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Improving regional food security & sovereignty ts'uhoont'i whuzahdel Welcome / We Are Glad That You Have Come As settlers on this land, we wish to acknowledge the 9000+ years of the Lheidli T'enneh Nation's stewardship. Their ancestors have cared for this beautiful land that feeds us all and we wish to continue to welcome their teachings and ancestral knowledge as we work towards food security for all people. ©The Exploration Place | Pius Family Photo Collection A Homegrown Food System, Together. The Everyone At the Table (EAT) collective acts to find closer to home solutions, big and small, to improve our local/regional food landscape. We invite your creative participation to enhance local-regional food security and food justice. We aim to bring together the community to find closer to home solutions, big and small, that could make a difference in our local food landscape. We aim to have a draft for a local food community strategy to bring to city council and present to funding opportunities, and perhaps the journey towards local food independence. Join Here Join Us Donate to Support Us Sam Peppard in her garden, photo credit: her mother April Ottesen SHARE YOUR VOICE// LEARN WITH US Our Projects The Canning Circle Food Systems North PG Project PG FoodScape List Resource Library PG Urban Farmscape Community partner Project LOCAL Food Landscape Local Food Producers Local Community Gardens Local Food Groups Local Farmers Markets A Vision TOGETHER Contact Contact To contact us, please message us below. If you prefer to chat, leave us a number and we will call you back. Contact Us Thanks for submitting! Submit

The Everyone At the Table Canning Circle is made possible by the support of: First and foremost, the many volunteers who gather weekly to cook food for others, the South Fort George Family Resource Centre (commercial kitchen), The Salvation Army Food Recovery Program, BC United Way, the Recycling and Environmental Action Planning Society (composting), gifts of jars by Selen Alpay of Canadian Tire, and the farmers who give use fresh goodies. started in 2021 with a grant from EAT CANNING CIRCLE We meet EVERY MON DAY 5:30pm - until done Come for an hour or come for the entire ses sion. South Fort George Family Resource Centre 1200 La Salle Ave, Prince George, BC V2L 4J8 Doors have to be locked in the evening. If you arrive later than 5:30, find the open windows on the left-hand side of the building and call for our attention. ABOUT THE PROGRAM The EAT Canning Circle is a food recovery and education program for the novice to learn with Master Canners and for the experienced to pass on their skills and trade tricks. Food processed and canned is recovere d, imperfect fresh foods from The PG Salvation Army Food Recovery Program. Any Food waste from The Canning Circle is composted. EVERYONE IS WELCOME We Look Forward to hearing from you: EATCanningCircle@gmail.com or contact us via Messenger through our FaceBook page EATCanningCircle PG Citizen Article Local Matters Radio Episode Canning Circle jams available for all for free at the Salvation Army Food Bank $2 deposit for the first jar, bring an empty jam jar for a free jam thereafter

PG community gardens Community gardens AimHi Community Gardens Kerry Street Susan Wilson 250-564-6408 ext 252 Growing Community Gardens (Christian Reform Church of PG) 20th & Willow Elmarie Marais 250-563-2639 growingcommunitygarden@gmail.com elmariemppe@gmail.com Our Saviours lutheran church's eco community collective *PENDING* 3590 Dufferin Ave. Sequoia Oak 250-563-3877 ; Church office: (250) 564-4336 sequoiaoak9@gmail.com Fort George Baptist Church 1600 Johnson St, Ashley Rowland Church office: (250) 564-6287 ashley.rowland@hotmail.ca *Note: not operating in 2024, may restart operation in 2025, not confirmed* PG PIRG UNBC (250) 960-7474 pgpirg@unbc.ca Queensway Community Gardens 2121 Queensway Pat Queenswaygarden2013@yahoo.ca Mennonite Central Committee McIntyre community 250-640-3415 communityconnections@mccbc.ca Three Sisters Lane Garden *No longer in service* Connaught Youth Centre*PENDING* 1491 17th Ave Catharine Kendall (250) 561-1467 connaughtyouth@gmail.com Connecting Communities *PENDING* 2121 Queensway Jody Holmes 778-281-0144 info@connect-communities.org Watch this space grow as we cultivate new resources! Below, you'll find a blossoming list of community gardens and schools, connecting you to local green spaces. Le Cercle des canadiens francais 1752 Fir St. Prince George, BC V2L 1E7 250-561-2565 https://www.ccfpg.ca/ Rotary Community Garden *NEW* 3333 University Way UNBC – DDBGS expansion info@ddbotgarden.bc.ca School gardens Edgewood Elementary Sacred Heart Westwood Elementary Quinson Elementary Exploration Place (daycare kids) Vanway Elementary Immaculate Conception Van Bien Elementary Pinewood Elementary