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The Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) service welcomes Vancouver Island author Carolyn Herriot to the Comox Valley and Campbell River this weekend for an engaging presentation on her personal experiences as written in the release of her new book ‘The Zero-Mile Diet’.    

The ‘Zero Mile Diet’ follows a year of sustainable, home-grown food production – growing healthy organic food, eating seasonal recipes from the garden, saving seeds for future harvests and preparing food for the winter.  She teaches audiences that growing the ‘Zero Mile Diet’ is a fun way to increase food security and an opportunity to contribute to regional food production while taking a load off the planet to grow more food.   

Carolyn will be visiting the CSWM’s Comox Valley compost education centre (4795 Headquarters Road, Courtenay)Saturday May 8 at 10:00 a.m. and will present an afternoon session starting at 2:00 p.m. at the City of Campbell River’s community centre (401 - 11th Ave.).  The session in the Comox Valley will be presented outdoors whereas in Campbell River it will be in the lounge at the community centre therefore pre-registration is required by contacting Strathcona Gardens at 250-287-9234 ext. 0. 

Carolyn Herriot is also the author of ‘A Year on the Garden Path, a 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide’.  She is a well-known columnist for GardenWise and CommonGround magazines.  After 20 years operating The Garden Path nursery she now grows certified organic ‘Seeds of Victoria’ at The Garden Path in Victoria. Carolyn’s new book ‘The Zero Mile Diet – A Year-round Guide to Growing Great Organic Food’ (Harbour Publishing) was released in April 2010.

For more information on workshops and presentation delivered through the CSWM’s compost education centres including this weekend’s feature the ‘Zero-Mile Diet’ visit www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/backyardcomposting .

The Comox Strathcona Waste Management (CSWM) service is a function of the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) and is responsible for two regional waste management centres that serve the Comox Valley and Campbell River, as well as a range of transfer stations and smaller waste-handling and recycling facilities for the electoral areas of the CVRD and the Strathcona Regional District. The CSWM service manages over 100,000 tonnes of waste and recycled material and oversees a number of diversion and education programs. 

Media contact:
Koreen Gurak
Manager of communications
Comox Valley Regional District
Tel: 250-334-6066
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