LifeCycles Project Society
A - 808 Viewfield Rd V9A 4V1 Victoria, BC, Canada

Our online education session Learning from the Land will be held during tomorrow’s Pro-D day! We’ll be talking about local garden resources and supports, permaculture and Aboriginal education and healthy food environments with our co-organizers Sooke School District #62 Farm To School BC and Island Health This free event is open to teachers from all districts! You can register for our morning session, afternoon session or for the full 8:45am to 2:30pm sessions on our Event...Brite page HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-from-the-land-teacher See you soon The Victoria Foundation Vancouver Foundation Greater Victoria School District City of Victoria - Local Government TD Friends of the Environment Foundation TELUS Friendly Future Foundation Growing Together \\ #farmtoschool #gardening #knowledgesharing #community #yyj //

Alex Harned, Food Systems Coordinator for the City of Victoria, will be hosting a free online Lunch and Learn event TODAY from 12:00pm - 1:00pm all about our urban forest! You won't want to miss it! Speakers include: Ryan Senechal - Assistant Supervisor of Urban Forestry, Kathryn Pankowski - Community Garden Coordinator for the James Bay Neighbourhood Association, and our very own Tim Fryatt - Fruit Tree Project Coordinator for LifeCycles Project Society. They’ll be sharin...g tips on how to get involved in the urban forest, city initiatives that support community organizations planting and caring for trees on city property, how to get involved in harvesting fruit trees in your community and resources to help you plant a tree on your own property. Presentations will share City of Victoria - Local Government resources that can be found at victoria.ca/urbanforest regarding: Small, medium, and large species options How to plant a tree and care for it How to choose the right tree for your property Urban Food Tree Stewardship program - plant and maintain up to five fruit and nut trees in a local green space: http://ow.ly/Iycz50Ckbar My Great Neighbourhood Grant and Trees in Cities opportunity to get up to $1,000 to cover the cost of 10 trees in your neighbourhood: http://ow.ly/iSYW50Ckbaq Today’s event is part of a series of Lunch and Learns to explore ways the city can help support neighbourhoods in funding community-led initiatives. Hope to see you there! REGISTER HERE: http://ow.ly/TJka50CklaF \\ #urbanorchard #urbanforest #mygreatneighbourhood #yyj #victoriabc //

The Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement and the Pacific Peoples' Partnership are hosting a virtual feast and film screening TOMORROW from 3:00pm - 4:00pm (PST) There will be an interactive panel hosted by Lisa Kenoras & Jeff Corntassel, presentations by Tiffany Joseph, Jennifer Baing-Waiko and Cheryl Bryce and a screening of 'Rising Tides' - a film based off of a gathering held back in January on food security and Indigenous climate justice. All ...are welcome to attend the Virtual Feast: Honouring and Revitalizing Indigenous Food Systems. REGISTER HERE: https://uvic.zoom.us//register/tZIsfu2upzsrH9anQCB3vzm3Q-9 Artwork by Sarah Jim: https://www.instagram.com/sarahjimstudio/

The Farm Gleaning Project helps to connect our fantastic community farm partners with the Food Rescue’s excellent redistribution services! We are so happy to say that over 6,000lbs of fresh, local food was shared this season. This means that less food was wasted and more food was used to create delicious, fulfilling meals for folks all across the Capital Region District. There are many hands to thank and that help to make projects like this one possible! Thank you to our far...m partners who plant, nourish and grow this delicious local food: Blue Dog Farm Square Root Farm Sun Trio Farm Lohbrunner Community Farm Co-op Sweet Acres Farm and Saanich Organics.Thank you to our fantastic core group of gleaners that lead weekly pick ups: Ashley, Conan, Donnee, Pat and Sharon. Thank you to the always incredible team at The Mustard Seed Street Church Food Security Distribution Centre for weighing, sorting and delivering all of this food to local community organizations under the Food Share Network umbrella. Let’s continue to create a stronger, more resilient food system and community network together \\ #farming #farmgleaning #supportlocal #community #yyj //

Calling all educators! We’re hosting a free online session focused on learning from the land through gardens, food and outdoor activities during the upcoming Pro-D day on Friday, November 20th. This event will include presentations on local garden resources and supports, permaculture and Aboriginal education, healthy food environments and more! There will be space for facilitated conversations and examples of promising practices throughout our region such as our very own Seed... the City project. Teachers from all districts are welcome to participate! You can register for our morning session, afternoon session or for the full 8:45am to 2:30pm sessions on our EventBrite page here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-from-the-land-teacher Big thanks to our co-organizers Sooke School District #62 Farm To School BC and Island Health. We’re looking forward to connecting with all of you The Victoria Foundation Vancouver Foundation Spectrum Community School Greater Victoria School District TELUS Friendly Future Foundation TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Growing Together City of Victoria - Local Government Topsoil - Innovative Urban Agriculture Food Eco District - FED Victoria Compost Education Centre The Youth Food Network \\ #farmtoschool #yyj #outdooreducation #gardening #farming #community //

Join us on Saturday from 12:00pm - 2:00pm for the final The Victoria Seed Library tabling day of the season! We’ll be set up in the courtyard of the Greater Victoria Public Library’s Central Branch (735 Broughton Street) Seed Library Members can sign out vegetable, herb and flower seeds from our collection to grow at home in their own gardens. Members then return a portion of their dried seed from successful crops in time for the next growing season. By growing and sharing ...in the public domain, we can create a resilient and diverse community collection that is well suited to local growing practices and conditions. All of our seeds are sourced locally from organic growers and membership is always free Please be sure to bring a face mask and practice social distancing. Hope to see you there \\ #victoriaseedlibrary #seedsovereignty #gvpl #yyj #victoriabc //

Learning from the Land is one week away Our free online session for educators will be held from 8:45am - 2:30pm during the upcoming Pro-D day on Friday, November 20th. Our co-organizers Sooke School District #62 Farm To School BC and Island Health will be sharing information on local garden resources and supports, permaculture and Aboriginal education, healthy food environments, outdoor learning and more! There will be space for facilitated conversations and examples of pr...omising practices throughout our region. Teachers from all districts are welcome to participate! You can read more about the event and register for our morning session, afternoon session or for the full day of sessions on our EventBrite page here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-from-the-land-teacher The Victoria Foundation Vancouver Foundation Greater Victoria School District Spectrum Community School Topsoil - Innovative Urban Agriculture Food Eco District - FED Victoria Compost Education Centre The Youth Food Network City of Victoria - Local Government Growing Together TD Friends of the Environment Foundation TELUS Friendly Future Foundation \\ #farmtoschool #outdooreducation #gardening #farming #pollinators #knowledgesharing #yyj //

Our friends at Food Eco District - FED and Synergy Enterprises have a new employment opportunity! They're hiring a FED Project Manager to help build and maintain the momentum of their current food security and urban agriculture programming. This is a 30 hour per week contract beginning on Monday, January 4th, 2021 at $23-$25 per hour. Be sure to read the full job description and requirements in each of the photos attached to this post. Interested applicants should send their... cover letter and resume to [email protected] by Wednesday, November 25th. Best of luck to all who apply! We look forward to working alongside the successful candidate on our collaborative projects like the Urban Learning Garden \\ #getfedyyj #foodecodistrict #employmentopportunity //