Norquay Learning Orchard Celebration

Our friends over at the Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute have a bunch of great events coming up! For example:



Friday, August 25 // Norquay Learning Orchard Celebration

2732 Horley Street, Vancouver

4:00-7:00 PM


Nestled in the heart of Renfrew-Collingwood, the orchard is a beautiful site for learning and summer parties! Join us for an evening of fun family activities, light snacks, and learn more about what we do.

Photo Credit: Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute

Food Safety is local. Get to know your producer on CBC's Weekend Morning Show

Yesterday, on CBC's Weekend Morning Show, with host Laurie Hoogstraten, I featured local beef sausages, in response to a recent report on sausages in Canada not being what is labelled.  This is generally never the case when buying from your local producer, butcher, farmer, etc. 

Get to know your local producer!  I featured the beef breakfast and beef smokies of Manitoba Beef, locally produced grass-fed beef.  When you speak to to butcher, or the farmer at the market, you can be guaranteed that you are getting the product that you expect, in fact, they were great!

Local Halal butchers offer the products that you expect as well.

Featured below are beef breakfast sauasages and smokies by Manitoba Beef.  Also featured are Cook's Creek Kimchi, and Nature's Farm eggs.  These products are all available at the St. Norbert's Farmer's Market.

Enjoy!

Spicy Edamame Dip

I recently tried out Our Harvest back east, which is basically an online farmer's market experience.  You pick out fresh, organic, local foods and then either have them delivered or you pick them up at a convenient location.  Everything we picked was so good, but I was especially impressed with an Edamame Dip that was made in Brooklyn by a company called MOMO Dressing.  It was SO tasty, and after reading the simple ingredients on the packaging, I knew I could recreate it at home.  And so I did.  And now I am sharing my version of the recipe with you.  Amen.  

Spicy Edamame Dip

Serves 8

(Printable Recipe)

1 12oz. bag shelled edamame, cooked per instructions on bag

1/4 cup chopped red onion

1 jalape�o, ribs and seeds removed, roughly chopped

1 large clove garlic, stems removed

1 handful cilantro, stems removed

Juice of 1 lime

Sea salt to taste

Extra virgin olive oil, about 1/4 cup (more or less depending on desired consistency)

Combine first 6 ingredients in a blender or food processor and pulse to combine.  Stream in the olive oil until desired consistency is reached.  Season to taste with sea salt and serve along side crackers or veggies!

Gardener in Residence

Did you know that Burnaby Village Museum has a Gardener-In-Residence?!

Sundays, 12noon-4:00pm 

Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 12noon-4:00pm
Until September 5th

Farmhouse Garden at Burnaby Village Museum
Photo Credit: Rebekah Mahaffey

Drop-in on our Gardener-in-Residence and learn how to see, plant, grow, tackle pests, and ensure bountiful harvests. This position is partially supported by Burnaby Food First. 

Farmhouse Garden at Burnaby Village Museum
Photo Credit: Rebekah Mahaffey

Burnaby Self-Guided Farm Tours

With Tourism Burnaby and support from the City of Burnaby, we have developed and released a self-guided map listing participating farms and nurseries that are opened to the public within Burnaby�s Big Bend area.




Did you know that Burnaby has some of the most productive farm land in the region?

Did you know that there are a number of active farms, and related businesses, in South Burnaby that you can visit?

At last count, 43 farms were in operation in Burnaby, growing everything from cranberries to zucchini!

Take the whole family along on this self-guided tour of some of the agriculture sights of Burnaby�s Big Bend. 

Visit Burnaby�s �country in the city� to shop for fresh local produce, tour impressive greenhouses, meet some farm animals, and try some tasty treats - all close to home!

Download your copy of the brochure in PDF format, or visit the interactive Story Map. 

Participating Burnaby farms/nursery

• GardenWorks at Mandeville


• Sun Tsai Sang Farm


• Wing Wong�s Nursery


• Hop on Farms


• Burnaby and Region Allotment Gardens


• Leong�s Nursery


• It�s About Thyme Nursery


• Common Ground Community Farms

About Big Bend Community

It is a mixed-use community with various land uses such as parks, open spaces, agricultural, residential and industrial. Big Bend is bounded by Marine Drive (to the North) and located within Boundary Road to Fenwick Street. The Fraser River runs south of the area.

Agriculture is a very important activity in the Big Bend area. It is a significant producer of field vegetable production, in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, following Surrey and Delta.