GISS Garden to Market Initiative

Just found the first cucumber of the season, tomato plants are flowering, and we have thousands of heads of lettuce!

We have harvested most of our winter greens, there are a few chard growing on the wall system. The main system is full of baby lettuce, and we have over 1000 starts in the greenhouse.

A nice article on School District 64, and the Cafeteria program at GISS, pages 24-25, in this month's edition of the BC Teachers Magazine.

Teacher Nov/Dec 2023 Gulf Islands local profile; Melanin Magic: A case for BIPOC groups in schools; Remembering Indigenous soldiers

Sill cooking and creating dishes in the Caf. Today a couple of students made tofu from scratch!

First ripe tomato of the season. There will be a lot more in the next few weeks. We planted over 120 plants this spring.

First cucumber harvest of the season!

Another busy morning in the kitchen. Homemade corn tortillas, lasagna noodles, and penne pasta, lasagna noodles, and penne pasta.

A couple of meals from the Cafeteria yesterday. Chicken and waffles with honey rosemary apples in a bacon collar. Falafels on pita, salsa, and house-grown radish sprouts.

Just harvested the last of our beets and carrots we planted last spring

We are still creating delicious and healthy meals. Yesterday's lunch: Sous vide and grilled striploin, oven-baked potato wedges, and param ham and asparagus bundles. BBQ chicken dumb sticks, root vegetable puree in potato crisp collars, and grilled zucchini.