Staff #ElectricBicycle with a #DIY #CargoTrailer.

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Alex & her little one 💗 Alex is back after maternity leave & it's been wonderful, slowly getting to know them better. Alex is our executive director at #LifecyclesProjectSociety.

Her background:

Alex (she/her) is the owner and primary farmer at Bird & Bean Farm, while also taking on her role here at LifeCycles as the General Manager. She has settler heritage, her family origin is mainly from Scotland and Ireland, and grew up on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabeg traditional territory, in Ottawa. Alex identifies as queer and is lucky enough to share the property she farms on with other awesome members of the queer community. Alex’s love of the outdoors began at a young age. She was a camp kid who then became a canoe tripping guide in the summers. After high school, she spent a few years travelling around the world by volunteering as a WWOOFer (world wide opportunities on organic farms) and her love of the natural world began to include growing. At the same time, however, Alex grew more and more concerned about our changing climate and wanted to affect change more directly through law and policy. She decided to go back to school to pursue first an undergrad degree in Sustainability and Sociology, and then a law degree focusing on environmental and Indigenous law. After law school, however, she quickly discovered that colonial law felt far too reactive in a time when proactivity is so needed, and she found herself being more and more drawn to Indigenous law revitalization. She began searching for jobs outside of colonial law and feels incredibly grateful to have been able to work for the Indigenous Law Research Unit, affiliated with UVic, for over 2 years. However, the longer she worked fulltime in an office, the more she dreamed to be able to be outside and grow again. Thus, her search for opportunities in the agricultural field began. Even though Alex deeply has loved farming these past years, she missed engaging her brain in big-picture discussions, which is a big part of why she is so excited to be working with the LifeCycles Project! This year she looks forward to being a contributing member on her farm as well as working at LifeCycles to bring her love of food and her hate for food waste together!"

Jessie, on the right, with 2 of our rad #volunteers - working the #ApplePress machine.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YOKbFTBXHkg

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Two of our awesome #volunteers - helping out at the free fruits table. We gave away so much fruits today! Some people left with 1-2 boxes full!

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Me & Lisa. We will be working closely together over the next few months. Lisa is our Communications Coordinator.

Her background:

Lisa has always had a deep love for getting her hands in the soil and has spent over a decade working on small-scale farms in coastal BC. She was the Programs Coordinator for the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CRFAIR), where she developed and coordinated Growing Together—a collaborative initiative that created tools and resources to support people in growing food. She is deeply passionate about supporting local agriculture, increasing food literacy, and helping people grow and access good, local food. In addition to her work with LifeCycles, Lisa coordinates the Yates Street Community Garden on lək̓ʷəŋən Territory in downtown Victoria. She is committed to being in service to community and to building relationships through growing and sharing food.

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