Food artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands by 
Clustering near the southern coast of Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands offer an array of landscapes and experiences. Known for artisan food products, this region has been at the forefront of the local food movement. More information about the region is available here.
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Sustainability takes the stage as a theme that captures this entire publication. Focused entirely on turning away from conventional and industrial farming techniques, Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands showcases the grassroots of British Columbia’s current food movement. Produce free of chemicals, and animals with access to open air are all vital components to meeting the community’s current food needs and trends, without compromising future generations to meet their own food needs. By providing a food map to BC’s islands, the region’s bounty is exemplified through showcasing the bakers, the butchers, farmers, and the coffee roasters: all passionate food artisans committed to the ecological integrity of their products as much as the quality of the goods they sell. Food Artisans of Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands is a representation of the direction in which BC’s food movement hopes to continue toward: the locavore movement that sustains not only a delicious food lifestyle that is quintessentially west-coast, but developing ecological integrity and sustainability in every step of the food production process. Eating local is delicious and culturally representative of southern British Columbia, and Don Genova opens up these culinary delights to all who crack open the spine of this delicious publication.