Category: Past Event

School Food Supplier Workshop Date: January 22nd, 2025Time and Location: Full Day Event in the North Okanagan (details will be shared upon RSVP confirmation)RSVP Deadline: January 10th, 2025 (deadline extended) Event Recap Are you interested in connecting with schools to supply local food? Land to Table invites you to our School Food Supplier Workshop, where you’ll have the chance to: Build relationships with food purchasers from districts across the Okanagan and Columbia/Shuswap region. Learn about school food procurement needs and market opportunities. Collaborate on solutions to sourcing, ordering, and distribution challenges. Workshop Highlights The day's event will include the following conversations and activities: State of the school food landscape and opportunities: Understand current trends and needs. Supplier insights: Learn about the “market” for school food and sourcing needs. Challenges and opportunities: Discuss sourcing challenges and…

Wholesale-Ready Workshop Series Dates: (Participants must be able to attend both sessions) + Session 1: Thursday, January 30th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. + Session 2: Thursday,  February 20th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Location: Community Futures North Okanagan in VernonRegistration Deadline: January 24th, 2025 Event Recap Wholesale opportunities for local vegetables and fruit, to a variety of markets are opening up in our region, including to schools and social service agencies (like food banks). The Wholesale-Ready Workshop Series is geared toward small and medium sized farmers in the North Okanagan and surrounding regions to network and share knowledge of how to grow for and sell to wholesale markets (e.g. distributors, institutions, processors, restaurants, caterers, schools etc.). This series will allow existing farmers to learn about opportunities to expand their businesses…

In Person Community Food Security Session March 6th, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PST   Schubert Centre, 3505 30th Ave, Vernon, BC V1T 2E6 Event Recap As a valued member of the community addressing needs through food (including growing food and in some cases donating food), Land to Table (L2T) would like to invite you to the in-person 2024 Community Food Security Session on March 6th from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. PST at the Schubert Centre in Vernon. Lunch, coffee/tea, and snacks will be provided. The purpose of this session  This Community Food Security Session is designed to offer an opportunity to reconnect in order to better understand the nuanced challenges and increased community need across the food security sector in the North Okanagan. At this gathering, we will…

Community Food Security Session: Growing for Community January 10th, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST (online)  Event Recap What is this event? This session is designed for institutions, organizations, and programs interested in purchasing local food for the upcoming growing season and local farmers. The focus will be on creating growing agreements between farmers and local food organizations and schools, aiming to secure reliable end markets for farmers while providing fresh, local, and affordable supply for local organizations and institutions. Why should you come? Your attendance at this event will offer networking opportunities to connect with end-markets and farmers. Your voice will play a crucial role in shaping how these agreements are written and managed, including mutually beneficial price expectations. There will be opportunities for in-person/zoom follow-up meetings to…

Community Food Security Session: Collective Impact through Needs & Strength Mapping October 4th, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PST (online)  Event Recap What is this event? Join fellow food access program providers and key food actors from across the region to identify opportunities for collective impact through mapping our strengths.  In the face of what our neighbouring communities just experienced through wildfire this summer (and remembering our experience from two years ago), and based on what we have heard about the community and organizational response (especially when it comes to food for fire evacuees) - it is clear that we are more effective and resilient when working in collaboration. This has us thinking about our community resilience, including how we prepare for, respond and rebuild when there is an…