Thursday, July 13th - Join us for a fun and informative evening about Burnaby Food First's Sharing Backyards Program

Sat, April 8 - Garden Build & Volunteer Lunch

Join us to build a garden at Burnaby Village Museum & stay for a free lunch! Registration information below:

April 1st Workshop - Learn to Grow Food in a Container Garden

March 27 - Free Workshop: Soup, Frittata, Salad & Muffins

Come join Red Seal Chef Ilan Wright to learn, cook & eat a healthy meal. 

Location: Gilmore Community School, Burnaby. 

Registration required: information below.

March 13th - Come Cook & Eat: Soup & Frittata, Salad & Muffins

Join Burnaby Food First & Red Seal Chef Ilan Wright at Burnaby Neighbourhood House 

(near Metrotown Skytrain Station)

Registration information below:

Be a Food Hero: Come Learn How to Stop Food Waste (March 7)

March 4: Rally Against Poverty / March 15: Discussion - Income & Food

Community Garden Planning in Burnaby Takes Root

On Saturday, February 25, Burnaby Food First hosted a Community Garden Planning workshop at Burnaby Village Museum. The idea was to get people thinking about available public land that might be suitable for community gardens. The intention was to plant the seeds of an idea...

Workshop facilitator Grant Rice soon discovered that those seeds had already been planted: many of the Burnaby community members who showed up had already picked out a potential garden site. They had come to find out how to make their gardens a reality.

Presentations by guests Jason Hsieh and Michael Denhamer helped participants look more specifically at opportunities, barriers and ways forward for the development of their imagined community gardens.



Hsieh spoke about his experience with the City of Vancouver, and walked participants through different guidelines and municipal policies that frame the process of establishing a community garden in Vancouver.



Denhamer, who works with Can You Dig It, explained the support that his organization can offer community garden groups in creating sustainable projects that become community assets. Can You Dig It has already helped communities create thriving gardens through 3-year commitments that aid in: navigating application processes and grant applications, locating infrastructure (such as water sources), licensing and insuring the garden, and helping new community gardeners establish governance.

This process was discussed at length in the small groups that formed following the presentations. Grant Rice, events and conference coordinator for Burnaby Food First, passed around maps of Burnaby and encouraged people to identify sites with the potential to become garden spaces. Working with Burnaby's website and maps, he helped participants examine the zoning and context of the sites.

Community gardens are more than communal green spaces. As Denhamer remarked, "community gardens grow food and cultivate community." Many of those who came would like to meet further to discuss future projects and next steps. Rev Kunz, who manages the Gathering Burnaby Gardeners Facebook group hopes that interested community members will get in touch through her page.

The afternoon was an exciting opportunity for Burnaby Food First to meet with local citizens who are spearheading gardening projects in their neighbourhoods. We hope this will become the next step of a greener Burnaby that provides greater food security within our municipality.





Many thanks to the United Way Lower Mainland for their continued support of Burnaby Food First initiatives, and to Burnaby Village Museum for the use of their facilities for our community workshop last weekend.

March 4 - Join Burnaby Food First at the Rally to Reduce Poverty in BC

This Saturday, come meet us @ noon at Library Square (350 W. Georgia) and raise your voice: call out for a strategy to end poverty in the province.

What does poverty mean to Burnaby Food First?

• Students and employees cannot afford to eat 3 times a day


• Invisible hunger: malnutrition results from a lack of affordable nutritious food


• Families cannot afford to eat a variety of foods


• People on fixed incomes may not be able to fit nutritious meals into their budget


• More and more people do not have access to land, & cannot grow food to supplement their diet


• Local farmers struggle to put food on our table

 

Raise your voice for empty stomachs! Come find Burnaby Food First at the rally:

Put Food First in 2017: Come to a Food Workshop

Burnaby Food First Invites you...

January 19th & 25th to

Join us & learn about Canning & Fermenting

Best Wishes for Healthy Holidays!

Come Cook with Us! - Dec 7

Come cook with us one last time in 2016

Join Chef Sherry Strong & learn to make festive vegetarian leftovers this month. 

Workshop is FREE, but registration is required. Children are welcome!

Delicious, Nutritious Holiday Giving

Join Burnaby Food First Tomorrow, Sun. Dec. 4

Free Workshop, Children Welcome

Upcoming December Workshops from Burnaby Food First

FREE Event for Hungry Minds: Just Eat It!

Want to tickle your taste buds & chat with a film star?

Save the date: Tuesday, November 29, 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Join us at: Burnaby Central Secondary (Map)

Space is limited: REGISTER HERE

 

Join Burnaby Food First & ACE-IT Culinary Arts Program at Burnaby Central on November 29th. Meet fellow food enthusiasts, learn about food waste and how to reduce it.

Schedule: 

6:00pm - Enjoy delicious appetizers prepared by

                ACE-IT Culinary Arts students

6:30pm - Watch award-winning documentary

                "Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story"

7:45pm - Discussion with producer & co-star

               Jen Rustemeyer



Teachers & Student Mentors:

Want to have a food waste discussion in the classroom, but don't know where to start? Click here for some Just Eat It resources, including books, articles, blogs & policy documents from Canada and the United States.



Can't Wait for November 29th?

Check out Jen's presentation at Burnaby Food First's Food Matters Forum last June:

             This event is made possible thanks to 

               the generous support of our donors

Be a food hero: learn how to rescue food

Join Burnaby Food First on Tuesday, November 29 for a film screening about food waste and food rescue. Registration details for our "Just Eat It" event are coming soon!

Four New Burnaby Food First Workshops in November

These workshops are FREE and child-friendly, but registration is required. See the poster below for e-mail & telephone contact information.

 

Save the following dates: 

 

November 2nd: Healthy After-School Snacks for Kids

November 16th: Soups On! Healthy, Low Cost, Great Tasting

November 23rd: How to Use Leftover Bread in Tasty Meals

November 30th: Healthy Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen

Doing More with your Bread Basket

Doing More with your Bread Basket

What: Learn what to do with your leftover bread, pita, tortilla & rolls

When: Monday, October 17th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Where: Tommy Douglas Branch, Burnaby Public Library

Cost: FREE

Registration Required:

Contact Meghan by e-mail: burnabyfoodfirst@gmail.com, or phone: 604-209-2404

Asian Dumplings Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to announce a new workshop! 



Asian Dumplings Workshop

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Brentwood Community Resource Centre

(2055 Rosser Avenue, Burnaby)



Join Burnaby Food First member Gloria, and learn to make both vegetarian and meat Chinese dumplings. Children are welcome.



The workshop is FREE, but space is limited. To register, please contact Meghan at (604) 209-2404 or by e-mail at burnabyfoodfirst@gmail.com.



Parking is limited: please consider taking transit, biking or walking.



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Enjoy Burnaby Food First workshops? Want to get involved as a volunteer?



All are welcome, and we'd love to have you on board! For more information, send us an e-mail at burnabyfoodfirst@gmail.com.

Healthy Weeknight Meals Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to announce a new workshop!



Healthy Weeknight Meals

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Brentwood Community Resource Centre (2055 Rosser Avenue / Burnaby - map) 



Join holistic nutritionist Meghan Cooke to learn about affordable, fast, and healthy recipes for weeknight meals! Children are welcome.



To register, please contact Meghan at (604) 209-2404 or by email.



Register as soon as possible, as there are limited seats available. Parking is limited; please consider taking transit, biking, or walking.

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Enjoy Burnaby Food First workshops? Want to get involved as a volunteer?



Check out all the great ways you can get involved. All are welcome, and we'd love to have you on board! For more information, send us an email.