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Public Notice Advertisement (Goldstream Gazette) - Bylaw 1912
Newspaper advertisement (Goldstream Gazette) publishing the public hearing notice for Bylaw 1912 and instructions to obtain complete materials.
Key facts
- Goldstream Gazette publication (early August 2021)
- Provides contact and submission information for the Bylaw 1912 public hearing
Public Notice Advertisement (Goldstream Gazette) - Bylaw 1912
Local story: Raising a well-adjusted cow is not hard, but it is expensive
She called up her mentor, an experienced dairy farmer, and explained the situation. He gave her advice – tube feed electrolytes, various medication, calcium. Hope.
“I sat in the forest beside her, crying all morning, praying she’d get up. It was Mother’s Day, I remember.” After 12 hours, Bessie did get up and is still healthy today.
Sivorot’s nurturing instinct also kicked in when she learned about an injured, pregnant cow at a large dairy farm. The owners would slaughter the cow for meat because the injury was more than they could manage. Sivorot could not stomach that, so she bought the cow and has been nursing her back to health.
“She got to feel the sun on her back for the first time in her life,” Sivorot said, her hand stroking Juniper’s neck. The cow nuzzled her massive head into Sivorot’s hand.
On July 21, Juniper – whose leg swelling has reduced considerably – delivered a healthy bull calf who Sivorot’s six-year-old son Bjorn has named Junior.
The small farms of the South Island contribute to the food chain, but slowly and with tears. These farmers, including those who were interviewed but aren’t in this article, love their animals.
They describe deep turmoil each time they take one to an abattoir for slaughter. Ultimately, they are grateful to the beast for nourishing families and taking comfort in raising them in a good environment.
They also make butter, yogurt and cheese for their own families, but food pasteurization requirements stop most small farms from selling dairy.
Selling meat from a locally raised, grass-fed, free-range, emotionally well-adjusted cow is not hard, but it is expensive.
“I’ve never had anyone challenge the prices I’ve asked, but what it costs to produce meat in a certain way means its only accessible to a certain type of people,” Rowse-Robinson said. “That bothers me. I want this to be for the community too.”
Part of that cost comes from the price of land on south Vancouver Island. It’s hard enough to find housing, never mind hectares of raw land for livestock to roam. Especially for new farmers. Sivorot works as a nurse on the weekends to subsidize her farm. If she had more land, she’d happily add more livestock but isn’t willing to crowd them, so her three-hectare farm is tapped out at a handful of bovine and occasional goats.
Rowse-Richardson leases 40 hectares with another farmer and 10 hectares where she lives with her family.
“We’ve lived in a lot of crazy places just so we could have land,” she said.
Leasing is a great solution if you can find the right fit, but there’s no security.
For now, Rowse-Richardson looks at her business as just beginning since she shifted focus to breeding over raising meat. Now, meat is a byproduct: “Extra miles end up in the food system.”
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Notice of Public Hearing — Bylaw No. 1912
- Meeting Date and Time: Monday, 16 August 2021 Time: 5:30 pm
- Meeting Place: City Hall Council Chambers, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue
Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw No. 1912 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of the land that is the subject of this bylaw from One- and Two-Family Residential (R2) Zone and adding to the City Centre 1 (CC1) Zone to allow for a mixed-use residential development.
Applicant: Rachael Sansom
Location: The land that is the subject of this bylaw is 925 and 929 Bray Ave as shown shaded on the included plan.
PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held electronically, and not in-person. Information about how to connect to this meeting is indicated in the table below.
The Public Hearing is not an information session and Council will not answer questions about the proposal or proposed bylaw(s) except to provide clarification. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for Council to hear the views and opinions of those members of the public who wish to make comments. Please have all your questions answered in advance of the Public Hearing by contacting the Planning Department as noted below.
Requests for COPIES of the complete Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the bylaw, or questions related thereto, may be submitted by emailing planning@langford.ca, in writing to Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8, or by calling 250-478-7882.
Braden Hutchins
Director of Corporate Services
2nd Floor · 877 Goldstream Avenue · Langford, BC Canada · V9B 2X8
T · 250-478-7882 F · 250-478-7864
Teleconference:
- Teleconference # 1-855-703-8985 (Canada Toll Free) OR 1-778-907-2071 (long distance charges may apply)
- Meeting ID #864 6580 8858 / Zoom.us or Zoom app on your mobile device
- https://zoom.us/
Notice of Public Hearing — Bylaw No. 1956
- Meeting Date and Time: Monday, 16 August 2021 Time: 5:30 pm
- Meeting Place: City Hall Council Chambers, Third Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue
Proposal: The purpose of Bylaw No. 1956 is to amend the City of Langford Zoning Bylaw No. 300 by amending the zoning designation of the land that is the subject of this Bylaw from One- and Two-Family Residential (R2) Zone and adding to the City Centre Pedestrian (CCP) Zone to allow for a mixed-use residential development.
Applicant: Rachael Sansom
Location: The land that is the subject of this bylaw is 905, 909, 913, 917, 921 Bray Ave and 2884, 2886 Jacklin Rd as shown shaded on the included plan.
PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held electronically, and not in-person. Information about how to connect to this meeting is indicated in the table below.
The Public Hearing is not an information session and Council will not answer questions about the proposal or proposed bylaw(s) except to provide clarification. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for Council to hear the views and opinions of those members of the public who wish to make comments. Please have all your questions answered in advance of the Public Hearing by contacting the Planning Department as noted below.
Requests for COPIES of the complete Bylaw and other material that the Council may consider in relation to the bylaw, or questions related thereto, may be submitted by emailing planning@langford.ca, in writing to Langford City Hall, 2nd Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC, V9B 2X8, or by calling 250-478-7882.
Braden Hutchins
Director of Corporate Services
2nd Floor · 877 Goldstream Avenue · Langford, BC Canada · V9B 2X8
T · 250-478-7882 F · 250-478-7864
Teleconference:
- Teleconference # 1-855-703-8985 (Canada Toll Free) OR 1-778-907-2071 (long distance charges may apply)
- Meeting ID #864 6580 8858 / Zoom.us or Zoom app on your mobile device
- https://zoom.us/
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