Randy Shore is a food and sustainability writer for the Vancouver Sun and author of The Green man blog; he is also a former restaurant cook and an avid gardener. He is a recipient of the BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association Best Columnist award and the BC Wildlife Federation Art Downs Award for conservation journalism. Randy and his wife Darcy grow as much of their own food as possible on an acre in Roberts Creek on BC's Sunshine Coast, creating new recipes and customizing familiar ones based on what the seasons bring.