Healthy Snacks for Kids

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present two more FREE community workshops (funded by Vancity)!

Healthy Snacks for Kids

2 Dates to Choose From!

Wednesday, September 17

6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Burnaby Community Services Kitchen (2055 Rosser Avenue / Burnaby - map)

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

OR

Tuesday, September 30
6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Tommy Douglas Library (7311 Kingsway / Burnaby - map)

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Learn how to shop for and prepare healthy, tasty snacks for kids. Join Suzanne Serwatuk for this hands-on class.

Children 5 and older are welcome and must be accompanied by an adult. Not more than 4 members per family please.

FREE but space is limited. Please register for only one workshop. Email us here or call (604) 618-3581 to register.

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What's Happening in September

Hoping to get outside or learn something new? It's never too late to check out your local farmers' market or get your hands into some dirt to learn gardening basics. Here are some of the cool events around the city next month!

Grandview-Woodlands Food Connection

Location: Britannia Community Centre (1991 Napier Street / Vancouver - map)
Cost: $20

Credit: Sofi Martinez

Check out these cool food workshops and events by the Grandview-Woodlands Food Connection!

For details on individual workshops or to register, visit their website: http://gwfoodconnection.wordpress.com/workshops/

Upcoming Workshops

September 7: Latin American Corn Festival
September 10: Canning

GardenSmart Workshops

Location: Various (check website)
Cost: $8.25

Learn how to grow your own food, support your local ecology, and reduce waste in your own backyard. GardenSmart Workshops are brought to you by the North Shorth Recycling Program, the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, and the Edible Garden Project.

Registration is required. To register or for more information, visit the workshop Eventbrite page here.

Upcoming Workshops
 
September 6: Shiitake Log Cultivation Workshop
September 7: Aquaponics for Your Home
September 21: Keeping Chickens in the City
September 25: Cooking From Your Garden

Homesteader's Emporium

Location: SBIA Resource Park (1279 East Hastings Street / Vancouver - map)
Cost: Starting from $5

Check out some of these workshops hosted by the Homesteader's Emporium! For times, details, and registration for individual workshops, visit their Workshops page: http://www.homesteadersemporium.ca/calendar/

Upcoming Workshops

September 25: Seed Saving

Richmond Food Security Society

Location: Garratt Wellness Centre (7504 Chelsea Place / Richmond - map)
Cost: $10

This spring and summer, the Richmond Food Security Society is presenting a series of cooking and gardening workshops.

For more information or to register, visit the Richmond Food Security Society website here.

Upcoming Workshops

September 20: Extending the Growing Season

Artisan Farmers' Markets

Lonsdale Quay
Location: Lonsdale Quay, East Plaza (123 Carrie Cates Court / North Vancouver - map)
Dates: May 3, 2014 to October 25, 2014
Hours: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm each Saturday

Burnaby Market
Location: Burnaby City Hall, North Parking Lot (4949 Canada Way / Burnaby - map)
Dates: May 3, 2014 to October 25, 2014
Hours: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm each Saturday

Ambleside Market
Location: West Vancouver Police Station, Parking Lot (14th Street and Bellevue Avenue / West Vancouver - map)
Dates: May 4, 2014 to October 26, 2014
Hours: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm each Sunday

Find a great selection of conventional and organic foods, from fresh produce to prepared food and handmade products. There's everything from jam, honey, and salsa to berries and greens!

The markets also host a book exchange, reading area, and activities table and live music.

In an effort to reduce plastic use, please bring your own plastic or reusable shopping bags.

