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June 10, 2011 from 7:30am to 9am – Enigma Restaurant Joyce Murray, MP for Vancouver Quadra presents MP Breakfast Connections on Canada’s sustainable urban agriculture MP Breakfast Connections: Sustainable Urban Agriculture -- A Conversation on Food Sec… Organized by Joyce Murray | Type: vancouver, breakfast, urban agriculture, food security
October 8, 2011 at 10:30am to October 9, 2011 at 3pm – Mole Hill Community Room Join edible landscapes expert Robin Wheeler for workshops on food growing and security in the highly urbanized setting of the West End. Presentations, discussions, Q&A, handouts. Personal… Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network, Green Millennium Foundation, & VV | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
October 27, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Confined to an apartment but still want to grow some food? Come learn what can be done in a small, container-bound garden. Grant Watson is a former organic farmer. He continues to advocate for local… Organized by Village Vancouver, West End Transition Village, West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
November 3, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room Fall is the time to start planning your food garden for next year. We’ll discuss garden layout, bed preparation, ordering seeds, soil building, etc. Grant Watson is a former organic farmer. He conti… Organized by Village Vancouver, West End Transition Village, West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
November 6, 2011 from 10:30am to 12pm – West End Community Centre, Bidwell Room This workshop outlines required materials and demonstrates a step-by-step process of buildingself-watering-planters. Learn the system of growing plants in an urban setting that reduces the amount of… Organized by Village Vancouver, West End Transition Village, West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
January 14, 2012 from 1pm to 3pm – West End Community Centre, Denman Room Join WENFN for a potluck, followed by a presentation on food security and urban agriculture activities in the West End. Organized by West End Neighbourhood Food Network | Type: west end, workshop, food, gardening, growing food, food security, community resiliency
April 4, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm – Trout Lake Community Centre Want to join a group of community members excited about food in the Trout Lake/Cedar Cottage Neighborhood? Come to our second meeting of 2012. Discuss community food events, gardening tips, block par… Organized by Aja Peterson | Type: cedar cottage, trout lake, food security, seed exchange
October 7, 2013 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Gordon Neighbourhood House Join us for an evening of thought-provoking discussion on issues of food insecurity. Panel participants represent a wide spectrum of people, from activists to food providers. Moderated by Randy Helte… Organized by Presented by GNH, WENFN, VV | Type: west end, panel, food security, food access
May 21, 2014 at 12pm to May 23, 2014 at 6pm – Friday Food Fair and Market: South Vancouver Neighourhood House The Community Food Festival is a celebration of local food activities and a showcase of our community organizations’ efforts to build a sustainable and secure food network. We will be inviting variou… Organized by Zinnia Clark, South Vancouver Neighbourhood House | Type: south vancouver, food, food security, festival, workshops
May 23, 2014 from 3:30pm to 6pm – South Vancouver Neighbourhood House We'll be tabling at the 1st ever South Vancouver Food Security Festival at the Food Fair and Market and are looking for at least one person to staff the table for this 2.5 hour event (3:30-6 pm). Typ… Organized by Ross Moster, Village Vancouver, and you? | Type: south vancouver, festival, food, food security
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Village engages individuals, neighbourhoods & organizations to take actions that build sustainable communities & have fun doing it. Join us!
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Interested in getting involved or volunteering with Village Vancouver? check out http://www.villagevancouver.ca/page/volunteering-1.
Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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