Each year we cover many different facets of the food system, and teach you how to put your new skills to use. For total beginners, we hold gardening basics workshops as well as seed starting, container gardening, and even how to build a backyard composter and other food waste solutions.
Some other exciting workshops have revolved around wild foods, where we have taken hikes to identify and forage for edible plants. We cover pests in the garden, and how to safely remove them, as well as how to grow Fall greens in a greenhouse and other growing techniques such as sprouting and no-till gardening.
Our workshops also include elements of preparing food naturally at home like baking sourdough, using culinary herbs, and fermenting foods such as sauerkraut and kombucha. We’ve even held workshops on beekeeping and keeping backyard chickens, and the many benefits of both.
We couldn’t hold these workshops without our amazing facilitators, or the support of organizations like Food First NL. Funding for our workshops since they began has come from the Western Regional Wellness Coalition, the Community Healthy Living Fund, the Community Foundation of NL, the City of Corner Brook and the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.