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Neighbourhood Food Networks
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VV's been very active around food resiliency over the past 13 years through our Neighbourhood Food Networks. Focusing on 4 areas: Action, Education, Planning (the Community Food Resiliency component of our Energy Descent Action Plan), and Collaboration. As a Transition Town Hub and Initiative, WE CULTIVATE COMMUNITY, WE GROW FOOD, WE HELP BUILD A MORE RESILIENT, JUST, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM.
VV is a member of Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Networks.
Members: 277
Latest Activity: Feb 17, 2018
Activities, Projects, Affiliations: Our Neighbourhood Food Networks (NFN's), Food Working Group, "Reskilling School" Urban Ag workshops, Food Energy Descent Action Plan, and more. FOR DISCUSSIONS and COMMENTS, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.
ACTION, EDUCATION, PLANNING, COLLABORATING and HAVING FUN -- HOW DO WE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT and JUST FOOD SYSTEM?
This page includes an overview of VV`s Neighbourhood Food Networks, specific interest food groups (bees, chickens, community gardening, seed saving, etc., and our other food related activities. For additional Food and food related groups, please visit Projects (Demo Village, FED-AP (Food Energy Descent Action Plan), Permaculture Design, etc.) and Zero Waste.
Other pages with food related content include: Food Forum, Events (all), Food Events/Workshops, Gardening Events/Workshops, Workshops, Potlucks, Blogs, and Neighbourhood Villages.
For activities, please visit VV's events page.
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VV Network of Neighbourhood Food Networks (VVNFN's) VVers are active in every neighbourhood in Vancouver and elsewhere, and virtually every member of Village Vancouver has some interest around food. Among other things, VV functions as one big network of neighbourhood food networks, with each village and neighbourhood constituting a more localized network within the larger body - and thousands of people have participated in organized VV food networking related activities in over most neighbourhoods in Vancouver, and in Bowen Island, Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, and Surrey. The Network helps us identify our interests, engages in community food resiliency planning and asset mapping, and helps start new communities of interest, and new NFN's, both within and outside of VV.
There are currently several neighbourhood Villages/Food Networks with VV food activities or one sort or another in most neighbourhoods in Vancouver, including Cedar Cottage, Douglas Park, Dunbar, Fairview, False Creek, Grandview Woodland, Hastings Sunrise, Kitsilano, Main Street (encompassing Riley Park, Mt. Pleasant and South Cambie), Marpole, Oakridge, Strathcona, South Vancouver (Sunset, Victoria, etc.), UBC, West End, Yaletown, etc.
Our Network of Networks also includes several communities of interest including beekeeping, backyeard chickens, gardening, Permaculture, seed savers, etc.
Networking, collaborating, dialoging, and growing, sharing, and celebrating - coming together around food in all ways possible in neighbourhoods and neighbourhood transition villages. Strengthening our local food webs, networks, and urban agriculture initiatives through collaboration, respect, and mutual support. Working towards food resiliency and sustainability on a very local level, and then working with other neighbourhood transition villages and initiatives and other neighbourhood food networks to do the same on a city and bioregional level. Join Village Vancouver, and then join the Neighbourhood Food Network on this page.
We're doing some people focused asset mapping around food and food resiliency in each neighbourhood, so we encourage you to indicate (on your personal page) your interests around food, and what skills and resources around food you can offer in your community. (For example, "can offer gardening space" or "have a fruit tree, can offer or swap fruit" or "have a truck, can haul straw." You can also indicate things you would like to learn or would like to have access to, etc. (For example, "looking for gardening space" or "would like to learn how to prune" or "would like to join a dinner co-op" or ???) We would like to build an identifiable and easy to use asset base of Villagers' interests, skills, resources, needs, etc. around food and food resiliency in each neighbourhood and village.
We offer resources for individuals, neighbourhoods, and emerging and existing neighbourhood villages. Want to start or join a Seed Saving Collective? Coop Co-op? Meet other Beekeepers, or others in your neighbourhood with interests around food and sustainability? Or other urban market gardeners/farmers or urban homesteaders? Contact Ross at ross@villagevancouver.ca or join the appropriate network.
EDUCATION WHICH LEADS TO ACTION
"Reskilling" School Urban Agriculture workshops - We've held over 1,000 workshops in the last 10 years, with over 10,000 people attending - Gardening, Backyard Chickens, Seed Saving, Preserving, Composting, Outdoor Classrooms, Neighbourhood Food Networking and more. Our workshops are community based gatherings which help participants connect with others who share a desire to engage around food and sustainability on a neighbourhood level. Current and past presenters include Robin Wheeler, Grant Watson, Philip Be'er, Jordan Maynard, Heather Havens, Spring Gillard, Janet Millington, and Ross Moster.
The workshops are part of an ongoing series designed to help individuals, neighbourhoods, and communties learn how to live well while reducing our carbon footprints and using substantially less fossil fuels.
PLANNING
Food Energy Descent Action Plan (Community Resiliency Plan) (FED-AP) In partnership with the Vancouver Food Policy Council
What would a sustainable and resilient food system look like?
Imagine a food system that used 90% less fossil fuels. What would it look like? How would we "get there"?
COLLABORATION: VANCOUVER NEIGHBOURHOOD FOOD NETWORKS
We collaborate with many groups on matters relating to food and community well-being, including several other Neighbourhood Food Networks such as Cedar Cottage Food Network, Downtown Eastside Right to Food Network, Grandview Woodland Food Connection, Hastings-Sunrise Community Food Network, Little Mtn.-Riley Park Neighbourhood Food Network, Marpole-Oakridge Neighbourhood Food Network (sponsored by VV), Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood Food Network, Renfrew-Collingwood Food Security Institute, South Vancouver Neighbourhood Food Network, Strathcona Food Security Program, West End Neighbourhood Food Network, and the Westside Food Collaborative.
