Summer Student – Farmers on 57th

Love, Respect, Kindness, Generosity, Connection and Possibility

karen September 30, 2022 September 30, 2022Accessibility, Community, CSA, Garden Club, Grow Your Own Food Course, Growing Eden, Pearson Dogwood Community Gardeners, Summer Student, Urban Farming Volunteer Learning Program, Volunteer, Youth Employment

We are a settler-led and predominantly white organization farming in the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ Nations. We want to create a safe space for all to join our community, inclusive of people who have experienced trauma and who seek land-based healing and improved food access. We want to guide our day-to-day work, organizational decisions and future by shared values. To discover our shared values as a community we proposed organizational values of Love, Respect, Kindness and Generosity. Core staff and volunteers explored these values in a March 2022 workshop by Kathi Camilleri who is trained and has…

What Happened at the Willow & Dogwood Weaving Workshop?

Heidi August 1, 2019 February 10, 2022Events, Get Involved, Opportunities, Pearson Dogwood Community Gardeners, Summer Student, Workshop

Hey guys! Remember that weaving workshop we had at the end of June? Maybe you weren’t able to make it out, but here’s the down low of what happened at our super fun Willow & Dogwood Weaving Workshop! First of all, there was an amazing turn out!! Thank you to everyone who came and joined in! The arch looks beautiful! As eco-artist, Sharon Kallis, arrived, we introduced ourselves and began the process by stripping Willow branches of their leaves and organizing them in similar-sized piles. Excitement and anticipation built as members of the neighbourhood, Farmers on 57th, and residents and…

Hiring Summer Horticulturalist

karen June 24, 2019 June 24, 2019CSA, Garden Club, Get Involved, Growing Eden, Opportunities, Summer Student

Farmers on 57th|Assistant Urban Farmer & Horticultural Therapy Program Coordinator Vancouver, BC Name of Facility: Farmers on 57th: A Community Integrated Urban Farm Location: Main location at 57th @ Cambie Street; second satellite location at 7710 Nanaimo Street Start Date: Flexible start date, 8 weeks of full time employment (30 hours/ week). Start by July 1, 2019. Hours offered: 30 hrs/week Compensation: $13.85/hour. This is a 30 hour/week position for 8 weeks. This is a Canada Summer job posting, so the successful applicant must: be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment be a…

Upcoming Dogwood & Willow Weaving Workshop!

Heidi June 21, 2019 February 10, 2022Community, Events, Get Involved, Opportunities, Pearson Dogwood Community Gardeners, Summer Student, Workshop, Youth Employment

Hey folks, we have an exciting community event coming up at the farm! A Dogwood and Willow Weaving Workshop! Community gardeners, students in the Grow Your Own Food Course, Pearson residents and staff, Market Gardeners, and neighbours of the centre are all welcome to come out and try their artistic side, no experience necessary. And don’t worry if you’re not sure how to weave, Sharon Kallis, an environmental artist and author of Common Thread will be there to facilitate. All are welcome but please arrive early if you would like to participate in the construction of the cadenza as the artist,…

Reflections on Eating More Veggies – Summer Student Guest Post #2

angeli May 29, 2019 May 23, 2019CSA, Summer Student

Hello again! My name is Angeli and I am one of this year’s summer students at Farmers on 57th. As promised in my previous blog post, here are more reflections about personal benefits of eating more veggies through a CSA. Eating more veggies is healthy AND fun The updated Canada Food Guide was released earlier this year and it looks pretty different than the old rainbow model. I like the visual guide of half your plate being fruits and vegetables. It also reminds us to be mindful of our eating habits, cook more often, enjoy our food, eat meals with…

Reflections on Food and Ecology – Summer Student Guest Post

angeli May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019CSA, Summer Student

Hello! My name is Angeli and I am one of this year’s summer students at Farmers on 57th. I am in my 4th year of the Bachelor of Applied Science in Sustainable Agriculture program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. I volunteered at Farmers on 57th in 2017 and 2018, and am currently doing my internship there as a farm assistant. In this blog post, I want to share some reflections on how Farmers on 57th is a great example of agroecology, and how we contribute to a more sustainable food system by reducing our fossil fuel footprint. I hope this is…

Hi there, my name is Jaclyn – this years summer student

July 23, 2016 August 10, 2016Summer Student, Uncategorized

Hi! My name Jaclyn Kaloczi and I am the Farmers on 57th Summer Student this season. I wanted to introduce myself as over the summer, I will be working with the 3 programs Farmers on 57th leads – The Market Garden at Cambie and 57th selling CSA boxes, the Garden Club at the George Pearson Centre, and with Growing Eden, a food garden for kids and families partnered with the South Vancouver Family Place. As a non-farmer, and someone with little experience working with food, farming and gardening, but a strong passion for it, I will be sharing my personal…