Quest is British Columbia’s largest food exchange program. Their approach to rescuing food and reducing hunger involves collecting and distributing quality food - overstock, mislabelled, or near-expired products that would otherwise go to waste - and redirecting it to those in need via four food-assistance programs.
The fundraiser will be held on Saturday June 26th from 9-3pm. There will be a limited quantity of Quest cookies; all proceeds go directly to Quest. A raffle will be held with the first prize winner receiving ‘bread for a year’ from Uprising Bakery. Fun door prizes will be given away too!
Companion Planting Workshop - June 27
The World In A Garden is pleased to present the first of the 2010 Seed to Table Workshop Series.
The first workshop in the nine part Seed to Table Series, explore the techniques and benefits of companion planting. Learn how to naturally enhance your garden this summer with mutually beneficial plant species. Take home seeds and a companion planting chart from West Coast Seeds and a copy of Organic Gardening magazine! Held at Vancouver's most fascinating urban agriculture project:
The World In A Garden, W. 57th Ave. & E. Blvd. 11 am - 1 pm.
$20.
Snacks and coffee provided.
All proceeds go to The World In A Garden.
We're looking forward to learning with you on the 27th of June. Register today as space is limited!
Happy Gardening,
The World In A Garden
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Lily Canan Reynolds
"The World In A Garden"
Community Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator Intern
Jewish Family Service Agency
305-1985 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6J 4Y3
tel. 604-257-5151 fax. 604-257-5148
lcananreynolds [at] jfsa.ca
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House Food Activist Job Posting
Job Position: Food Activist 21 hours/week through 31st March 2011 - Thursdays through Saturdays.
Depending on funding, this may become a fulltime, long term position.
The Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House [DTES NH] is seeking a part time
Food Activist who will oversee the formal creation of the DTES Right to Food Network, born of our Food Philosophy, food related partnerships and multiple nutritional initiatives since 2004. [Please see our website for further information.]
About the DTES Right to Food Network
The working goal of the DTES Right to Food Network is to ensure that all DTES residents have demonstrated food sovereignty regardless of age, ancestry or income within a local DTES food economy. Its objectives are to increase DTES residents’ awareness of their legal, moral and political Right to Food by drawing upon local, national and international examples of comparable movements and to strengthen DTES residents’ economic capacity by supporting the call for a living wage/adequate housing while investigating potential Community Economic Development initiatives which can contribute to an affordable, accessible, sustainable and culturally appropriate DTES Food Economy.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Coordinate Right to Food Network’s nutritional outreach within the DTES and beyond including liaising with other Vancouver Food Security Networks.
• Employ existing local gap analysis/reports and review international case studies of models for Food Justice and Community Economic Development using Right to Food principles.
• Oversee and expand existing DTES Neighbourhood House Right to Food programming [eg Roving Community Kitchen, Banana Beat] to include Children/Youth Community Kitchens and other creative initiatives.
• Develop effective evaluation tools for Right to Food programs and reflect DTES residents’ priorities and feedback in programming.
• Coordinate the creation and distribution of our Right to Food Zine.
• Represent the DTES NH upon request.
Qualifications
• Minimum 3 years experience working in a similar inner city non profit environment or relevant comparable experience.
• Extensive knowledge of international Right to Food/Food Security movement.
• Familiarity with Four Pillars, especially Harm Reduction.
• WCB First Aid Level 1
• Food Safe Level 1 and 2
• Class 5 Driver’s License
• Class 4 Driver’s License an asset
Skills/Abilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated commitment to beauty and fun
• Understanding and practice of confidentiality and privacy
• Ability and enthusiasm to work in a team
• Supervisory, program and evaluation skills
• Demonstrated understanding of non-judgmental behavior
• Demonstrated comfort working with people of all ages, genders, ancestries, sexual orientations, abilities, occupations and classes
• Mature organizational skills
Reporting
The Food Activist reports directly to the Executive Director.
Compensation
$20/hour with benefits.
How to Apply & Closing Date for Applications
Please email your resume to johanna [at] potluckcatering.com.
The closing date for applications is Monday July 5th.
We thank all applicants for their interest.
Due to administrative constraints only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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