Discussion Forum
Lovely house with chickens + food garden available for a year
Started by Laura Arp Aug 11, 2016. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Dear Village of Friends, Our little family will be taking a sabbatical for a year and we will be offering our cozy East Vancouver home for rent.while we are gone. It has three bedrooms (2 up, 1 down) and an abundant, lovingly created food garden…Continue
West End Neighbourhood Food Network June Community Potluck
Started by Ross Moster Jun 11, 2015. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Sunday, June 14, 2015 from 1pm to 2:30pmWest End Community Centre, Barclay Room870 Denman StreetRSVP on event post or to WENFN (ross.wenfn@gmail.com)Share some good food and conversation with neighbours. Bring something yummy to share and a cup,…Continue
Can you volunteer for one or more shifts per month at a West End Food Scraps Drop Spot?
Started by Ross Moster Nov 12, 2014. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Every Tuesday and Saturday volunteers receive food scraps from hundreds of the 45,000 residents in the West End. The take since June 2012 now totals over 50 tonnes of food scraps for composting to be recycled back into growing, also reducing…Continue
New Collaborative Garden at Kits Community Centre -- 1st community meeting Monday, July 21, 2014 7-9 pm
Started by Ross Moster Jul 20, 2014. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Monday, July 21 7-9 pmKits Community Centre 2690 Larch, VancouverJoin a new collaborative garden in Kits.Kitsilano Community Center…Continue
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Comment by Zsuzsi Fodor on January 31, 2012 at 2:21pm
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Join us for a FREE community kitchen pilot session being held this Friday at St. Mark's Anglican Church from 6-8 pm at Larch and 2nd. Registration is open to all but you must register in advance as space is limited.
We will prepare and enjoy a vegetarian meal together. No need to bring anything with you, just your hungry selves!
You can contact me at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House 604-736-3588 ext. 31 or zsuzsi@kitshouse.org. Please do register ASAP so we can ensure we have enough participants to run the session.
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Comment by Jill Whitebear on November 27, 2011 at 9:02pm
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http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/grd/2684485605.html
Mushroom farm equipment for sale. Loads of it.
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Comment by Grant Watson on November 7, 2011 at 8:23pm
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Join us at the Oak Street Winter Market:
Wed. Nov 9 & 23, Dec 7 & 21, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, Oak St & 49th, in the courtyard and Hewett Hall.
Vancouver's only farmers market with all organic produce & meat. Wild BC Salmon, tasty baked goods & prepared foods, pottery and other crafts, live music!
Sign up for our newsletter at www.oakstreetmarket.ca
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Comment by Jordan B on September 8, 2011 at 1:25pm
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There is an interesting free event being put on by the Vancouver Food Policy Council on Oct. 12th:
Our Neighbourhoods, Our Food
Are you interested in growing your own food or starting a community kitchen? Do you have food skills you’d like to share with your neighbours?
Come to this lively evening of presentations by community groups from across Vancouver who are making their neighbourhoods more resilient, neighbourly and food secure.
Go to http://ourneighbourhoodsourfoo d.eventbrite.com/ to register
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Hi Valerie, my dad's a wheat farmer and he gets an average of around 35 bushels to the acre. I've done some calculations, and assuming you're referring to an area of 100 square FEET and manage a yield of 35 bu/acre, you're looking at just over 2kg of wheat altogether. If you are referring to an area of 100 square METRES, that should correspond to about 23kg of wheat. Hope this helps!
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Comment by Cylia on September 6, 2011 at 8:23am
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Don't have an answer for the wheat question, and I've overwintered leeks every year, with collards, broccoli, kale, broad beans other years. It's grand living in such a mild climate.
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Comment by Valerie Durant on August 28, 2011 at 11:13am
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How many loaves of bread can you make from a 10 ' x 10 ' area? What do you grow for a winter crop?
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Hi Amy: I love the tag line "Lawns to Loaves". I would like our community garden at Cedar Cottage to participate and will check in with Hartley and our CCG board. Thanks for info on yet another great initiative. Cylia
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Comment by Amy Tran on April 19, 2011 at 11:29pm
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The Lawns to Loaves Project
The Environmental Youth Alliance is teaming up with The Flour Peddler (http://www.theflourpeddler.com/), Chris Hergesheimer, on a unique, exciting new project to build grain-growing capacity in Vancouver. We loved his idea and wanted to jump on this amazing opportunity. From Chris' new blog, "Our vision is to create an urban wheat farm from an intricate patchwork of micro-fields located alongside alleyways and in backyards, in front yards and on boulevards. Churchs, schools, parks, parking lots…" (http://lawnstoloaves.wordpress.com/)
The idea is to have 20-30 people across the city grow a patch of grain, roughly 10' by 10' (or larger!)* and get together at the end of the season to process and mill the grain which will then be turned into delicious, local, whole grain bread and pizza dough. At an informational session on May 1st, participants will be taken through the process of how to turn sod into grain. A seed and information package will also be provided, as well as ongoing phone support. If you would like to participate, please contact Hartley (hartley@eya.ca)
If you can grow grass, you can grow your own bread!
*We do want to make this project as accessible as possible, so if you are concerned with (a lack of) space, please get in touch with us anyway!
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Comment by Ross Moster on April 16, 2011 at 6:56pm
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The Permaculture PET (blitz) day (see events page) is at my place tomorrow. It looks like we have a pretty good crowd coming, but if anyone else wants to join us or just stop by to say hi, you're more than welcome to.
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Ongoing Activities
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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