Strathcona Harvest Festival

09/16/2015

Hello Harvest Fest Lovers!! The Harvest Fest is taking a break this year and we will return to you next year. Thank you for your understanding.

11/26/2014

You must check this out this weekend. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Strathcona-Winter-Craft-Fair/201234196674834

Strathcona Winter Craft Fair 2018
Date: December 1st, 2018
Time: 10:00am-4:00pm

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OGgu1l8DHj6r0aACJA7yLpd51j7Pimkt

11/11/2013

Hello Harvest Festival lovers! Strathcona Community Centre is hosting it's 3rd Annual Winter Craft Fair, Saturday November 30, 2013 between 10 and 5pm. We are looking for some musicians who be gracious enough to play some Christmas tunes at the fair. Can anyone help out? Message Francesca at [email protected] or here.

10/10/2013

Another spooktacular free community event in Strathcona:
The 6th Annual Halloween Dance at the Strathcona Community Centre (gym) on Sat Oct 26 from 6:30-9pm. Face painting, cookie decorating and costume dance party for all ages.

10/09/2013

Yesterday the 5th Annual Sustenance Festival kicked off across the city of Vancouver! This is a growing and vital festival focusing on sustainability and food security. There are lots of great events and workshops happening throughout the festival. http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2013/10/08/nourish-your-soul-and-lighten-your-footprint-at-sustenance-fest/

VANCOUVER - What if we grew our food more sustainably, developed greener sources of energy and became more self-sufficient and resilient? What if we did all that and the triple threat of climate change, peak oil and global economic instability all fail to materialize? Worst-case scenario: The wor...

09/23/2013

photos by Francesca, Milisa & Anna

09/23/2013

Special thanks to everyone who came out to Maclean Park this rainy Harvest Fest. We love you all! Extra Special Thanks to the HF team who worked tireless to make the day as special as always. Milisa, Anna, Zoe, Rebekka, Heidi, Roberta, Nicole, Drew, Robi, Syreeta and Yee Jee. And thanks to , Ron Suzuki, David Ng, Lauren, Shaun, Scott, Tom,Troy,John, Lorraine, Christine, and all our beautiful volunteers, of whom there are too many to name. Without them this event would be impossible. Love.

09/22/2013

Power of positive thinking everyone! Let's do it!

09/22/2013

If you are planning on entering a pie or some canning into our contests, be sure to check out this page on our website for details. http://www.strathconaevents.ca/activities.html

The Strathcona Harvest Festival is a chance for friends and neighbours to share in fun, creative and engaging activities.

09/21/2013

So you know about our raffle and delicious pies but do you know about this amazing program that is getting off the ground at Strathcona Elementary. This is what we are fundraising for this year! Please brave the elements and support us!

The Farm To Table program at Strathcona Elementary School guides students from K-grade 7 on a journey to understand our food system through growing,preparing and eating local, homemade food. Individual classes are engaged in a variety of activities: tending the school garden, learning how to prepare nutritious meals and snacks, and one senior class makes regular visits UBC farm where they are mentored by a multi generational group of adults. With the help of donations, the program can continue to nurture a love of growing, preparing and enjoying wholesome food for years to come.

09/21/2013

We are grateful to have the Lunch Peddlers coming out to the Harvest Festival this year to share some Veggie Chili with us and teach us about the important work they are doing here in the DTES.

WHAT IS THE DTES CENTRAL KITCHEN and THE LUNCH PEDDLER’S?
Established in 2006, The DTES Central Kitchen is a program run by the PHS Community Services Society that creates meals and delivers them to the most marginalized individuals in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. We are your neighbours and parents, chefs and farmers. We have been providing low-income, single room occupancy residents of the DTES a meal every day for the last 7 years. We deliver whatever is possible by bike and trailer, we partner with many other NGO’s and urban farms. We compost, we “community kitchen”, we provide employment and we have a tested investment in our community and in the health of the families.

WHO DO THE LUNCH PEDDLER’S DELIVER MEALS TO?
The people served by this program suffer from poor nutritional health. They are people who struggle with drug addictions, mental illness, homelessness and emotional/physical trauma. They are often blamed for their condition and treated as undeserving of a range of services including nutritional programs. Our program focuses on people living in single room occupancy (SRO) hotels, who are undernourished and underweight.

09/20/2013

Hey HarvestFesters! We have another amazing raffle lined up for you this year. Try your hand at winning this 80" x 30" screen print on a reclaimed wooden surface. The theme is very much mid century, exploring the iconic chair design of Charles and Ray Eames artist Laura Wallace. Value $600.

More prizes donated from:
Banquet Workshop, Benny's Market , Blue Lantern Studio, Deserving Thyme, Dilly Dally Kids, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, East of Main Café, Era Design, Fairmont Hotels, Finch's, Firehall Arts Centre, Harvest, Hogan's Alley Café, Homesteader's Emporium, Janice Benedetti, Les Ami Du Fromage, Ming Wo, Roberta Robertson, Shirtland Dry Cleaners, Starbucks, Strathcona 1890, Telus World of Science, The Wilder Snail, Three Bags Full, Union Market, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Police Museum

All proceeds will go to the Strathcona Farm to Table program.
The Farm To Table program at Strathcona Elementary School guides students from K-grade 7 on a journey to understand our food system through growing, preparing and eating local, homemade food.