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kelly@100milediet.org
shirlene@100milediet.org

Welcome to the Vancouver home for the 100-Mile Diet!

From salmon to cranberries, British Columbia is blessed with an incredible array of local foods... but do you ever feel stumped on where to find them? Or maybe you're not sure what to do once you've brought them home! Whether you're a locavore, just curious about local food or trying to cut down on your food miles — this site is for you.

Thanks for visiting and please feel free to contribute by sending us ideas on how to make this web page more useful.

What's new

Healing with Herbs: Growing and Foraging in the City

The Sustainable Living Arts School and Langara College present this gardening course with Sharon Kravitz and Jill Stieler. Learn how wild and cultivated herbs can support our health. In this beginner course we will identify local plants, practice respectful wildcrafting, prepare herbal medicines and explore the medicinal value of the food in our kitchens. We will record our experiences in a journal (provided) and leave ready to safely continue exploring herbs.

Date: Saturday, July 5th, 10-4pm,
Location: Unitarian Centre, 949 W 49th Ave.
Cost: $85 (includes local, seasonal and delicious lunch).
To register call Langara College 604-323-5322.
More info at http://slas.ca/

Burnaby Farmers’ Market

The City of Burnaby is pleased to announce the operation of a seasonal Farmers’ Market in the north parking lot of City Hall, located at 4949 Canada Way (near Deer Lake Parkway).

The market will operate every Saturday from June 14 to October 25 – 10 am to 2 pm.

The Burnaby Farmers’ Market will feature organic and non-organic produce, pottery, baking, honey, jams, jewellery, crafts and more. A book exchange, children’s play tent, and local musicians will also provide entertainment for the whole family. For a weekly schedule of farmers, crafters and community participants, please visit: http://www.artisanmarkets.ca.

The market is served by several bus routes, including bus #123 along Canada Way, and buses #110 and #144 along Deer Lake Parkway. To plan your route by transit, please visit: http://tripplanning.translink.bc.ca. Limited parking is also available on-site.

For more information on the Burnaby Farmers’ Market, please contact the City of Burnaby at 604.294.7421.

Green Your Campbell Cash

This June, every British Columbian will receive a Climate Action Dividend of $100 as part of the B.C. government’s “revenue neutral” carbon tax announced earlier this year.

That’s $440 million that could be put toward climate-action projects. We’re writing to invite you to be part of a campaign that inspires British Columbians to do just that.

The Green Your Campbell Cash project is a web outreach campaign developed by The Tyee, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute to showcase and raise support for climate action projects occurring in B.C.

Our intent is to encourage collective action on climate change by inviting groups and individuals to showcase their projects on a website where British Columbians will be able to pledge their support (and their dividend).

Winter Gardening Course at Langara College

Presented by the Sustainable Living Arts School
Saturday June 7th
10am - 4pm
Unitarian Centre, 949 West 49th Ave
$85

Foodshed

May 2008 Foodshed Project Update:

We are in the final stages of this project and once again need your help! We are looking for descriptions and pictures of all the agriculture, fishing and wild food areas around Vancouver (southwestern BC and Northwest Washington). Send us pictures, descriptions, the name of “someone we should really talk to” - your help is critical if we are to create a map that accurately portrays this region!

Contact Info:

Kelly Kuryk

kelly(a)100milediet.org

Spot Prawn Festival

Launch date: Saturday May 3rd, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Duration: The Spot Prawn Festival will run for six to eight weeks.
Buying times: Between 2pm - 6pm daily
Location: False Creek Fishermen’ Wharf, 1505 West 1st Avenue
(North-West of Granville Island, between the Burrard Street Bridge and the Granville Street Bridge - http://www.falsecreek.com/p_map.htm)

>> download flyer

Sandor Ellix Katz author of Wild Fermentation

When: June 10
Where: SFU Harbour Centre

Fermented Foods Guru and author of Wild Fermentation, Sandor Ellix Katz will be in Vancouver on Tuesday June 10th at SFU Harbour Centre. Daytime fermented foods workshop 1-4 and 7-9 lecture. The workshop is $40 and the lecture $8 or $45 for both. If you would like to guarantee yourself a spot, pre-register now. You can pay by paypal to farmertomas(a)gmail.com or send a cheque to Thomas Hicks @ 2290 Saint George Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 3R2

The Future of the UBC Farm

Over the following weeks UBC will be making a decision about the future of Vancouver’s last working farm - the UBC Farm (and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems.) The UBC Farm is a unique asset to the city and region. It provides students and the broader community the opportunity to learn hands-on about how changes in the way food is produced and distributed are a key piece in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating climate change, and in creating healthy local communities and economies.

Community Gardens

Oh the elusive community gardens of Vancouver - how I wish I had a plot! Do you feel the same way? The City of Vancouver has posted some new information on their web page - visit their new community garden page to get yourself on a waiting list and, who knows, maybe, just maybe, one day you’ll get into one. Check it out:

Community Gardens & the 2010 Challenge