Cortes Currents

Noba Anderson/Cortes Virtual Community Meetings - At the third meeting: Vacation Rentals; anybody who has a worsening cough or significant symptoms in a rural or remote community now qualifies for COVID 19 testing; Well being during a time of isolation; possible self distancing gatherings

Folk U Friday for April 3, 2020: Resilience on Cortes Island 101: Food resilience and storage, energy systems, and much more! with Mark Lombard and Eli McKenty

Folk U Friday for April 3, 2020: Resilience on Cortes Island 101: Food resilience and storage, energy systems, and much more! with Mark Lombard and Eli McKenty

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A group of 23 Cortes residents just returned from there. They decided to travel this year because the tour company owned by Chris Hartwick’s parents, is going out of business. The spread of COVID 19 had not prompted a global reaction. Nobody anticipated there would be any complications coming home from Africa.

Roy L Hales/Cortes Currents - A group of 23 Cortes residents just returned from there. They decided to travel this year because the tour company owned by Chris Hartwick’s parents, is going out of business. The spread of COVID 19 had not prompted a global reaction. Nobody anticipated there would be any complications coming home from Africa.

Noba Anderson/Cortes Virtual Community Meeting - Audio from Cortes Island’s Second Virtual Townhall Meeting was broadcast over Cortes Radio, CKTZ, 89.5 FM.

Noba Anderson/Cortes Virtual Community Meeting - Audio from Cortes Island’s Second Virtual Townhall Meeting was broadcast over Cortes Radio, CKTZ, 89.5 FM.

De Clarke/Cortes Currents - Anne and Sam run Big Fir Farm, a small market farm; it’s their primary livelihood, and they sell fresh produce at the Friday Market and through the Co-op. In this interview, I ask them what it’s like being a small market farmer, producing organic local food for a living. How hard is the work? How many hours a week? What kind of crops have they found successful? What kind of planning and logistics do they practise? What advice would they give to other people who feel inspired to support local food systems by becoming producers?

De Clarke/Cortes Currents - Anne and Sam run Big Fir Farm, a small market farm; it’s their primary livelihood, and they sell fresh produce at the Friday Market and through the Co-op. In this interview, I ask them what it’s like being a small market farmer, producing organic local food for a living. How hard is the work? How many hours a week? What kind of crops have they found successful? What kind of planning and logistics do they practise? What advice would they give to other people who feel inspired to support local food systems by becoming producers?

More people participated. At its peak, seventy listeners connected to the conference by computer or phone and an unknown number listened to the radio broadcast. Yet Cortes Island’s first virtual town hall meeting was essentially a continuation of the recent online conferences Regional Director Noba Anderson has been having with local businesses and organizations.