For more information on these markets, including monthly market events, visit the Artisan Farmers' Markets website: http://www.artisanmarkets.ca/

Vancouver Farmers' Markets

Trout Lake Market
Location: John Hendry Park, North Parking Lot (East 13th Avenue @ Lakewood and Templeton / Vancouver - map)
Dates: May 10, 2014 to October 18, 2014
Hours: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm each Saturday

Kitsilano Market
Location: Kitsilano Community Centre, Parking Lot (2690 Larch Street / Vancouver - map)
Dates: May 11, 2014 to October 19, 2014
Hours: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm each Sunday

West End Market
Location: 1100 Block of Comox Street across from Nelson Park (Mole Hill / Vancouver - map)
Dates: May 31, 2014 to October 18, 2014
Hours: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm each Saturday

Yaletown Market
Location: Mainland Street between Davie Street and Helmcken Street (Yaletown-Roundhouse / Vancouver - map)
Dates: May 1, 2014 to October 2, 2014
Hours: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm each Thursday 

Vendors include farmers, fishers, artisans, food preparers, and more! The markets this year will also feature a great list of events and activities, as well as the upcoming Fun With Food stations, getting people of all ages involved in food literacy education. Click here for more information on events at the markets.

In an effort to reduce plastic use at the market, please bring your own shopping bags.

For more information on the market, including transportation and parking at the site, please visit their website: http://www.eatlocal.org/

Workshop Review: Summer Workshops

Thank you all for coming out to our workshops this summer!

August is about to wind down, but we still have plenty of workshops this fall. Here's some of what we've been up to in the past couple of months:

Introduction to Canning
Credit: Joyce Cameron

Introduction to Canning
Credit: Joyce Cameron

Secrets of Pickling
Credit: Joseph Amiri

Secrets of Pickling
Credit: Joseph Amiri

Healthy Meal Planning for Seniors
Credit: Silbi Kim

Healthy Meal Planning for Seniors
Credit: Silbi Kim

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Growing Food and Connecting Neighbours

Meet Edmonds neighbourhood residents, Sonya Govahi and Luci Baja, who were successfully matched through the Sharing Backyards Burnaby project!

Sharing Backyards is a program that links people in Burnaby with under-used yard space with those looking for a place to grow food.

Sonya is an experienced gardener who missed having the abundance of fresh fruit and veggies that she used to grow in her family’s garden in Iran. Now living in an apartment in Burnaby, with only a small balcony, she was looking for garden space -- so she contacted us about the Sharing Backyards program!

 

Homeowner Luci contacted Sharing Backyards because she had extra yard space that she wasn’t using, and she knew that many others in Burnaby didn’t have any yard or garden of their own.

Once both Luci and Sonya had contacted Burnaby Food First, the Sharing Backyards coordinator suggested a meeting between the two be set up since both women live in the same neighbourhood.

Luci and Sonya were eager to meet, and the program coordinator facilitated the first ‘ face-to-face introduction’.

Luci and Sonya made up their own gardener-homeowner agreement. There are no set rules to doing this -- but there are a few suggested guidelines. Sonya wanted to share the harvest with Luci, and Luci offered Sonya access to the compost bin, spare pots, and garden hose for watering. It was mutually agreed that Sonya could come and go to the garden as she pleased, but had to let Luci know when she would be there.

Luci and Sonya received some seeds and starters from Sharing Backyards Burnaby to help them get their food garden started. They planted strawberries, herbs, kale, beans, and tomatoes. Their shared garden is now well underway!

Want to find out more about Sharing Backyards? Interested in joining the program or know someone who would? For more details, check out our Sharing Backyards page or contact us for more information.

Upcoming Workshops: Food Gardening and Canning

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present another FREE community workshop (funded by Vancity)!

Winter Container Food Gardening - Getting a Head Start

Monday, August 25
6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Tommy Douglas Library (7311 Kingsway / Burnaby - map)

Join Athenaise Guertin to get a head start and learn how to grow food in winter! No gardening experience necessary.

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Introduction to Canning

Wednesday, September 3
6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Burnaby Community Services Kitchen (2055 Rosser Avenue / 1 1/2 blocks from Brentwood Skytrain Station - map)

Join master canner Alice Macpherson to learn how to can your own fruit. This is a hands-on workshop, and you will get to take home a jar of what you have canned!

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Note: Parking is limited at this location. Please consider biking or taking transit.

Enjoy Burnaby Food First workshops? Want to get involved as a volunteer?

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Thank You to West Coast Seeds!

Burnaby Food First would like to send out a huge thank you to West Coast Seeds.

Credit: Lisa Hansen

We recently received a donation of 100 seed packets! We'll be sure to put these to good gardening use.

Credit: Lisa Hansen