Vancouver Region
Posts here are listed in order of newest submissions for the area and consist of growers listings, events and local food security related news. To specifically find a fruit and produce grower in your area go to Growers Directory and select your region.
Funding for Development of Community Food Gardens
From the Richmond Food Security Society
April 2010 – April 2011
The purpose of this initiative is to increase food security for all members of the Richmond community. The Richmond Food Security Society is offering small grants to advance urban agriculture on the community, with particular emphasis on community gardens. Grants of up to $500 can be used to install new community gardens or expand existing ones.
http://richmondfoodsecurity.org/funding-for-development-of-community-foo...
Water Act Modernization Workshops
The Water Act is the primary law in B.C for managing our water resources and has a key role in ensuring the sustainability of B.C.’s water resources. To respond to new challenges that exist for managing our water including dealing with population growth and climate change, the government is looking at ways to modernize the Water Act.
The Ministry of Environment will be hosting regional multi-sector workshops during March and April 2010 at the following locations:
Nanaimo – March 5
Prince George – March 8
The Farmland Defence League and Gateway - Town Hall meeting in Langley
The Farmland Defence League and Gateway 40 Citizens Network invites farmland advocates and Gateway opponents from across the region to attend a Town Hall meeting in Langley being co-hosted by federal Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Mark Warawa, MP, Mary Polak, MLA and Langley City Mayor, Peter Fassbender to take issue with the Harper/Campbell governments' plans to destroy several hundred acres of Langley's best farmland for more highways.
Growing Food in the City
"Growing Food in the City" is offered in Burnaby (starting March 3), Victoria (starting March 3), and Duncan (starting March 3)
The course consists of 20 three-hour sessions - spanning the entire growing season. What an opportunity to develop your gardening skills under the mentorship of experienced organic food gardeners!
Here are some of the things you will learn - using essential organic gardening and permaculture techniques:
Create and maintain healthy soil, which in turn can grow nutritious food
Analyze and optimize the growing conditions in your garden
When food scraps dream…
Complementing the movie nights on waste and, in an attempt to learn about the importance of organic waste recycling, we have organized a field-trip to the composting facility in Whistler, where on-site staff will be giving us a tour and share valuable facts with us. The bus leaves from the Adventure Centre at 1pm on Friday, January 22nd (details attached). Estimated return time is 4:30pm. Please let me know asap if you want a seat reserved.
Chicken and Egg Dance
perennial-favourite family event that benefits local food organizations returns this year on February 13. This time around, a trio of non-profits bring an evening of good old-fashioned country fun to the city for the 9th Annual Chicken and Egg Dance held at the Capri Hall. The BC Association for Regenerative Agriculture, FarmFolk/CityFolk and Vancouver Farmers Markets join forces to raise money to further their work promoting and supporting local food production.
Saturday, February 13, 2010 6-11pm
Capri Hall, 3925 Fraser Street @ King Edward in Vancouver
TRAIN THE TRAINER CANNING WORKSHOPS
This two day workshop is specifically for those who want to teach canning classes in their community. Learn up-to-date safe canning practices as well as theoretical and practical techniques. We will review old and new canning equipment and tools as well as discuss the various canning products and ingredients on the market today. Find out about canning and safe food handling resources available to you. Discuss how to run a canning workshop that best suits your community's needs. Bring your canning questions and comments! Please bring a packed lunch for both days.
COMMUNITY KITCHEN ROUNDTABLE
This free, two hour roundtable is an opportunity to meet other CK leaders, to share and hear about other kitchen activities, challenges & successes. No registration required.
Date/Time: Thurs, March 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Location: Vancouver Food Bank, 1150 Raymur Ave.
COMMUNITY KITCHEN LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS
During this workshop you will have the opportunity to find out more about community kitchens, different ways a group can work and how you can lead or start a community kitchen. Learn the history of the community kitchen movement and the effect it has had around the province. Hear about the different kitchen models that run successfully in our communities. Experience a community kitchen first hand! Lunch will be provided. Click on the date to see the poster for more details. Payment must be made 10 days prior to the workshop. Cancellations must be done at the latest, 72 hours before.
Future of Food - Percy Schmeiser in Vancouver
Percy Schmeiser is a distinguished speaker, Canadian farmer and seed breeder and saver who has become famous for displaying courage and tenacity in legal battles with Monsanto. Percy has traveled the world campaigning for food safety, and for the right of farmers to save and reuse their seed. More recently Percy has spoken out against the Canadian Government's advocacy of "Terminator" seed technology. He will be speaking about GMO Pharmaceuticals, Food Safety, and Environmental Law
Call 604-437-5683 for more information or to purchase tickets.
