LIVING WITH YOUR FOOD

On January 13th, the 2nd of 5 Rabbit and Poultry Production Workshops under the Empowering Family Health Project was held.  8 residents came together in Bouchie Lake and learnt all about caring for Rabbits and Poultry from presenter, Lou Dobie.  The workshop was fun, informative, engaging and hands on.

The participants learnt all about caring for both poultry (layers and meat birds) and rabbit in our North Cariboo climate.  One of the best parts of the workshop was that Lou included both a Rooster and Hen and a Buck and a Doe rabbit in her teachings.  

The workshop was held at the Bouchie Lake Country Store.

 

Update from Ten Mile Lake / Moose Heights

On January 8th, the Empowering Family Health Workshops were at the Parkland Community Centre in Ten Mile Lake.  Thank you to the Parkland Community Association for hosting us.  Both workshops, "Food Preservation: Dehydration" and "Foraging in the Backyard" were both extremely well attended and engaging.  

"They Came for Cabbages, Stayed for the Friendships"

The Empowering Family Health Workshops began again for 2017 on the weekend of January 7th and

Workshop Registrants

8th.  On January 7th, a group met at the Barlow Creek Fire Hall for the workshop titled "Living Off Your Backyard" with presenter, Colleen Gatenby.  Colleen's presentation was an inspiration and covered off what one can do in one's "backyard" to ensure one's own food security.  Colleen's "backyard" includes the Quesnel Downtown Community Garden which explains the above quote.

Thank you to the Barlow Creek Volunteer Fire Department for opening up their hall as the venue for this workshop.  It worked perfectly.

Cody Dillabough, Fire Chief

The next workshop's scheduled are for Sunday, January 8th at the Parkland Community Centre.  From 10 am -  12 noon is "Food Preservation: Dehydration" with Sue Myles followed by "Wild and Urban Foraging" with Ted Traer from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

For additional information on the Empowering Family Health Project, please email empowerinfamilyhealth@gmail.com

WORKSHOPS COMING TO THE NORTH CARIBOO

5 workshops in 5 different rural communities are now being planned making a total of 25 workshops.  The workshops will be held in Barlow Creek, Bouchie Lake, Kersley, Ten Mile Lake, and Wells.  If the date for the one in your community does not work, book into the same workshop in another community.

Workshop Summaries, Speaker Profiles and the Registration Form will be available shortly. To receive additional information and /or be added to the email distribution list, please email empoweringfamilyhealth@gmail.com

Everyone welcome to register.  

The workshops are as follows

Food Preservation: Canning; Instructor: Melinda Fellows 
Food Preservation: Dehydration; Instructor: Suzie Myles
Living Off Your Backyard; Instructor: Colleen Gatenby
Urban and Wild Foraging; Instructor: Ted Traer
Poultry and Rabbit Production; Instructor: Lou Dobe

MARKET BOOTH

Colleen Gatenby, GNC Member and P4HC: NC Representative,
 at the Quesnel Farmers Market

Look for the "Empowering Family Health" booth at various markets and booths throughout the North Cariboo this summer.  

If you see this lovely tablecloth be sure to pop by to say "Hi", add your name to the email distribution list, and find out about the project.

WELCOME

Welcome to our new weblog for the "Empowering Family Health".  The project is being managed by the Partners for Healthier Communities: North Cariboo / P4HC:NC and is composed of multiple projects and involves many community based projects.

The first component being worked on by the P4HC committee is to develop a Resource Inventory that residents, organizations, and agencies can access that has a focus on local food production, food security, and agricultural initiatives.  The main objective of this inventory is to have a resource that highlights local people and topics, organizations and agencies, events, and available facilities which have a kitchen that can be accessed by community to do food preservation.  Following the creation of the inventory, five workshops, with a focus on food production and /or food preservation will be held in five different rural communities.

Please refer to the following documents regarding this Resource Inventory Phase and how to get involved.

News Release

Invitation to Participate

Opportunity for Sponsorship

Any questions or comments on this project, please contact the webmaster and Program Resource Development and Workshop Facilitator at empoweringfamilyhealth@gmail.com

"Growing North Cariboo Food and Communities"