Local Delicious » Richmond http://www.localdelicious.com Get the scoop on local food! Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=5817 en hourly 1 Growing Food 101: Preserving and the 10-Mile Diet http://www.localdelicious.com/events/growing-food-101-preserving-and-the-10-mile-diet/ http://www.localdelicious.com/events/growing-food-101-preserving-and-the-10-mile-diet/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:01:39 +0000 liz gaige http://www.localdelicious.com/?p=942 This week’s Growing Food 101 workshop is on “Preserving the Harvest” and “10-Mile Diet Feast”.

Saturday, August 1,
Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail the registration and information page with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank (100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond).

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

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The Richmond Poverty Response Committee is offering information on how to extend the growing season (a.k.a. winter gardening). Learn how to select varieties of vegetables that will withstand the colder, wetter weather, and time their planting so they produce through the fall and winter.

Simple season extension techniques such as raised beds, row cover, cloches, and cold frames will be discussed and demonstrated. And, participants will go home with a few winter vegetable seedlings for their own gardens.

Saturday, July 25th
9am – 12 pm
Barn, Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy
Cost: $30

For more information or to register for any of these classes, please contact Arzeena Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org or call (778) 297-2202

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]]> http://www.localdelicious.com/events/extend-the-growing-season/feed/ 0 Growing Food 101: How To Include Bees In Your Garden http://www.localdelicious.com/events/how-to-include-bees-in-your-garden/ http://www.localdelicious.com/events/how-to-include-bees-in-your-garden/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:58:19 +0000 liz gaige http://www.localdelicious.com/?p=1505 The Richmond Food Security Society is offering gardeners a look into Beescaping, the sustainable art and science of integrating bees into the living landscape.

Bee conservation is widely recognized now as crucial to a sustainable future (hello, we need bees to pollinate!). This class is an introduction to beescaping, that looks at aspects of forage and nesting needed for both native bees and honeybees with an emphasis on bee health.

Creating a variety of nesting material for native bees, the basics of keeping honeybees in an urban setting, bee wrangling and other hands-on activities will be offered. This class is suitable for horticulturalists, landscape designers, farmers and home gardeners alike.

Saturday, July 18th
9am – 12 pm
Barn, Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy
Cost: $30

For more information or to register for any of these classes, please contact Arzeena Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org or call (778) 297-2202

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Saturday, July 11
Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond

The session, offered by Richmond Poverty Response Committee, is taught by professional gardeners and includes both classroom and hands-on time. Beginners and intermediate gardeners alike will take away new skills.

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail the registration and information page with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank (100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond).

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

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Saturday, July 4
Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond

The session, offered by Richmond Poverty Response Committee, is taught by professional gardeners and includes both classroom and hands-on time. Beginners and intermediate gardeners alike will take away new skills.

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail the registration and information page with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank (100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond).

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

]]> http://www.localdelicious.com/events/growing-food-101-chickens-and-coops/feed/ 0 Growing Food 101: Natural Pest Control http://www.localdelicious.com/events/growing-food-101-natural-pest-control/ http://www.localdelicious.com/events/growing-food-101-natural-pest-control/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:01:46 +0000 liz gaige http://www.localdelicious.com/?p=924 This week’s Growing Food 101 workshop is on “Natural Pest Control”.

Saturday, June 27
Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond

The session, offered by Richmond Poverty Response Committee, is taught by professional gardeners and includes both classroom and hands-on time. Beginners and intermediate gardeners alike will take away new skills.

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail the registration and information page with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank (100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond).

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

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Twin Berry Farms’ Goodberry Program donates up to $2.00 per 5 lb. flat purchased to Twin Berry’s charity of choice, Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, or your favourite charity.

Here’s how it works: you sign up your company, promote the Goodberry Program, interested parties place their order, and the blueberries are delivered straight to your office farm-direct. It takes out the middleman and the turnaround time meaning you support a local farmer and a charity, while getting fresh, fresh berries at their prime.

That sounds like a recipe for success to me.

]]> http://www.localdelicious.com/general/blueberries-for-charity/feed/ 0 Growing Food 101: Farm Equipment and Tractors http://www.localdelicious.com/events/workshop-farm-equipment/ http://www.localdelicious.com/events/workshop-farm-equipment/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:01:51 +0000 liz gaige http://www.localdelicious.com/?p=917 This week’s Growing Food 101 workshop is “Farm Equipment 101″ and “Tractor 101″.

Saturday, June 20
Terra Nova Rural Park, 2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond)

This session, offered by Richmond Poverty Response Committee, is taught by professional gardeners and includes both classroom and hands-on time. Beginners and intermediate gardeners alike will take away new skills.

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail the registration and information page with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank (100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond).

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

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Taking place this Saturday, June 13 at Terra Nova Rural Park (2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond), the session, offered by Richmond Poverty Response Committee, is taught by professional gardeners and includes both classroom and hands-on time. Beginners and intermediate gardeners alike will take away new skills.

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail the registration and information page with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank (100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond).

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

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Taking place this Saturday, June 6 at Terra Nova Rural Park (2631 Westminster Hwy, Richmond), the session offered by Richmond Poverty Response Committee is taught by professional gardeners, and includes both classroom and hands-on time. Beginners and intermediate gardeners alike will take away new skills.

Bursaries are available for low-income families. Contact Arzeema Hamir at foodsecurity@richmondprc.org for more information or to apply.

Ready to sign up? Choose your sessions and mail your completed registration form with a cheque to Richmond Food Bank, 100-5800 Cedarbridge Way, Richmond, BC.

Then, get out there and grow some stuff!

Are you planning to attend? Let us know how it goes — leave a comment…

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