The Politics of Food: A Bite Size Course
Eating is a political act. Find out how the food on your plate can affect a farmer half a world away. Through field trips, guest speakers, classroom presentations and discussions, students will explore the entire food system from table top to ground and back again. Date: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30 9:00-13:00 4 wks Sa Cost: (16 hours) $399 To register, call 604-443-8672. Quote: CRN # 10478 On-line registration should also be available by the end of November.
From Networking to Thinking like a Network: Strategies for Growing Local Food Security Networks
From Networking to Thinking like a Network: Strategies for Growing Local Food Security Networks This workshop will explore how voluntary sector organizations can increase their effectiveness by employing strategies such as network mapping and network listening followed by an interactive panel discussion highlighting local experiences in developing and sustaining food security networks.
Tuesday, December 8th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Eye Care Centre Auditorium, #301 - 2550 Willow Street, Vancouver
For more info or to RSVP by Nov 30th:
Evolver Spore: Thought for Food
In the last fifty years, the meteoric rise of agribusiness has wreaked havoc upon our global food supply. Corporate entities like Monsanto and Cargill are wiping out agricultural diversity with monoculture crops, bankrupting small farmers with unsustainable practices, toxifying our waterways with pesticides and fertilizers, treating animals cruelly, and endangering the web of life with genetically modified foods.
FARM-2-SCHOOL CONFERENCE, NOV 2-3 IN RICHMOND
Location: Richmond, BC Cost: Both days: $60/person. Nov 2 only - $25. Nov 3 only - $50 Registration: Seating is limited. Online registration begins Oct 6 and ends Oct 28. Visit http://www.phabc.org/farmtoschool
Train-the-Trainer Canning Workshop
Due to the high interest we've noticed in canning, we've developed a new workshop: Train-the-Trainer Canning Workshop. It's a 2-day workshop specifically geared to those who want to teach canning.
It'll be held on Thurs, Oct 29, 2009 9:30am -1:30pm AND Thurs, Nov 5, 2009 9:30am - 1:30pm.
Cost is $145 which includes Fresh Choice Canning Training Manual, "Guide to Home Preserving" cookbook, home canning tool kit , two jars of home canned product from the workshop. For details contact Diane Collis 604-876-0659 ext 118 or cooking@foodbank.bc.ca
The Wild Salmon Circle
The Wild Salmon Circle* is calling all concerned citizens in British Columbia to a rally in Vancouver on October 3, 2009 to stand up for our wild salmon. If we do not demand change, we may see the demise of these amazing fish--upon whom orcas, grizzlies, forests and humans depend-- in our lifetime.
FOODSAFE LEVEL 1
Come learn the basics about safe food handling in a friendly classroom environment.
This is a provincially recognized course taught by qualified instructors. It is
suitable for individuals who have a grade 8 or higher reading comprehension level.
Date/Time: Thurs, Oct 22, 2009 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Vancouver Food Bank, 1150 Raymur Ave.
Cost: $50.00 - 95.00 (sliding scale)
To register: Contact Darlene Tanaka, at 604-876-0659 ext 105 or darlenet@foodbank.bc.ca
For more information:
http://www.communitykitchens.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/whatshot/FoodSa...
FEEDING THE FUTURE
Michael Ableman, farmer and author, presents Feeding the Future: Stories & Images from the New Frontier of Food & Agriculture. Be inspired by his stunning photography and reflections on the intersection between food, culture and sustainability around the world. Oct 21, 7:30pm at Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver. 604-984-4484. www.centennialtheatre.com
Gastown Market
Location
200 block of Carrall St between Water and Cordova
Sundays, August 2 - September 27
11am - 3pm
Starting August 2, a new market will launch in Gastown as a project of the City's Summer Spaces program. This market is a partnership between the Gastown Business Improvement Society and Vancouver Farmers Markets.
What Can I Plant Now?
The gardening season isn't over! There's still plenty to plant and harvest to enable your garden to produce year-round. Learn how to select varieties of vegetables that are winter hardy and time their planting so as to produce through the fall and winter. Simple season extension techniques such as raised beds, row cover, cloches, and cold frames will be discussed and demonstrated. Participants will be able to go home with a couple of winter vegetable seedlings for their own gardens.
Date: Saturday, July 25th
Time: 9am- 12 pm
Place: Barn, Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy
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