Neighbourhood Food Networks
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Lovely house with chickens + food garden available for a year
Dear Village of Friends, Our little family will be taking a sabbatical for a year and we will be offering our cozy East Vancouver home for rent.while we are gone. It has three bedrooms (2 up, 1 down) and an abundant, lovingly created food garden with figs, plums, grapes etc.etc. and of course our…
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West End Neighbourhood Food Network June Community Potluck
Sunday, June 14, 2015 from 1pm to 2:30pmWest End Community Centre, Barclay Room870 Denman StreetRSVP on event post or to WENFN (ross.wenfn@gmail.com)Share some good food and conversation with neighbours. Bring something yummy to share and a cup, bowl, spoon, etc. if you're able to, and find out the…
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Can you volunteer for one or more shifts per month at a West End Food Scraps Drop Spot?
Every Tuesday and Saturday volunteers receive food scraps from hundreds of the 45,000 residents in the West End. The take since June 2012 now totals over 50 tonnes of food scraps for composting to be recycled back into growing, also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Tuesday evenings (November 4,…
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New Collaborative Garden at Kits Community Centre -- 1st community meeting Monday, July 21, 2014 7-9 pm
Monday, July 21 7-9 pmKits Community Centre 2690 Larch, VancouverJoin a new collaborative garden in Kits.Kitsilano Community Center and its partners are excited to invite you to the…
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Two Vancouver Folk Fest weekend passes available
I always buy a bunch of folk fest tickets thru my Rogue Folk Music Club membership for friends and fellow music lovers. I have two weekend passes left at my cost -- $130/ticket on a 1st come, 1st serve basis. (Currently they're $155 thru the festival.)ross@villagevancouver.caCheers,RossIf you'd…
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New VV garden plot at Cottonwood Community Garden - looking for a couple gardeners
Village has a new garden plot at Cottonwood Community Garden in Strathcona, and we're looking for a couple additional Villagers to garden collaboratively. Cost is $5/year person, there's a 4 hr/month per plot work requirement at monthly garden work parties (per plot, not per person, next work party…
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*VV Backyard Chickens 101 Workshop @ Homesteader's Emporium
Time: August 3, 2012 from 7pm to 9pmLocation: Vancouver Homesteader's EmporiumStreet: 649 East Hastings StreetCity/Town: Vancouver, BC V6A 1R2 CanadaOrganized By: Ross Moster, Duncan Martin, VV Neighbourhood Food Network, and Vancouver Homesteader's EmporiumLearn the basics of keeping chickens in…
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Backyard Chickens 101 Workshop July 24
Time: July 24, 2012 from 7pm to 9pm Location: Kits, near beach, RSVP for location. Event Neighbourhood and Type: kits, workshop, chickensOrganized By: Ross Moster , Duncan Martin, and VV Neighbourhood Food NetworkLearn the basics of keeping chickens in your backyard with Duncan Martin from Daily…
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Volunteers needed for our Demo Community Village at Khatsalano Music + Art Festival this Saturday
Hi all,We're going to do a smallish community village (3 or 4 tents) at the Khatsalano street fest on Saturday, and need help with setting up (around 9:30-11am), tabling (noon-8pm), and breaking down (8-9pm). Chickens, seed library, displays, etc.On 4th, between Larch and Trafalgar, in the Kits…
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First Ever East Van Chicken Coop and Culture Crawl!
Hey folks,Well, we got our chickens and now we're jumping into the whole thing with both boots on! As part of a "Compassionate Communities" project put on by Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House, a small group of people started talking about a way to visit and get to know others interested in edible…
VV's been very active around food resiliency over the past 13 years through our Neighbourhood Food Networks. Focusing on 4 areas: Action, Education, Planning (the Community Food Resiliency component of our Energy Descent Action Plan), and Collaboration. As a Transition Town Hub and Initiative, WE CULTIVATE COMMUNITY, WE GROW FOOD, WE HELP BUILD A MORE RESILIENT, JUST, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM.
VV is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks.