To all who garden and preserve food, to all who care for food sovereignty: Happy New Year 2018! Is winter, time to slow down and set goals for the rest of the year, time for planning the garden and re-assessing the pantry. Here are some ideas to start or improve your food sovereignty: At the […]
Read MoreFree Workshop – How to Create Community Gardens in Surrey
FREE Workshop, Everyone Welcome! How to Create Community Gardens in Surrey If you live, work or learn in Surrey this is for you! * Learn how to plan community gardens with Michael Denhamer from “Can You Dig It” * Discover the history and evolution of community gardens in Surrey’s parks, including the current application process […]
Read MoreFood Sovereignty Survey
“Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to restore our relationship with the world around us. “ ~Winona LaDuke “Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No […]
Read MoreLuv the Grub Cooks up great things
Every year across Metro Vancouver, residents throw out more than 100,000 tonnes of food. To put that in perspective, each day residents across our communities send more than 15,000 heads of lettuce, 40,000 tomatoes, 80,000 potatoes, 32,000 loaves of bread, and 70,000 cups of milk to the landfill. Sustainability advocate and SFU lecturer Alia Sunderji […]
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