The "27 Minute Gang" are back at it! After several years offline, Kelly Darwin (https://kellydarwin.com/) & John Juricic (https://harbourdigitalmedia.com/) are re-starting their casual and fun conversations with Westshore businesses. On today's episode of https://twenty7minuteswithjohnandkelly.podbean.com/ we look behind the scenes of a burgeoning Westshore business called "The Glass Generation" (https://www.instagram.com/theglassgeneration/). Owner Jessica Young talks about the business, her partnership with her Dad, her award winning arts background and showcasing their amazing glass based artifacts.

We've been actively promoting the Peninsula based agriculture sector, food security & sustainability and agri-tourism since last year via Sidney Breakfast Club speakers, podcasts and online thought leadership forums. The Peninsula has the opportunity to be a world-class center for these food related economic development and sector based innovation issues. North Saanich has seized a leadership role and created the Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture (https://www.sandowncentre.com/).   We had an opportunity to chat with Jen Rashleigh on "27 minutes with John & Kelly", the Centre's Director of Partner & Community Engagement and the current coordinator of the North Saanich Flavour Trails festival. The Centre is rolling out the Farmpreneur program (https://www.sandowncentre.com/farmpreneur-program) and this formed the core of our discussion with Jen on this podcast.   We also chatted about food security, food production, farm business development and regional economic development. We can't wait to chat with Jen about updates and further stories about this exciting Farmpreneur program. Thanks Jen!

We were happy to sponsor the recent "Shop Local Food - Coming of Age” - An online Thought Leadership Forum. We had a very interesting and informative discussion about the future of food security, education and farming and food sustainability. We also learned some pros and cons about the ALR from our panelists: Adam Olsen, MLA - Saanich North and the Islands Lindsay Dault - Partner / Owner - Country Bee Honey Farm Steve Duck - CEO - TIDES Group

Leadership...Innovation...Inspiring...Resilient...all words that accurately characterize KWENCH founder & director Tessa McLoughlin. In this podcast Tessa reviews the past, present and future of her remarkable work & culture club business.

We chat with Steve Duck of the TIDES Group, a Business Management Company. - we chat about food security & sustainability - we discuss branding Peninsula Agri-Tourism as the "Tuscany of Canada" - we chat about North Saanich's "Flavour Trail" festival - can it be extended over a full season, i.e., 4 months? - stay-cations will be the savior for the Tourism Sector?

In our continuing dialogue promoting the Peninsula based Agri-Tourism sector, Kelly Darwin & John Juricic chat with Evelyn Turner, Farm Manager from the 10 Acres Restaurants & Farm. Also joining this Agri-Tourism superstar is Lindsay Dault, the Owner of Country Bee Honey Farm, another Agri-Tourism sector warrior. We chat about local food supply, buy local topics, how COVID has impacted 10 Acres and how these kind of businesses have adapted and thrived under these crazy circumstances. Maybe "crazy" is the new normal...

Well, after multiple conversations with others Kelly Darwin & John Juricic decided to create our own podcast - here is our introductory podcast.