Lantzville Farmer's Market

Thats right! Lantzville has it's very own farmer's market. Check out the Farmer's Market tab for more info!

Council Meeting

The latest information coming from the District of Lantzville. The proposed bylaw 60.23 is on the agenda for the next meeting April 16th at 7:00 pm.
Come out and see what changes have been proposed. The District has changed the venue, this meeting will be held at the Lantzville Legion as staff expects a large attendance.

FUAL Delegation to Council, Monday April 2nd, 2012

Fuals Manure Maven Workshop Delegation

A member of Fual has become Lantzvilles very own Manure maven. Jamie Wallace, a spokesperson for Fual, attended a Manure maven workshop last month in Abbostford which was hosted by LEPS (Langely Environmental Partnership Society).

The Manure Maven Workshop was started in 2006 by LEPS in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. Together they produced the Land Management Guild for Horse Owners and Small lot farmers.

The Horse Manure Composting Program was born to provide horse owners with  resources and technical assistance.

Since its inception the program has grown substantially, serving property owners across the provinces of BC and Alberta as well as the states of  Washington, Florida and California.

It is estimated that there are 96 horses within the district of Lantzvilles boundaries at seventeen different facilities producing 4450 lbs per day or 1.624 million pounds of manure per year.

What are our options ?

• Ban horses
• Require that all manure be exported
• Embrace and encourage safe handling and composting methods

Lantzville council has identified the importance of safe manure handling and its potential threat to our community. The Manure Maven workshop is endorsed by the Ministry Of Agriculture and Environment and reduces the likelihood of harm when using safe composting practices. These guidelines turn a byproduct into a resource and protect water systems.

Fual wants to provide horse owners, and anyone else interested in composting horse manure with the tools needed to compost safely. FUALS first Manure maven workshop will be held April 29th 2012 at Pyramid Stables in Lantzville.

To pre-register for the workshop email Jamie Wallace at jfcwallace@shaw.ca

Some of the topics we will cover:

• Why should we compost?
• Manure’s benefit when composted
• Agricultural Waste Control Regulations
• How Do I Compost?
• The Composting Process
• How Do I Know It’s Done?
• Troubleshooting composting problems

Beer and Burger Night at the Legion

To use the great words of Jamie Wallace (our spokesperson)..."What a great excuse to go have a Beer and Burger".  Well said!  Come out and support the creation of a farmers market right here in Lantzville.

We are hosting a Beer and Burger Fundraiser in Partnership with the Lantzville Legion on Friday April 27th! We will have silent auction items from local Lantzville businesses, 50/50 tickets and much more.

If want to buy from and support local farmers - come out to this event so we can provide a venue!

Contact Virginia at 933-4204 for tickets or more info.

Upcoming workshop...

Check out our Education section for our latest workshops!!

Upcoming Events

Friends of Urban Agriculture Lantzville (FUAL) is working on some exciting projects. Keep checking here for updates about our upcoming workshops, a farmers market in lantzville and some fundraising events.

Lantzville's Agriculture Committee

So far, Lantzville's Urban Agriculture Committee has met twice, and is going to meet again tomorrow evening at 7 pm.  So far, the meetings have been rather eventful, and Andrew Mostad and Angela Wallace have been doing an excellent job in trying to push for a broader understanding of what urban agriculture is, and how it can be implemented in Lantzville.

Once again, it is hard to understand the choices of Lantzville's Council.  David Elgie in particular seems unsuited for the task of commenting on the proposed bylaw, as he has no experience in agriculture, and is not even a long-time resident of Lantzville.  Considering the many well-qualified applicants who asked to be a part of the committee, this space could have been much better utilized.  As always, Jim Brash is muddying the waters, bringing up issues, such as water contamination and large pests (bears are his example) to which his only solution is "don't allow it".  Again, this space on the committee could have been used much more effectively, had someone been appointed who was interested in creating actual, working solutions to real, Lantzville issues.


I am very excited for the presentation tomorrow night at the committee of a commercial composter.  Hopefully his testimony will finally silence some of the more outrageous notions surrounding composting and manure. 


Looking towards the future, FUAL's informational events are scheduled and being advertised in The Log.  The first one is going to be Sunday, September 18th at the Legion.  We will be showing "Dirt: The Movie" and having a discussion with local composter, Connie Kuramoto.  It should be a good time, and I'm excited to hear everyone's views on the subject of good, clean, healthy dirt!


Thank you all for your support, and hope to hear from everyone soon.