On a crisp late-fall day in Victoria, something beautiful unfolded. Seeds & Synergies — a gathering that began as a vision — became a living, breathing space where community members came together to explore the deep connections between food, land, and culture. We held conversations that mattered. We shared foods that carried memory. We listened, learned, and imagined together. The room felt alive — buzzing with abundance, colour, story, and gratitude. Honouring the Art of Visual Storytelling...

“Some seeds carry more than food — they carry memory. And memory is the beginning of liberation.” Across the African diaspora, black-eyed peas — also known as cowpeas — have traveled oceans, survived war and enslavement, seeded revolutions, and nourished kitchen tables from Salvador do Bahia to Santiago de Cuba. Today, these same seeds are helping us imagine new futures in the face of climate change. A recent harvest on the Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture grounds — stewarded by...

By: Ariel Reyes Antuan from Iyé Creative Framing Land Access as a Policy Problem, Not a Power Problem My biggest mistake was that I often analyzed land access primarily through policy and programmatic lenses such as bylaws, zoning, and administrative barriers rather than through power and ownership structures . This can inadvertently center governments as the problem-solvers instead of positioning communities as the stewards and decision-makers. So –in my opinion– Land access isn’t just...