On June 4, the Scaling Up Food Rescue Project’s Rubina Jamal and Scott Rowe held a working conference to present and then discuss findings that they gleaned over the past 12 months. The audience was welcomed by the District’s Mayor Richard Walton and took advantage of this open forum to ask questions and come up […]
On June 4th the Table Matters’ Scaling Up Food Rescue Project hosted an event with 50 participants at the District of North Vancouver to share what they had learned over the past year. The event set the stage for ongoing dialogue between food industry providers, Community Service Organizations, Elected Officials and others who share a common […]
Please provide your input to the West Vancouver survey. Until 2008, the District of West Vancouver allowed the keeping of backyard chickens (hens only). Since 2008, the keeping of backyard chickens has been prohibited. At a recent Council Meeting, some members of the community made a request to keep chickens (hens only) in their backyards. […]
While fighting hunger and reducing food waste are goals shared by many developing countries, Tanzania is taking steps unlike any other to address its waste and spoilage problems, as Rachel Cernansky writes in The New York Times’s Fixes column. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/04/whats-working-tanzania-harvest-corn_n_7204050.html
Reaching out to the community, Rubina and Scott took part in a “Hope Filled” Saturday afternoon at St. Clement’s Church on April 11. The North Vancouver Anglican and Lutheran Churches Spirituality and Eco-Social Justice working group organized four sessions over four months at four different churches to better understand the impact of land, energy, water […]
A group of Mountainside Secondary students have been given the opportunity to incorporate the Scaling-up Food Rescue Project into their Social Justice course work. On March 31, Rubina and Scott went to the school and invited the youth to join in the food rescue dialogue while their peers from Media Arts filmed the session, spurring […]
St. Andrew’s United Church is offering a FoodSafe Level 1 course on Sat. May 9 from 9 am – 5 pm in the Friendship Room for their community kitchen volunteers. There are some spaces still available at $55 per participant. (FoodSafe Level 1 course normally costs $80.) Please contact administrator Jason Feng in the church office (604-985-0408 or [email protected]) to register. Pre-registration and payment is required.
You can get a free kitchen scale and sign up during business hours at the North Shore Recycling Program. They are located at 148 2nd St East, North Vancouver, BC. Tip: Keep bananas longer by wrapping the crown of the stems with plastic wrap. If bananas start getting over-ripe, you can refrigerate them. The skins […]
How much money could you save by throwing out less food? Everyone wastes food, and about half of this waste happens in our homes! In Canada, an average family of four throws out nearly $1,500 per year. By wasting less food, we can all save money and maybe even eat better. The Table Matters Network […]
Working in tandem is the key to success, proving once again that the end product can turn out to be many times greater than the sum of each part. A relay organized by the Scaling Up Food Rescue Project and involving 4 teams on Feb 11 synchronized their efforts and produced a satisfying lunch for […]
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