Community Engagement Sessions Recently, Seeds of Change Surrey held a community stakeholders event in the Guildford area of Surrey. The next one in planned for January in the Newton area. Why Guildford and Newton you might ask? Where do we begin ? We felt food security should be approached using a place-based, neighbourhood level approach. We decided […]
Read MoreWhat I learned on Galiano Island
By Rick Ketcheson, Nov, 2015 In October 2015, I attended a five day workshop on Food Forestry on Galiano Island. I have an interest in food security, local food and permaculture, so I want to share what I learned. Not all of this is new to me, nor will it be to you but there is […]
Read MoreUpcoming Workshops 2016!
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Well, is that time of the year when we assess what we have accomplished and start making plans for the New Year… For those who have been asking whether I’ll be teaching more Food […]
Read MoreFood Preservation Workshops
Do you know that an average 30% of the food is thrown away, sometimes not even making it to supermarkets? In Toronto (Canada) a single family household discards about 275 kilos of food every year! Food waste is a huge problem for the environment (around 20% of Canada methane emissions come from food in the […]
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