Shauna Teare, Graphic + Permaculture Designer: Shauna along with her family are learning the ins and outs of homesteading on a Winlaw mountainside at; Tricycle Acres, Permaculture Smallholding. Where they teach and test permaculture techniques through intensive internship programs, and through the development of the homesteading 101 series. Shauna created the 101 workshop series to promote lost skills in the valley including; cheese-making, pig butchery, canning, fermenting, and medicine making to name a few. Shauna is currently the Chair of the West Kootenay Permaculture Co-op, and she is very involved in developing a resilient food future for her community.

Shauna’s city life was in the food industry where she owned and operated two successful bakeries; and her day job now in the country is providing graphic design service and business consultation to the food industry.

She is very passionate about Seasonal Organic Local Ethical eating  (eating with SOLE) her blog feature recipes from the Kootenay foodshed, and celebrates canned, fermented and preserved foods.