#Online - #CommunityGardens and #FoodSecurity in Maine

April 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Cost: $0 - $15

"This webinar is hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

Across Maine, community gardens are increasing food security by bringing people together to grow food for their communities. This panel will explore how collective garden spaces allow neighbors to work side by side to grow fresh, local food that is donated to food security organizations. Panelists will share real examples from across Maine and offer practical insights into how community gardens get started, build partnerships, and grow into lasting resources that strengthen local communities.

Speakers: Rachel Stamieszkin, Master Gardener Volunteer in Cumberland County, Johnny Sanchez, Collective Gardens Program Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator at #FoodAndMedicine (FAM), and Julia St. Clair, Agricultural Programs Manager at #BrunswickTopshamLandTrust."

To register:
https://www.mofga.org/event-calendar/community-gardens-and-food-security-in-maine/

#SolarPunkSunday #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #UMaineCooperativeExtension #MOFGA #CollectiveGardening #BuildingCommunity #SelfReliance #FeedingCommunity

Community Gardens and Food Security in Maine - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners

This webinar is hosted by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Across Maine, community gardens are increasing food security by bringing people together to grow food for their communities. This panel will explore how collective garden spaces allow neighbors to work side by side to grow fresh, local food that is donated to food security […]

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners

Ella & I will be attending #BartholomewCollective & #FoodNotBombs event with free food, music, and community organizing 2-4pm on Saturday, March 28 at Red Cedar Cafe (1900 Douglas Street). I'm not eating there but taking home some food. We will be representing LifeCycles Project Society at this local grassroots, food security/food equity & community building/connecting event ✌️

#nonprofits #CultivatingCommunities #FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #FeedingCommunity #CommunityConnections #CommunityBuilders

Here's our #LifecyclesProjectSociety numbers for our 2025 season:

Total #harvest: 64,691lbs

Total (A-Grade) donated to 75+ service agencies though the #FoodShare Network: 32,883lbs.

Total kept by pickers and harvest leads: 14,245lbs.

Total kept by stewards: 4,460lbs.

Total used by Lifecycles for fruit processing & pressing: 7,240lbs.

Total compost (none to the landfill!): 5863lbs.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#WorkLife #Teamwork #LifecyclesProjectSociety #FoodSecurity #FruitProcessing #Esquimalt #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #nonprofit #RescuedFruit #FoodRescue #FoodEquity #FeedingCommunity #FruitTreeProject #nonprofit

Both #LifecyclesProjectSociety & #IyéCreativeCollective collaborate with #FarmFolkCityFolk for shared community building goals -> grassroots food security, seeds sovereignty/preservation, food & land equity & strong, sustainable, circular food system economies.

https://farmfolkcityfolk.ca/
Farm Folk City Folk connects, collaborates & engages to foster resilient, sustainable, equitable food systems in BC.

Fresh produce & cheese blocks that were donated to give away to Seeds & Synergies event attendees are from Farm Folk City Folk #farmers 🙏❤️👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🚜💚

https://www.iyeherstories.com/

#radicchio #POCcommunity #decolonization #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEvent #CommunityConnecting #Nonprofit #CommunityBridging #CulturalConnections #Teamwork #CulturallyRelevant #POCDiaspora #GlobalSouthCrops #GlobalSouthFoods #FeedingCommunity #CulturalFoodSystems #BIPOC #BIPOCDiaspora #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #NonprofitPartners #partnerships #CultivatingCommunities #Degrowth #CircularEconomy #sustainability #CulturalSeeds #ClimateAction #LowerCarbonFootprint #FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #FoodEquity #LandEquity #SeedsConservation #SeedsSovereignty #GrassrootsAction

Thank you to Mustard Seed for allowing us free use of their commercial kitchens. Their distribution centre for their food bank operations is right next door to our office.

https://www.theseed.ca/

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#VictoriaBC #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #Foodbank #FeedingCommunity #Esquimalt