coFood Vancouver
265 - 4th Ave East V5T 4T1 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Congratulations Arilyn and Shawn! This first-ever #weddinginthegarden today, Sept 20. Note the space is reserved exclusively, of course! :) Love prevails in times of quarantine - the good vibes are palpable. My heart is so full! Thank you two for choosing coFood to hold your special day. ... #beautifulpeople #blessings #thesuncameout

Tonight! Our 2020 finale of the #musicinthegarden series, and also our very first #openmic. Features the harmonious tunes of @x.bow.strings to kick off the series. Sign ups to perform from 630pm - first come first serve, performance spots and seating. Only 30 seats for COVID social distancing purposes - bring a chair if you come past 7!... #livemusic #mountpleasant #gardenersofthegalaxy #fun #harp #smokeinhalation #savethetrees #thisisthelife See more

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Congratulations Arilyn and Shawn! This first-ever #weddinginthegarden today, Sept 20. Note the space is reserved exclusively, of course! :) Love prevails in times of quarantine - the good vibes are palpable. My heart is so full! Thank you two for choosing coFood to hold your special day. ... #beautifulpeople #blessings #thesuncameout

Some generous neighbours are sharing board games at the #coFoodYVR Collaborative Garden. Monopoly’s not our style, but here's the game we're really playing. Collaboration for the win! #GameB #CooperationNotCompetition

Tonight! Our 2020 finale of the #musicinthegarden series, and also our very first #openmic. Features the harmonious tunes of @x.bow.strings to kick off the series. Sign ups to perform from 630pm - first come first serve, performance spots and seating. Only 30 seats for COVID social distancing purposes - bring a chair if you come past 7!... #livemusic #mountpleasant #gardenersofthegalaxy #fun #harp #smokeinhalation #savethetrees #thisisthelife See more

Join us Friday night for music in the garden! Please help us out by reading the event details for COVID protocols. We're responsible for keeping everyone safe. Arrive as close to 6:30 as possible with everyone you'd like to sit with, and to sign up for performing.

Nature's bounty today at the coFood garden - available for YOU to take home, by donation! Carrots, bush beans, cherry and slicing tomatoes, zucchini, and a first flush of fennel seeds. Stop by anytime from 1 to 3 pm on Sundays and Tuesdays for your taste of straight-to-plate summer harvest - or to get your hands in the soil with us! #collaboration #fennelseason #fennelbouquet #gardenersofthegalaxy #sharethesurplus #ohgoshlifeisgood #letsdance

During an excursion to Creston Territory of the Lower Kootenay Band, Ktunaxa, and Sinixt last week to try our hand at picking cucumbers, we glimpsed the pil...es of edible food that are tossed by the wayside before even leaving the farm gate we also left broker than when we arrived. The farmers told us the market only accepts cucumbers that are four inches long or less. Perfectly fine cukes that exceeded this size were littered across the ground around us, or had been left on the plants to rot (although no bugs had eaten them due to the heavy coat of pesticides). The rows had already been picked through two days earlier by other pickers, so the desired size was hard to come by. Try as we might we couldn’t pick quicker than the equivalent of $7/hour. When we presented our harvest at the end of the day, the farm owner threw out the majority of what we had picked: although our cukes were under four inches long, they were either too fat, had the wrong shape, etc. Beyond being an abhorrent waste of edible food, it lowered our pay to $2/hour (see comment below about how this is legal) Canada’s food system needs a big overhaul. It flaunts beautiful, perfect-looking produce glowing on the grocery store shelves. But beneath the surface is a gruesome stew of unnecessary food waste (and associated greenhouse gas emissions) and the exploitation of undervalued labour, which most often falls upon the shoulders of migrant workers. These workers mainly people of colour from Latin America and the Caribbean are those most susceptible to falling through the cracks (Mistreatment of migrant farm workers... from Globe & Mail, 2020). Workers from outside Canada, for example, often secure their work through middle-person contract coordinators and so find themselves stuck in positions without the ability to find better options (Weiler et al. in Policy Note, 2019). In our case, we had the privilege of job mobility. We were able to seek other work. But not before picking the biggest would-have-been-wasted cucumbers we could find to make a sumptuous salad and some pickles See more

Hi everyone, Our garden is happy about the rain, so we're postponing our open mic event. Stay tuned for the backup date! Cheers,... the coFood Team See more

Join us in the garden for a unique musical journey with local Vancouver cellist Marina Hasselberg. Watch in person at the corner of 4th and Scotia - limited seating! Or online right here, right now :)... https://www.facebook.com/cofoodyvr/live/

It's a hot one today! Join us for some musical refreshment tonight with Marina Hasselberg on cello. ______________________ To ensure safe distancing, we're doing things a bit differently this time. Please arrive as close to 7:30 p.m. as possible, with everyone you'd like to sit with.... We will ask folks to line up at the entrance on East 4th Ave, and our hosts will help you set up seats in the garden. This means 100% of your party needs to be present when we seat you, so please plan ahead and arrive in advance!

Join us for a cello concert in the garden this Sunday! NEW COVID SAFETY APPROACH! ARRIVE EARLY, WITH EVERYONE YOU WANT TO SIT WITH To ensure safe distancing, we're doing things a bit differently this time. Please arrive as close to 7:30 p.m. as possible.... We will ask folks to line up at the entrance on East 4th Ave, and our host will help you set up seats in the garden. This means 100% of your party needs to be present when we seat you, so please plan ahead and arrive in advance!

Our temporary stage is ready for this weekend's #musicinthegarden on Sunday at 8pm (come early if you want a seat! ) Courtesy of our carpentry whiz @blackmountainpicks and our lovely model @faye.wray #buildingthings = missing our pals @lindaemdal @christ_pharson... #gardenersofthegalaxy #buildit #diystage #livemusic #reducereuse #allthescrubs See more