Cobble Hill’s Cammy Lockwood brings progressive passion, and vision with her as she throws her hat in the ring with the B.C. Green Party for the 2024 October election.
“It mean’s a lot to me to be a candidate,” said Lockwood. “I really came to it through the climate events of 2021, and the impacts that the heat dome had on my farm. We are now two plus years on from that and really nothing has been done, there have been no significant strides in any way to address what is happening in our global climate crisis. Having gone from the heat domes to the floods, it needs a lot more action then what is currently being seen.”
Lockwood is passionate about her family and everything related to agriculture. She owns and operates Lockwood Farms along with her husband James. The flourishing operation supplies more than 8,000 people with fresh EcoEggs and feeds more than 400 families with fresh, organically grown vegetables. The forward thinking pair launched the first phase of their new EcoBug project last year, and in 2019 were bestowed the honour of BC’s Outstanding Young Farmers award.
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Lockwood has a history of being rooted in the agricultural community at the local, provincial, and national levels. In addition to being a board member for several community organizations, she’s been a mentor to many and has participated in donating, fundraising, and event planning, and even helped resettle refugees.
Lockwood feels let down by the government’s response to the catastrophes around climate change so is stepping up with a drive and determination to see people at the centre of B.C. politics — not corporations.
“I’ve been a part of this valley since I was two years old, so I really feel like I understand the valley, and what the needs are,” said Lockwood. “Certainly what I’m seeing is a lot of crisis around housing, and in particular around water — as a farmer, we feel that. The situation with the Koksilah watershed is very dire, so I feel some active management, and working with forestry of land and resources to see some water protection, and some water services in place would be a top priority. I’m also really wanting to see some solid treatment beds available for people who need them immediately so that we can really look to housing more as a human right and not as a privilege.”
“Honestly, I have some pretty big shoes to fill,” said Lockwood. “Sonia Furstenau has been the leader of the B.C. Green Party, and the MLA for Cowichan Valley for the past eight years. With her we have seen some amazing strides in water protection, purchasing Mount Baldy as a park, plus the new hospital, high school and Lake Cowichan weir being built. Those have all been projects she has actively worked on. The investment in our area with a Green representative is very strong, so I definitely want to continue that.”