［Ended］Learn About Seasonal, Local Foods with UBC Farm

How does eating locally grown and seasonal food benefit the health of people and the environment?

 

We care about our community and the local environment as much as you do. Today food systems are very different, with food traveling enormous distances from regions in various seasons globally. We partnered with UBC Farm to help you and your family learn about what it means for food to be in-season and local, to figure out the local food radius, to understand the idea of a foodshed, and to learn about the meaning of a CSA or community supported agriculture.

 

Participants will engage with the workshop presenters in activities to discover their local, seasonal food radius using a map, and work on a resource book to navigate community sources of local foods. Tasting samples of local, seasonal foods from UBC farm will be provided, with discussion surrounding how to define non-local and out of season foods.

 

 

[Guest Instructor]

UBC Farm is the main teaching and learning space of the Centre for Sustainable Food System (CSFS), a research centre and local-to-global food hub working towards a more sustainable, food-secure future. A 24-hectare integrated production farm, the UBC farm is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceeded territory of the Musqueam people. All  organically managed, UBC Farm produce is certified organic through NOOA. Presently, over 200 varieties of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, honey beehives and open-pasture egg-laying hens are cultivated at UBC Farm. 
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• Online registration is recommended. Remaining spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Open to all ages. Participants ages 8 or younger must be accompanied by an adult. Please register each participant separately. 

• Workshops will start at the announced time, and pre-registered spots will only be held for a limited time. If a registered participant doesn’t arrive on time, we may cancel their registration without notice and offer the place to another participant. Please arrive early to guarantee your spot. 

• Please contact us here if you have any questions.

 

Location: MUJI Robson Street

Click below to register. The session will last about 60 minutes.

 

Saturday, June 29th, 1PM