This is a guest post by Molli Reynolds, Manager of the Pemberton Farmers Market. It is part of a weekly series designed to get you inspired to check out the Pemberton Farmers Market, happening at the downtown Pemberton Community Barn every Friday, 3-6:30pm until mid October. Follow them on Facebook or on instagram at @pembyfarmersmarket … Continue reading My Heart is a Farmers’ Market: Confessions of a Market Manager
On August 14, I got this wonderful emailed Bird Update from John Tschopp: A resident on Collins road in Pemberton came home today to find a beautiful live sculpture floating on his garden pond. A single American White Pelican decided to test the waters of Pemberton. This is a first for Pemberton and will be added … Continue reading Meet the pelican who took a right turn at the beach and ended up in Pemberton
Do you live near Gates Lake Park? Love books? And adept at fending off wasps, spiders or other critters who might find this an appealing abode? Could you help the Pemberton Library? The Little Free Library at Gates Lake Park is so popular that they are looking for a volunteer to regularly check on the … Continue reading Book-guardians wanted!
Last week, we shared the news story, that in response to some missing vegetables, the Pemberton Creek Community Garden had come up with a produce sharing tool: an overflow box. It's now installed. And in full swing. The photo and details below come via Molli Reynolds: If you are passing by the main entrance to the … Continue reading Deposit your garden bounty here: New Harvest Box installed at the Community Garden
You can't be what you don't see. I had this epiphany the other day. (Don't bother sitting down for it. I'm a pretty slow learner.) I would love for my kid to be a multilingual musician - music and languages being fluencies I'm interested in, but don't have. But, it occurred to me that signing … Continue reading If you love something, show your kids. Dave Steers’ feature photo today is just one more example of starting ’em young
This year at Slow Food Cycle, 13 farms and venues will participate creating a 22-kilometre roundtrip, with food experiences on offer including handmade sausages, mini donuts, bannock, shaved ice and popsicles, to fresh French fries, perogies, kombucha, twice baked potatoes, tacos, fish and chips, empanadas, and a variety of baked goods. The Lions Club will kick … Continue reading Tour the farms: here’s the Slow Food Cycle Sunday 2017 map of vendors
Hello convenience shoppers. I am talking to you. (That bag of pre-mixed-and-washed salad you are tossing in your cart? You’ll get no judgment from me.) But please, let me try to convince you, even if you’re an entry-level do-it-yourselfer, that it is possible to reclaim kitchencraft. All you need is a couple of mason jars, … Continue reading Reclaim Your Pantry: easy things to start making yourself
A month ago, we shared a call for entries Líl̓wat7ul photographers to submit photographs to be incorporated into the 2017 Líl̓wat Nation’s Annual. The winners have been selected. Congratulations to Jaime Pascal and Levi Nelson. (Levi was our guestagrammer in early July. You can bet we'll be inviting Jaime, too.) https://www.instagram.com/p/BWY46k-glOy/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac Jaime won the Grand … Continue reading Celebrate Líl̓wat Life Photo Contest winners announced
This story in last week's Whistler Question made me super glad to have Dawn Johnson and Stewardship Pemberton's Crabapple Project team at the helm of our instagram account this year. They are working to make a dent on food justice and food security issues, which are fancy buzzwords for the idea that everybody should have … Continue reading In the news: Pemberton Community Garden’s missing vegetables suggests there is a lot more need in the community than we are meeting
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