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VV/Strathcona Community Centre Cultivating Food, Cultivating Community Fall series concludes with 2 Robin Wheeler workshops

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VV/Strathcona Community Centre Cultivating Food, Cultivating Community Fall series concludes with 2 Robin Wheeler workshops

Time: December 5, 2010 from 1:30pm to 5:15pm
Location: Strathcona Community Centre
Street: 601 Keefer Street
City/Town: Vancouver, BC
Website or Map: http://www.strathconacc.com
Phone: to register: Strathcona Community Centre 604.713.1838
Event Neighbourhood and Type: strathcona, workshop series, food, resiliency, gardening, chickens, seed saving, canning, preserving, neighbourhood village
Organized By: Ross Moster, VV Neighbourhood Food Networks and Strathcona Community Centre
Latest Activity: Nov 29, 2010

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Event Description

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 neighbours from September 19th and December 5th. Environmental Youth Alliance is also offering three canning workshops.

To register for workshops: Strathcona Community Centre 604.713.1838

For full details, please check out our events page or go to: strathconacc.com.

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS and EVENTS:

Sunday December 5
Healthy Food on a Budget with Robin Wheeler 1:30-3pm
Concepts in Year Round Gardening with Robin Wheeler 3:15-5:15pm

WINTER SERIES STARTS IN JANUARY. Details soon.

previous events:

Sunday September 19
Apartment and Container Gardening workshop> with Robin Wheeler 10-11:30am
Food Preservation Basics workshop with Robin Wheeler 11:45am-1:15 pm
VV Demonstration neighbourhood village at Strathcona Fall Harvest Festival (McLean Park) noon-4pm


Canning workshops (presented by Environmental Youth Alliance)
Canning 101
Sunday September 26 1-4 pm
Sunday October 10 1-4pm
Canning 201 1-4 pm.
Sunday October 3

Saturday October 23
Building Food Resiliency in the Community with Ross Moster 1-4pm

Saturday October 30
Seed Saving in the Community 10am-1pm
co-presented by Farm Folk/City Folk

Keeping Chickens in Strathcona series
Backyard Chickens workshop 101>
Tuesday November 3 7-9pm

Creating A Coop Co-op discussion with Ross Moster
Tuesday November 9 7-9pm

Mad City Chickens: Coming to a Backyard Near You! (screening)
Tuesday November 23 7-9pm

Sunday November 14
Garden Planting and Preparation with Grant Watson 2-5pm

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