Lulu's Local on Shaw TV Nanaimo, Feb. 2012:  

Launched on October 8th, 2011, at Village Food Market on Gabriola Island, Lulus Local is a Distribution Network that supports our Cultural Economy, in the form of a Social Enterprise(*) in the making that connects local artisan producers with independent merchants. Any profits will help support local arts and artists. Our dream is that Lulu’s Local will help create relationships that support community food culture, artisan producers, and local artists, in a lively, creative, and sustainable model.

The seeds for this project were planted with the launch of Lulu’s Lager and with our collaboration with Gabriolan artisan Margot Fedoruk (Starfish Soap Company), who has created the luscious Lulu’s Soap. We are now working with several artisan producers, both from Gabriola and from around the Vancouver Island region, and are very excited to be helping to bring their high quality, sensually appealing, and environmentally conscious products to you. *To learn more about Social Enterprise, please visit: www.centreforsocialenterprise.com.

*The pilot phase of Lulu’s Local Distributors is a sole proprietorship owned by Leah Hokanson, and created with the intention of becoming a for-profit subsidiary company of the ‘Lulu Performing Arts Society’.