In this episode Warren welcomes Denise Griffiths and Larissa Stagg of the Sorrento Village Farmers Market. Market Manager Denise and Society VP Larissa talk with Warren about the origins, growth and success of the market that has been running on Saturdays in Sorrento (May to October) for twenty-five years. You will hear all about Larissa's bee keeping business and about the other artisans, brewers, farmers and foodies who come together every week to make the Sorrento Farmers market a great destination for anyone living or travelling in the Shuswap.

This week Warren's guests are Adam and Jenna Wall of Purple Pasture Homestead in Salmon Arm. Working on Jenna's grandparent's land, they started their homestead in 2019 while living in a 26 foot trailer. Now well established, Adam and Jenna are regulars at the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market. Their goal is to be as self-sufficient as possible. They grow their own food, raise their own animals, do their own canning and baking and bring their delicious food to sell at the Farmers Market every week.

This week Warren's guests are Jade and Isabelle Shamen, Quoc Nguyen and Amelia Jensen, all members of the recently formed FRIES Society. This new organization in the Shuswap is dedicated to making available the equipment and infrastructure that local food growers need to establish their farms and help to rebuild our local food system. FRIES encourages using regenerative farming methods to protect our water, to rebuild our soil and to provide the local community with nutritionally dense foods. The group is coordinating a food equipment cooperative including farm implements, transport equipment and food processing equipment such as a grain mill. In addition the team is developing facilities for local food storage.