One Pot Cooking Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present another FREE workshop (funded by the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937).

One Pot Cooking

Thursday, March 5
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Edmonds Community School, Community Room #100 (7651 18th Avenue / Burnaby - map)

Join nutritionist Suzan Anbari and learn how to make easy, healthy and affordable one pot recipes the whole family will enjoy!

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Container Food Gardening Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present another FREE workshop in partnership with Edmonds Community School and funded by Vancity.

Container Food Gardening

Tuesday, May 6
6:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Edmonds Community School (7651 18th Avenue / Burnaby - map)

Get ready to grow! Learn to grow vegetables in pots. Great for apartments and small spaces, and you get to take home a starter pot!

Join certified permaculture designers and enthusiastic gardeners Nova Hopkins and Leanne Zmud.

Everyone is welcome. Free but space is limited!

*REGISTRATION CLOSED* 

This workshop is now full. Stay tuned for new workshop announcements!

Spots Still Left: One Pot Cooking Workshop

There are still spots left in our upcoming One Pot Cooking Workshop -- register while you can!

One Pot Cooking Workshop

Thursday, November 28
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Edmonds Community School (7651 18th Avenue / Burnaby - map)

Join Julia Spitale to learn how to make easy, healthy, and tasty one-pot recipes for the whole family. Just the thing to keep you warm this winter!

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Julia Spitale is a communication professional, traveller, musician and lover of life. She is the co-founder of the Wheely Slow Cooking Tour where she cooked and sang on farms across Canada in 2011 and is now the Director of Community Engagement for LOCO BC. currently working with them on Buy Local Week (Dec 2-8) in B.C.

One Pot Cooking Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present another FREE community workshop!

Join Julia Spitale to learn how to make easy, healthy, and tasty one-pot recipes for the whole family. Just the thing to keep you warm this winter!

One Pot Cooking Workshop

Thursday, November 28
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Edmonds Community School (7651 18th Avenue / Burnaby - map)

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Julia Spitale is a communication professional, traveller, musician and lover of life. She is the co-founder of the Wheely Slow Cooking Tour where she cooked and sang on farms across Canada in 2011 and is now the Director of Community Engagement for LOCO BC. currently working with them on Buy Local Week (Dec 2-8) in B.C.  

Upcoming Events: Wild Spring Plants and Pickling

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present two more FREE community workshops!

Wild Spring Plants You Can Eat!
Walking and Eating Tour

Thursday, June 6
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Meeting Point: Burnaby Museum Entrance (Sperling Ave at Deer Lake Ave). Please refer to map for the exact meeting point.  Please make sure to get there on time so we don't leave you behind!

Come join Alexander McNaughton for a nature-walk while we learn about the wonderful wild edible plants hiding in Deer Lake Park! You will also get to taste some pre-picked and prepared edible plants.

Credit: Sofi Martinez

Wear shoes you can walk in, and bring a bag and a water bottle. We will go rain or shine, so bring your raincoat in case of rain.

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Secrets of Pickling

Wednesday, June 19
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Edmonds Community School (7651 18th Avenue / Burnaby - map)

Join master chef Andrea Potter and learn how to make your pickled foods using fermentation. Take home samples! We will be fermenting fresh local radishes from Urban Digs Farm in Burnaby.

This will be a hands-on workshop. 

**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

Andrea Potter is a Red Seal Chef and a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She teaches whole-foods cooking classes and also offers nutrition counselling. She is passionate about the benefits of whole, local and slow foods. For more information on Andrea Potter, visit her website: http://wholefoodscooking.ca/.

See you there!

Reminder: Food Gardening Fair This Saturday!

Food Gardening Fair

Saturday, May 4

10:00am - 2:00 pm

Byrne Creek Community School, Community Room (7777 18th Street / Burnaby - map) / near Edmonds Skytrain Station)

Offered as part of BC Youth Week (May 1 - 7)

Credit: Magnolia Lim

The Fair includes lots of fun, free, family friendly activities, including:

All Day | Kids Crafts (making seed pods) and Visioning for Byrne Creek Community School Garden

10:15 am | Welcome by musician Julia Spitale (www.myspace.com/jspitale)

10:15 am—12:30 pm | Creative Container Food Gardening Workshop

Free, but pre-registration is required. Hands-On Workshop. **REGISTRATION CLOSED**

11:00 am—12:00 pm | Making Homes for Mason Bees Workshop

Free, no registration required. Just drop by! Demonstration Style Workshop.

12:00 noon—1:30 pm | Free BBQ (Limited Quantities Available)

Thanks to Byrne Creek Sustainability Club and Byrne Creek Student Government

It is going to be a fabulous day! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Promotional materials: Burnaby Food First Food Gardening Fair 

Apartment Food Gardening for Beginners

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present another FREE Community Workshop! This workshop will be hands-on.

Apartment Food Gardening for Beginners

Tuesday, April 2
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Edmonds Community School, Community Room (7651 18th Avenue / Burnaby - map)

Source: Smart Money Guide

Join Alexander McNaughton for an evening on how to grow your own veggies in small spaces using recycled containers!

Learn how to get a successful pea crop out of a small space, how to plant and harvest micro-greens and delicious fragrant herbs, and how to grow bush squashes and other crops that are productive in small spaces. Come and learn how to grow your own food in small spaces year round!

Note: We will be building our own containers that will be sent home with each participant full of soil and seeds. If you do not have access to a vehicle, please let us know upon registration, and we will arrange to have your container delivered to you.

**REGISTRATION CLOSED*

See you there!

Alexander McNaughton has had his hands in the earth since the very beginning. Now living in Vancouver, Alexander has been consumed by a love affair with wild and local food. His true passion lies in sharing the joy of real food with folks of all ages. Expect to find him in the deep woods with gangs of small children hunting for edible mushrooms or haunting farmers markets with a wooden wine crate filled to the brim on his shoulder. Militant about eating salad on a regular basis, he is never without snacks of emerald and jade leaves -- if you ask nicely he might even share!