Category: Community development

Calgary Seed Library

The beautiful mural with local artists Barun Fox and Juniper Limbs, 2021 The Calgary Seed Library is a grassroots organisation (pun intended!) created by a group of gardeners and seed savers in Calgary. Our dream is to form a vast community of growers living under the Chinook Arch who can

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A group of people pour apples into a grinder.
Community development

MASH: Apple Pressing

After our 2020 Apple Pressing Event, the team got together to debrief and compare experiences. The information collected at that session was incorporated into a formal report with recommendations and a subcommittee was formed at the Board level to review the report and design an apple pressing program for 2021.

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A scale weighs lettuce in the garden.
Community development

Butler Urban Farm

The Butler Urban Farm is on the unceded and traditional territory of the Secwepemc people.  We are a  farm on Kamloops’ North Shore which grows produce which is accessible to all in the community, free of charge. Since its creation in 2015 the lot has been unfenced, as we intend

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Boxes of produce in front of a poster.
Alleviating immediate hunger — Sharing Food

Initiative Anti-Gaspillage: Brome-Missisquoi

Approcher deux problèmes avec une même solution C’est en 2016 que Lise Proteau, directrice du centre d’action bénévole de Bedford et Noémie Raiche, coordonnatrice de la Cellule Jeunes et Familles de Brome-Missiquoi ont détourné une première fois deux caisses de laitues fraîches du chemin vers le dépotoir. Ces laitues, même

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Norben cooking Filipino bami noodles as part of the Recipe Exchange initiative.
Community development

Bow Valley Food Alliance (BVFA): Bow Valley Recipe Exchange

The Bow Valley Recipe Exchange project was developed in collaboration with the Bow Valley Food Alliance (BVFA) and Bow Valley Immigration Partnership (BVIP). The project was implemented between November 2020 and July 2021. The projects’ main objective was to meet residents and exchange stories of cultures, share experiences and knowledge

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Food Stories: York Region Food Network

Description Food Stories is a research project that was led by York Region Food Network (The Network) and supported by organizations across York Region, in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario. Through the ‘Food Stories’ research project, stories were collected from community food service providers to highlight their experiences and

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All food stories

Butler Urban Farm

The Butler Urban Farm is on the unceded and traditional territory of the Secwepemc people.  We are a  farm on Kamloops’ North Shore which grows

Read More »

Calgary Seed Library

The beautiful mural with local artists Barun Fox and Juniper Limbs, 2021 The Calgary Seed Library is a grassroots organisation (pun intended!) created by a

Read More »

MASH: Apple Pressing

After our 2020 Apple Pressing Event, the team got together to debrief and compare experiences. The information collected at that session was incorporated into a

Read More »
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