GardenSmart Workshop: Preserving the Harvest – Basic Canning Skills

Aug 29, 2011 | Education, EGP Blog, Events, Strong Roots

Preserve your summer harvest to enjoy it all year long! Call 604-990-3755 To Register – Workshop Costs $5 Learn how to preserve the fall harvest with instructor Your Secret Chef, Karen Dar Woon When: Mon Aug 29 @06:30PM – 09:00PM Location : Salvation Army...

Women’s Carpentry Workshop Roundup

Aug 23, 2011 | Education, EGP Blog

A couple of weeks ago we hosted a weekend workshop – an introduction to carpentry for women. Kimi Hendess of Sweet Digz Urban Farm & Construction was our inspirational instructor. The Project: To build a tool shed for the new Charros Community Garden from...

Tool Sheds, Terminals, Greenhouses, and Winter Crops

Aug 16, 2011 | EGP Blog

Tuesday is “Monday” here at the Edible Garden Project, and for months now I’ve been meaning to write at least weekly on what projects we’re working on. It’s the beginning of a new week, so I’m turning over a new leaf and sticking...

Community Conversation – Food, Health, & Community

Jun 16, 2011 | EGP Blog, Events

You are invited to attend… NORTH VANCOUVER Community Conversation Thursday, June 16, 2011 from 6:00pm – 8:30pm Registration at 5:30 Event location: John Braitwaite Community Centre 145 1st St W North Vancouver, British Columbia V7M 1B1 ATTEND EVENT Join us...

Neighbourhood to Nation: Portland Food Policy Conference Part 1

Jun 7, 2011 | EGP Blog

St Johns Woods – Growing Community Capacity for Leadership & Health Community Food Security Coalition – Food Policy from Neighbourhood to Nation Portland, Oregon On the first day of the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) conference I participated in a field...

Sprouting Ideas – Grandview Woodland Food Connection

Jun 3, 2011 | EGP Blog

My investigation into grassroots organizations working on food security continued with an interview with Ian Marcuse of Grandview Woodland Food Connection (GWFC) in East Vancouver. Initiated in 2004, Grandview Woodland Food Connection is a neighbourhood organization...