Local Ingredients Pancake breakfast! Iron Chef Pie Contest! Fund Raiser and Food drive!

Celebrate local food and the fall harvest season at the Cowichan Green Community’s 3rd annual harvest festival on Saturday, September 25th from 8:30 – 3:00.  This year the festival is moving to Charles Hoey Park in the heart of downtown Duncan and celebrates the move with a new name - the Cowichan Community EATS Festival (Equity…Abundance…Taste… Sustainability).

“We are coming together again to celebrate the incredible richness of the Cowichan which allows us to enjoy locally produced foods that are so much tastier than imported,” says Judy Stafford, Executive Director of Cowichan Green Community. “We’re so excited to be bringing our annual festival to the downtown core. It brings the fun and excitement right here to our vibrant downtown community. As always, we will be focusing on our amazing local food culture and bringing awareness to the need for future food security and sustainability in an entertaining and tasty way!”

Start your Festival day right with a local pancake breakfast at 8:30am; but don’t just eat and run! Check out the Cowichan Green Community EATS Festival mini-market of local vendors, showcasing local produce, food products, as well as local hand-crafted goods.   Peruse the market while enjoying a variety of musical entertainment and food related activities, and don’t miss the much anticipated 3rd annual pie contest!  In past years the pie contest has been so popular that this year the EATS festival has added a mysterious new component – Iron Chef Pie. 

“And of course, don’t forget to pick up your copy of the new Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Map, featuring over 70 local farmers”, reminds John Milne, Mapping Supervisor. “We will also be launching our incredible new Food Security Mural, designed by Colleen Stevenson.” The EATS festival is a fundraiser for the Cowichan Green Community to support CGC’s many food security initiatives.  It is also a food drive for local emergency food providers so please bring a non-perishable donation.  

Contact the Cowichan Green Community to reserve a vendor stall or to register for one of the pie contests.     More details are available on our website at www.cowichangreencommunity.org or by contacting CGC directly.  Cowichan Green Community 181 Station Street, Duncan BC, 250-748-8506, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .