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Life Cycle Project

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LifeCycles Project - Cultivating Communities in Victoria, BC

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Our thanks to the volunteers from Team Home Depot for their efforts and generosity. These amazing volunteers came out to the Beban Learning Gardens bringing along their good attitudes and know-how and did a fantastic job constructing 5 new raised beds! We would also like to give our sincere thanks to Home Depot for their donation of gardening supplies and Sawmill Direct for providing the cedar.

The garden now has increased growing space and it's exciting to have so much progress made in developing the facility.

Posted on December 18, 2017 in News

Here we are heading into winter at Beban Learning Gardens! We have just finished building 12 spacious compost boxes. Thanks again to Sawmill Direct for helping us out with their fine cedar lumber.

After Christmas we can dismantle our temporary wooden-pallet style boxes which actually served us very well. In place of them, we hope to plant a few more fruit trees early in the spring, being sure to give them time to become established before the hot dry weather later on.

We are happy to announce that we will be able to extend our Saturday morning work parties, at least until the end of March. Both Wednesday and Saturday groups will soon be busy starting seedlings for planting and for sale in the spring. New volunteers are welcome to join us at any time.

Posted on September 19, 2017 in News

Volunteers at Beban Learning Gardens had a busy time this summer. Besides the regular jobs of watering, weeding, seeding and harvesting, we managed to put together some designer herb boxes and three fine-looking picnic tables.

Thanks very much to all the patrons who bought winter vegetable starters from us over the last few months. We have several planter boxes full of gorgeous winter crops planted and they look ready to cope with whatever winter weather comes their way!

New Picnic Table have been built and our next major project is having a permanent composting and soil storage area built.

Great news! We will finally be able to start a weekend work party beginning Saturday, Sept. 23. New volunteers, as well as seasoned ones, are welcome to come to Beban Learning Gardens every Saturday through December (barring any extreme weather) from 10 am to 1:00 pm, to take part in various gardening activities both inside and outside our greenhouse. Children are welcome as long as they are supervised by a parent. Activities might include transplanting, weeding, harvesting (and sharing the harvest), seed-saving, planting garlic, composting, building, painting, and all the other jobs involved in keeping our communal garden in tip-top shape. Education is our mission so you can expect to learn gardening knowledge from others as well as sharing what you yourself might know. The first work party will likely include a tour of the garden. Work clothes and gardening gloves are a good idea but we do have spare gloves to share.

Nanaimo Community Gardens membership forms will be available but, if you wish, you can take a look at them by clicking here.

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Lantzville Farmers Market

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A community kitchen is a group of participants who meet regularly to cook meals to feed themselves and their families. Everyone shares in the recipe selection, cooking and clean-up. You pay for the portion of food you take home. Each group decides how they will operate. Some groups meet to prepare a shared meal, others take home the meals they create.

New groups may be formed as the need arises. We can help you start your own group.

Ongoing Groups:

Multicultural Group: Happy Chefs meets one Thursday each month at the Foodshare Center, 271 Pine St.

Supportive Apartment Living Group meets one Thursday each month from 5-7pm at the Foodshare Center, 271 Pine St.

Cooking with Friends meets the second Monday of each month at Hope Lutheran Church.

Seniors 80-20 meets one Friday each month at the Foodshare Center

Sizzling Sisters a newly formed group of women that regularly meet through the Harewood Community Church. Not currently meeting.

Please note: the Princess Royal Family Center has moved to 80 Chapel Street.

Cooking Out of the Box

Cooking out of the Box uses a monthly Good Food Box of fruits and vegetables as the foundation of a nutritious cooking session for low income individuals.
The program is free to participants and encourages the use of fresh fruits and vegetables in a healthy diet. At each 2 hour session, 3 to 4 recipes are prepared using the contents of the Good Food Box, which varies from month to month. The Community Kitchens facilitator chooses the recipes, purchases a Good Food Box for each location and the extra food needed to prepare the recipes. The sessions end with a shared meal, group discussion and clean up. Participants receive copies of the recipes and extra food is divided among the clients to take home.

The Tillicum Lelum location is in conjunction with the Building Better Babies program. Parents prepare a meal to take home.
Thanks to funding from the United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island, we offer the program at three locations.

Foodshare Center, 271 Pine Street

Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society, 153 Wallace Street

(Women's Center participants are welcome to attend)

Tillicum Lelum, 602 Haliburton

"My spirit feel happier" said a mom who cooked with other young moms and became more connected to her community.

"This changes everything" said a woman with a brain injury after making apple crisp in the microwave and seeing how easy it was to prepare.

Sessions are free but limited in space. Please phone Anita at 753-7470 for more information, or email: anita.nck@shaw.ca

We thank United Way Central and Northern Vancouver Island for supporting this program.

Bellies to Babies and Beyond

Bellies to Babies and Beyond is a 10 week program for pregnant women, first-time parents, and young families who are economically challenged. During the program participants will learn about:

nutrition,

smart grocery shopping,

how to read food labels,

recipe reading,

safety with knives,

food safety practices,

community supports.

Participants are involved in the choice of recipes and take home servings of each recipe to feed their families. There is no cost to participants and child minding is available.

At the end of the program, participants will have a kitchen handbook with recipes and nutrition information.

The program runs at Princess Royal Family Center (80 Chapel St) on Monday mornings from 10:00 am--12:30 pm. This program is a partnership with Vancouver Island Health Authority and Nanaimo Community Kitchens.
We are accepting registration for the program starting April 9, 2018. Please use the attached registration form.
Registration is required: _ B2B_Reg_info_April_2018.pdf

The next round of the program will start in September 2018

Or phone 250 753 7470

Participants say:
"Cooking is not so scary",
"I eat more vegetables",
"I am more confident when trying new recipes",
I make proper meals",
I look at labels for fat, salt and sugar".

We thank the Island Savings Community Endowment-First West Foundation and the City of Nanaimo for supporting this program.

Healthy Eating for Newcomers

Healthy Eating and Lifestyles for Newcomers to Canada:
The Central Vancouver Island Region has seen a large influx of Newcomers in the past year. Many face food security challenges including barriers to culturally acceptable food, and language barriers. This free program will offer hands-on cooking focusing on healthy food choices. While cooking, clients receive support from each other and learn about other community programs. Participants will have the opportunity to make new friends, study English, learn multicultural recipes and share ideas. Registration is required:

You may already know how to cook, come share foods of your country.

Five rounds of the program ended in April. The program is not currently running. Check back for updates.

Participants said:

I am happy to live in Canada. I can not speak English. But I was so happy to be with you. Cooking classes made a big difference to my family. I was able to eat various kinds of food and to make healthy food. Thank you very much. I will remember the information you gave me.

I enjoy this program which brainstorms ideas , teaches knowledge and brings happiness, will always exist in our memories. Thank you all your hard work in preparation and patience in teaching. More importantly, it gives us a snapshot of food science. I never thought cooking could be so much fun!

Cooking With Seniors Connect

A 6 week cooking program at Seniors Connect, 150-B Wallace St.

Come help make simple healthy meals to eat together.

Fridays: August 17, 31; September 7, 21; October 5,19

Registration is required through Seniors Connect

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Island Chefs Collaborative

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