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December 5, 2010 from 1:30pm to 3pm – Strathcona Communiy Centre It gets harder and harder to stretch a food dollar, especially when we want to keep our nutrient levels high. In this class, we’ll take a look at micro growing, gleaning, nutrient dense foods, bulk b… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Strathcona Community Centre | Type: strathcona, food, workshop, gardening, health, nutrition, saving money
December 5, 2010 from 1:30pm to 5:15pm – Strathcona Community Centre Village Vancouver and Strathcona Community Centre are teaming up to offer several workshops and activities focused on increasing food security and strenghtening connections around food between neighb… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Strathcona Community Centre | Type: strathcona, workshop series, food, resiliency, gardening, chickens, seed saving, canning, preserving, neighbourhood village
December 4, 2010 from 4pm to 5:30pm – Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House Food storage is missing from our modern habit and building design. We will discuss food preservation (tubers, grains, onions, etc.) and how to choose locations for many food types so that appropriate… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks | Type: mt pleasant, workshop, food, food storage
December 4, 2010 from 11:45am to 1:15pm – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Unforeseen problems could leave us without electricity for extended periods. We will discuss tips for stockpiling, food lists, saving freezer foods, quick cooking tips and much more. FREE workshop -… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks | Type: main street, emergencty preparedness, food
December 4, 2010 from 10am to 11:30am – Little Mountain Neighbourhood House City dwellers have many skills and resources all around them, but may not have a mechanism for organizing and drawing on those skills at the times when they’re most needed. We’ll look at how the shar… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks | Type: main street, community, food, sharing, collaborating
October 30, 2010 from 10am to 1pm – Strathcona Community Centre Don't miss this rare Vancouver chance to learn about Seed Saving from four top BC seedswomen. Facilitated by Maria Hunter, Dragonfly Seeds; Mojave Kaplan, Planting Seeds Project; Robin Wheeler, Edib… Organized by Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Strathcona Community Centre | Type: workshop, seed saving, food, seed collectives, collaboration
October 23, 2010 from 1pm to 4pm – Strathcona Community Centre Getting together with others in our community to grow, share, celebrate and engage in neighbour generated activities around local food is not only fun, but can lead to satisfying and productive conne… Organized by VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Strathcona Community Centre | Type: workshop, food, resiliency, neighbourhoods, community, collaboration
July 20, 2010 from 1pm to 4pm – Langara College Join with other groups and individuals who are involved in neighbourhood and city-wide food security/ food system activities in looking at networking opportunities in and between different Vancouver… Organized by Village Vancouver, Vancouver Food Policy Council, Grandview Woodland Food Connection and Langara College Continuing Studies | Type: food, neighbourhood food networks
July 13, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Croatian Cultural Centre GROWING OUT OF HUNGER featuring Will Allen, CEO, Growing Power Community Food Centre, Milwaukee & Chicago We are pleased to announce that we have been able to reschedule the Inaugural Welch Comm… Organized by INAUGURAL WELCH COMMUNITY DIALOGUE | Type: free, talk, urban, farming, gardening, food
March 6, 2010 to March 7, 2010 – various neighbourhoods Several workshops in different neighbourhoods with Robin Wheeler. Details TBA. Organized by Ross Moster | Type: gardening, seed, saving, food, preservation, community, building
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Local, organic, rural, and/or urban, food production is a mainstay of life, and doing it well leads to wellness. From farm to kitchen, discussions relating to food--and the community arising around it--belong here.
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If you have to leave your village, how will you get where you want to go? By car? Preferably not, both for your wallet and the earth’s sake. This category is for all discussions relating to how we all get around.
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A human right? After food, most feel shelter is the most important necessity. A place of shelter is also the start of a community. This category is for all things relating to shelter, housing, affordable housing, homes, renewable heating systems, green buildings, heritage, and our built environment in general.
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