Denman Island Growers and Producers Alliance
AGM Thursday, December 14th and Tool Library Additions!
December 14th, 2023 7:00 PM Annual General Meeting at the Denman Activity Centre Lounge
Come hear an update from the GPA about another year of activities and learn about what projects you can get involved in. Hear the financial report, president’s report, updates from our subcommittees and help us do the yearly business of choosing our board of directors!
Tea, coffee, and snacks will be served. Zoom participation available by request via email to islandagriculture@gmail.com.
We will be having another AGM in January as we shift our yearly AGM to January
The GPA board has decided that January would be a more suitable time for our AGM going forward as financial business from the Farmers Market is not usually done by our financial year end on October 31st. We are planning to shift our year end to December 31st which will allow for simpler bookkeeping and for our AGM to take place at a less busy time of year. As a society we are required to have an AGM every calendar year so we will be having our 2024 AGM in January (date TBA).
New Tools in the Library!
Thanks to support from Denman Works! the GPA has been able to add exciting new community equipment to our Tool Library. This year we have added an Oat Roller and Gluten-Free Grain Mill (think home grown oat flour) and a Thermal Label Printer for long lasting nursery plant labels (tree wraps and potted plant tags). We will be showing off these new items at the AGM this year so come and get inspired.
Last year we added a Seed/Grain/Bean/Corn Thresher which has been used by growers on Denman this past year to efficiently thresh wheat, oats, corn, beans, peas, and amaranth. Please reach out to the GPA if you are interested in strategizing how this tool can fit into your growing system. We will be happy to discuss this and all our tool library tools at the AGM.
Herbalists: if you haven’t already heard we also have a high quality Herb Press for pressing tincture preparations. Get in touch if you want to know more!
All of our tools can be borrowed by members who have paid their $20 annual membership fee and are administered through a decentralized hosting system (you contact the tool host to organise access). Check out the full list and get host contact info at https://www.denmangpa.ca/toollibrary
