EAT. GIVE. GROW. CAMPAIGN. July 23-August 23rd:
Restaurants around Vancouver and Whistler will be adding $1 to a menu item to help raise money for Growing Chefs! Classroom Gardening Program. Participating restaurants include:
Raincity Grill,
Nu Restaurant + Lounge,
C Restaurant,
Chambar,
Whistler Chophouse,
Mis Trucos,
Organic Lives,
Fairmont YVR,
Pied-à-Terre,
Maenam,
Refuel,
Les Faux Bourgeois,
Provence Mediterranean Grill,
Provence Marinaside Seafood Restaurant Bar & Grill,
Abigail’s Party,
the new Kits Beach Boathouse,
Dockside Restaurant,
the Refinery,
and Fraîche Restaurant.
Who we are:
Growing Chefs is a non-profit society that unites chefs, growers,
educators and community members in a food sustainability project.
Our goals:
To support and encourage the development and growth of urban
agriculture.
To create a forum for chefs, educators, growers, community groups
and families to work together to further awareness of food
sustainability.
To inspire a love of growing and eating sustainable food in young
people.
Most importantly, to inspire children with the idea that
they can grow their own food, even in the city.
Classroom gardening project:
Currently Growing Chefs is focusing on an
in-class gardening and vegetable awareness project. Through
direct experience, students explore the concept of food sustainability.
Here's how it works:
- Chefs are paired with elementary
school classrooms.
- Over the course of three and a half
months, the chefs visit the classroom every two weeks, helping
the students plant and tend to indoor vegetable gardens.
- The chefs engage the children in
games, lessons and activities focusing on plant growth,
vegetable exploration, sustainability and nutrition.
- At the end of the project, the
students harvest their vegetables, and the chefs teach them to
prepare a delicious, healthy meal with what they have grown.
Watch Growing Chefs on CBC:
CBC's Margaret Gallagher paid a visit to a Growing Chefs class at Champlain Heights Elementary.
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check it out.
How to get involved:
If you would like to join our team, please check
out the
volunteer page.
Or if you are a teacher and would like our program in your class,
see the
teacher page.
Your financial contribution can help us
reach more kids. To donate, follow the link below.
Acknowledgements:
Thank You!
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We would like to thank our funders, the
Ministry of Agriculture, and the
Evergreen Foundation. Their generous financial support makes
the Growing Chefs program possible.
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Thanks to Westcoast
Seeds for donating all of the seeds for our 2007 season.
Check out their range of organic vegetable, herb and flower seeds at
westcoastseeds.com.
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Growing Chefs is grateful to
Horizon and Soyaworld
for their generous financial donation.
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