Volunteer!
Build Community in Salmon Arm around Local Food.
Did you know… the Shuswap Food Action Society is driven and funded primarily by community members like you? We're always looking for new 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.
Are you a farmer located in B.C. wondering how to engage meaningfully with the Indigenous lands you steward? kinSHIFT, an Indigenous-led organization, hosts essential online trainings about cultivating better relationships with Indigenous peoples and places. Young Agrarians has received funding to subsidize the cost of participation in the kinSHIFT workshop series, Elements of Truth: Before Reconciliation for B.C. farmers and food provisioners. Sessions are offered in September, November, February, or April.
Elements of Truth: Before Reconciliation is a 4-part workshop series rooted in Indigenous values. Guided by reciprocity, inclusion, curiosity, and humility, our learning journey unfolds over four weeks, with four powerful 2.5-hour sessions. Get ready for an informative, interactive, and impactful experience! For every farmer who signs up, funds are dedicated to IndigenEYEZ in support and solidarity with Indigenous youth.
Learn more here: youngagrarians.org/reconciliation-training-is-available-for-bc-farmers/
Harvest Tuesday tomorrow morning and it's a big one! We're going to be harvesting at least a whole row of parsnips, and pulling and harvesting all the beans as well as whatever else we can pull up!
If you have a little extra time tomorrow to lend a hand, even for 30 min, many hands make light work and we can not only harvest to share the produce before Thanksgiving but we can also do a fair amount of garden clean up too!
Come between 8:30-10:30 to help with harvest and if you are able to stay a little after for some garden clean-up, we'd sure appreciate it!
If you have some extra from your own garden, you could bring it along to the Teaching Garden for our drop off to Second Harvest -Shuswap or take it directly to their doors tomorrow morning between 9-12pm.
Farms, Food and Friends! A great way to spend some time on a Sunday! Happening in Chase today as part of our Shuswap Permaculture Guild 11-3pm. See details on the poster.
On this day of National Truth and Reconciliation I would like to give a shout out to all of those Indigenous and non-Indigenous, that are keeping food traditions alive! Had the honour of working with some folks at Adams Lake Band last weekend, learning how to pressure can salmon, and was reminded of the difference between the act of canning salmon together with group a people, instead of buying it in a can from a store. Preserving traditional foods connects us to each other, to our food system and environment and to our culture. It connects families, stories and teachings about how we are going to be, and act, in this world. It reminds us of the kind of world we want to leave for our children. So, thank you!!
Happening today! Head down to the Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market from 9-1pm at Ross St. Plaza to support Shuswap Farmers and Artisans and later, come out in the afternoon to support our Shuswap Community Teaching Garden!
Today at 3pm-6pm at 5921 30th St NE, we host Sue Moore and Elmarie Roberts to teach us how to prep our gardens for Winter and learn more about using cover crops! Come for any, part of or all!
We'll learn-while doing and can do some garden clean up at the same time while actually doing the winter prepping! Hands on learning has it stick in your mind and helps the garden at the same time!
Afterward, we'll treat you to some soup. If you'd like to share a potluck item with us to go along with today's pot of home-grown and homemade Borscht, that would be delightful!
Some prizes for giveaway too for attendees!
Public Service Announcement: Your favorite Saturday Farmers Market is still going strong, and will continue to be a WEEKLY event through December!
We hope to see you on Saturday, 9-1pm at Ross Street Plaza.
This week's special musical guest is Colin Easthope. 🤩
Listen live at 9am on Voice of the Shuswap Community Radio 93.7FM where Warren welcomes Claire Askew. Claire is a Board Member of the Shuswap Food Action Society and is part of the Askew's grocery family serving the North Okanagan. She will be talking about her time working in the family business, being involved as a volunteer in the community, and about a new project she and her husband have initiated designing and establishing food gardens in residential property developments.
Tune in every Friday at 9:00am for our live broadcast, or catch us Monday at 5pm or Thursday at 8pm for an hour that we are sure will make you hungry for more Shuswap Food Conversations.