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Did you know…the Shuswap Food Action Society is driven and funded primarily by community members like you?
We're always looking for volunteers!
Whether it is helping chop vegetables for our school meal program, or planting seedlings at our garden, volunteering is a great way to meet others, have fun and make a positive impact on our community.
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Harvest Tuesday from the garden and Garden Chefs today! It's always such a nice time to gather what's grown and know that we can provide FRESH, NUTRITIOUS food to folks in our community who are really challenged to keep up with it all right now!
Head up to the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden this morning anytime after 8:45 to help us to harvest the bounty to share with Second Harvest -Shuswap. Bring a container for some raspberries and currants too! They are so very tasty!
At 10am we have Garden Chefs too! Today we are making a creamy Cauliflower and veggie soup.
www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/winning-cream-of-cauliflower-soup/
Yes it's hot out but a soup still feels so very nourishing! We will take the finished soup down to Food with Friends at the Free Methodist Church parking area where this volunteer-lead initiative is providing a hot, home-made meal with members of the community who would like one - 3 days per week!
If you would like to learn more, email Melanie at projects@shuswapfood.ca
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It’s Market Day! We’ll see you on Hudson Ave from 9-1 today. Bring your family and friends and don’t forget your reusable shopping bags! Come for the local food, shop the artisan talents, and stay for the music. See you soon!
Please note that we are offering a FREE workshop on August 27th with Sue Moore and Elmarie Roberts. The class will discuss seed saving and storage and using cover crops this fall to prepare your garden for Spring! As always, time for Q&A as well.
Afterward, we would love some hands in the garden to lend a hand with any weeding, mulching and possibly planting!
Seeds will be provided to participants in the class. Most everything needed would be provided but bring a notepad for notes and a paper bags or other for potential seed saving!
We hope to see new faces at the garden on work bee days and if you have questions, please email Melanie Bennett at projects@shuswapfood.ca
Please note: Garden produce is gathered to give to Second Harvest -Shuswap and other volunteer agencies as well as a small share to volunteers who wish to take some home. It is very important for this community project that we tally our harvests so that we can quantify how much food this garden produces for when we apply for grants and assistance. If you do require assistance of fresh produce, we encourage folks to receive from Second Harvest or if they must from the garden, to only take a share that creates a meal or two. We would appreciate the gathered amount written down in our binder, even if anonymous.
Garden Chefs! We're so happy to have volunteers and especially kids up at the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden coming to help harvest and cook!
Tuesday we created a pesto pasta salad with garden fresh veggies right from our harvest at the garden. We chopped cauliflower, Patti pan squash and green beans, sautéed with onion and garlic and a pat of butter.
Pesto was made fresh from our basil and garlic and we used sunflower seeds instead of pine nuts, olive oil, sea salt and Okanagan parmesan cheese. All together it tasted delish!
The salad was taken down to Food with Friends to share at their 3x weekly shared meal for those who need a warm meal and company. We were invited to stay and we had food with new friends!
Thanks to our helpers! Next week we've got our eyes set on a cauliflower soup! Will be seeking some local fresh buns to go with it!!!!
To be involved, you can email Melanie at projects@shuswapfood.ca or come next Tuesday to the Teaching Garden at 5921 30th St Ne
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Harvest Tuesday tomorrow morning starting from 8:30-10:30. Yes, the poster says 9-11 but with warmer days, it's good to start a little earlier.
This week we will pick:
Last of the peas
Lot’s ‘o Beans
Lettuce
Kale
Chard
Cabbages
Potatoes
Zucchini
Carrots
Beets
Cucumbers
Salad Turnip
Cauliflower
And the Big and beautiful champion Savoy cabbage!
Now that’s a great looking list! More hands will help make it all go that much faster and with more hands, we can also weed at the same time, thin some crops, plant more seeds, and add more compost! FREE seeds are still at the Garden for those who come on up thanks to Nico's Nurseryland!
Garden Chefs at 10:30!
Another round of a Tuesday cooking show at the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden where we will whip up a potluck dish to share with the amazing folks helping keep Food with Friends running! I think I’ve decided finally on a pesto pasta salad with sautéed cauliflower, summer squash and young beans. So we’ll harvest fresh basil, add garlic, some sunflower seeds (instead of pine nuts) salt and olive oil to make a super flavourful pesto dressing. Simple, fresh and delish!
We encourage children so please bring them! We will have most everything needed to cook and so not much is needed except for interest and time 🙂
Harvest Tuesdays AND Garden Chefs tomorrow at the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden !
We harvest from the garden to provide food to Second Harvest -Shuswap and volunteers who would like. 8:30-10:30
Lots of beans to pick this week, last heads of lettuce, some potatoes, still more peas, cabbages, cukes, beets and carrots! It's abundant!
We COOK from 10:30-11:30! We have cutting boards and knives, pans and bowls and all other kinds of things. We're going to use some cauliflower tomorrow and whatever else we feel like using to create something tasty and nutritious to share with Food with Friends!
Families and children very welcome! Plenty to do and we can always put on a sprinkler if anyone's too hot. And when you're done, the garden is really close to Canoe Beach so it's a nice little day all ready for you!
Looking forward to seeing you!
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Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market tomorrow!!! 9-1pm at Ross and Hudson. Be sure to get there early to get the freshest produce!
We also have Raspberries and peas that need to be picked before they are too ripe up at the Shuswap Community Teaching Garden. Have questions? Email Melanie at projects@shuswapfood.ca
Shuswap Food Action Recap!
There’s many projects that we have been busy with.. and we encourage you be involved too!
You can become a member and/or a volunteer, you can help create a difference in our community.
Last year we started up a 4-day a week hot lunch program at Jackson School. This program allows accessible, nutritious, and tasty food to students. Students can learn more about where their food comes from and try new things!
We plan to continue and expand this school-based project in the upcoming year!
The downtown farmers market is a SFAS initiative that helps build our local food economy and supports farmers and artisans directly.
If you can’t make it to the market you can still support local by purchasing a SHUBox which contains 1 loaf of Organic bread, 4 bunches of seasonal fruits/veggies, and a dozen farm raised eggs (or 5 bunches with no bread). If this seems like something you are interested in then email shubox@shuswapfood.ca
We believe that everyone should have access to safe, nutritious, local food. Our Family box program, in partnership with SD83’s Indigenous education department, identifies and supports families who are in need and we provide access to a monthly box of food (locally sourced food—supporting our farmers).
Our community teaching garden encourages and engages all levels of gardeners to learn and work together to produce food. The food is shared with volunteers as well as donated to the local food bank.
Check out our last post to find out more about Shuswap food conversations!
If any of these projects interest you, we would love for you to get involved or share your ideas.
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