We’re hiring a new Education Coordinator and we’re accepting applications now! If you are passionate about environmental education, sustainable food production and hanging out with kids outside – send your application our way! See below for more details. EDIBLE GARDEN PROJECT POSITION: Education Coordinator CONTRACT POSITION: 30 hours per week COMPENSATION: $20.00 per hour plus […]
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Emmalee’s Summer Reflection
The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cooler and back to school is literally right around the corner. As I reflect on my summer, working as the education assistant with EGP, I can’t stop thinking about just how MANY kids we had come visit the farm! It is truly a beautiful thing how […]
Table Matters is hiring a new coordinator!
North Shore Table Matters is looking for a new coordinator. Please see the link for more information – North Shore Table Matters Network Coordinator Position 2018 — The North Shore Table Matters Network is a network of people who live, work and eat in the communities that make up Vancouver’s North Shore. We bring together citizens, […]
Join us at the NSNH Fundraiser on Sep. 14th!
Food, Wine & Wishes is a North Shore Neighbourhood House Fundraiser. Please join us for wine, appetizers and a silent auction at Loutet Farm on Friday September 14, 2018 from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. Tickets include appetizers and one drink ticket. Tickets are $65 and all proceeds from the event will go toward North Shore Neighbourhood House […]
Loutet Farm Internships! You know you want to :)
We are looking for some lovely, hard working individuals who want to taste a piece of what urban agriculture is really like. Please apply ASAP. See below for more details: 2018 EGP farm intern POSITION: Volunteer Farm Intern TYPES: General Farm Intern and Market Intern LOCATION: Loutet Farm + Sutherland Market Garden, North Vancouver, B.C. The […]
We are hiring summer students!
We are looking for two students to join our team during the growing season! If you want to gain experience working for a non-profit that addresses food security, sustainability and outdoor education on the North Shore, we would love to have you be part of our team. We currently have two positions open – Student […]
Volunteer Meetup
Are you one of our Sharing Gardeners? Edible Garden Education Program volunteers? Loutet Farm volunteers? North Shore Neighbourhood House is hosting a meet up to provide an opportunity for current volunteer input and sharing of ideas around the Edible Garden Project. This opportunity is primarily open to people already volunteering for the Edible garden Project, […]
The Pollinator Project
We have begun our Pollinator Project! It is multi-faceted, involves all of us at the EGP, and has everything to do with pollinators. We are not just talking insects and birds. We are talking everything about pollinators – what they are attracted to, what they are not attracted to, where they live, their habits, getting them into our gardens and […]
Science to Art Project (START): Pollinators
We were very fortunate to receive funding from the UBC Chapman and Innovation grant to conduct a project called Science to Art – START. START is a traveling museum project that allows elementary and secondary school students to design and create exhibits through intergenerational collaboration with artists in the community. This year the exhibits highlight […]
Thank you!
April 25, 2017 Since its inception, the Edible Garden Project has been distilled comfortably and naturally into three words; farm, share, teach. When I first started working at the EGP and I asked the team to describe the EGP and they echoed the words “we farm, we share, we teach” (and not necessarily in that […]
