invite a guest to join us in studio. We were lucky to be joined by chef and author Joseph Forest, chef-in-resident at Innisfree Farm in Royston. After 25 plus years in the conventional restaurant...

This week Jon and Blayne met to discuss some current events and to experiment with some more new equipment. Exciting news including the menu for the BC Shellfish Festival Gala dinner, and a very lucrative contest! Also the North Vancouver Island Chefs Associations Pasta Day is sold out, Blayne is back on Facebook with a new group for

Hi all. After many weeks of research and learning, we are back in business. We now have the ability to do a much broader media show with the addition of an iMac and the GarageBand program! It is exciting to get back into the swing of things, and move forward with bringing attention to the food culture of the Comox Valley, to the area and beyond. This week found Jon and Blayne in studio together with some events to chat about, including Dine Around Comox Valley and Jon’s cooking demo at B...

The guys at Edible Valley are still working on building a real studio, and had time to sit down together to chat about a favorite dish of the season, Home-made soup. Blayne also chats about his weekend away in Victoria, exploring several new to him food vendors. Events Dine Around Comox Valley February 20th until March 17th. Check out your favorite restaurant for special menu items for the month. Come celebrate your local food scene. Thanks for listening to Edible Valley. Please f...

After a longer than expected hiatus, we are working hard to get Edible Valley back to being a regularily scheduled podcast. We lost our much appreciated producer, Drex, over the holidays due to some unfortunate events with the radio station, and we are no longer able to access the studio. We would like to thank Drex for all his dedication and for putting himself out there to help us out in getting Edible Valley off the ground. Now we are re-grouping and plan on making some interesting changes, as well...