• Loving Spoonful is now a Charity!

    Loving Spoonful is now a Charity!

    After four years as a nonprofit organization, Loving Spoonful was recently incorporated as a registered charity in Canada. Along with the ability to issue our own charitable tax receipts, this means that we can now accept donations directly. If you would like to make a one-time donation, click here to ...

    Read More

  • Thanks for coming to our Volunteer Orientation!

    Thanks for coming to our Volunteer Orientation!

      A big thank you to all everyone who came to our Volunteer Orientation on April 24th! We are excited to meet people as passionate about equitable food access as we are. As the growing season ramps up, it is the volunteers and supporters like you who really make the ...

    Read More

  • Community Kitchen Kick-off: Granola Bars!

    Community Kitchen Kick-off: Granola Bars!

    Last week we gave the first in a series of workshops as part of our Community Kitchen program. We focused on healthy snacks and participants made their own batch of granola bars. Ingredients were taste-tested, with  some trying things for the first time: molasses, almonds, sunflower seeds and coconut to ...

    Read More

  • Kitchen Supplies Wish List

    Kitchen Supplies Wish List

    At the end of this month we are kicking off our Community Kitchen program with the initiation of a healthy eating workshop series. In order to make these workshops a success, we are in need of just a few more kitchen implements- having multiples of certain items means that everyone ...

    Read More

  • Grow a Row 2012

    Grow a Row 2012

    Here at Loving Spoonful we are in the planning stages for another Grow a Row campaign. What is Grow a Row? The purpose of Grow a Row is to encourage growers (both full-time farmers and backyard or community gardeners) to grow an extra row of food for the express purpose of ...

    Read More

1 2 3 4 5
Smooth Slider
Apr052011

A Celebration of Our Volunteers!

By | April 5, 2011 | Posted in events, volunteer | Comments off
Loving Spoonful invites its supporters to attend a celebration potluck!
As part of National Volunteer Week, we want to recognize and celebrate the contributions made by our volunteers to improving access to healthy food for all in Kingston.
Theme: Food with a Story
Bring an appetizer, salad, main dish or dessert that has some significance to you. Stories and food will be shared in the spirit of community.
We look forward to seeing you there!
St. Vincent de Paul, 85 Stephen Street, side door
Tuesday, April 12th, 6:00pm
Please RSVP by Friday, April 8th
holly@lovingspoonful.org
613 546 4291 ext. 1871
Mar152011

Time to Sign up for CSA Memberships

By | March 15, 2011 | Posted in Gardens, news, projects | Comments off

It’s time to sign up for your 2011 CSA share! What is a CSA? The Community Supported Agriculture model lets you pay a farmer in advance for a season’s worth of produce, while contributing to a more secure local food system.  It’s a great way to support local growers and to ensure that you are getting the freshest seasonal produce.

Come sign up for your CSA Share at the following events:

Seedy Saturday: March 12th 10-3, Wilson Room KPFL Central

Earth Hour: March 26th 18:30-21:30, Market Square

Mar152011

2011 Workplace Challenge

By | March 15, 2011 | Posted in Grow a Row, projects | Comments off

Loving Spoonful and Grow a Row are excited to announce this new initiative for 2011. We are looking for businesses to support us in getting fresh food out to local emergency meal providers. You can contribute to a really important campaign while building community in your workplace, not to mention our most successful workplace growers will win exciting prizes!

Workplaces can participate in one of two ways:

1. If your office has grounds that are favourable, you could start a small garden plot with a row of food designated for Grow a Row.

2. If space at work is not available, you and your colleagues could commit to growing a row at home, and bring your harvest into the office to donate to Grow a Row as a team.

Prizes will be given in two categories: the largest overall donation and the greatest number of participants. Drop us a line if you would like more information on getting involved: kate@lovingspoonful.org

Mar122011

Seedy Saturday

By | March 12, 2011 | Posted in events | Comments off

Saturday, March 12 10am-3pm Kingston Public Library, Central Branch

Seedy Saturday is a national event where both seed novice and expert can learn more about seed saving, food security and biodiversity. The following workshops are offered:

How to save seed in your garden
Haudenosaunee food systems
Seed Saving Initiatives across the Globe
Permaculture gardening for Kingston

Loving Spoonful will have a table at this event, and we encourage everyone to come check it out!

Mar102011

Hungry Kingston

By | March 10, 2011 | Posted in events | Comments off

Monday March 21st, 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Mac-Corry Hall, Rm. B201

What are the origins and consequences of poverty?

What is our government doing to end poverty and hunger?

What can you be doing to help make positive change?

Come out to learn and discuss!

***

Homemade treats and refreshments will be provided. Bring a mug and save a cup.

***

This is an educational event organized by Queen’s Meal Exchange, Queen’s Students Against Poverty, Kingston Coalition Against Poverty, and Loving Spoonful.

Speakers:

Dr. Elaine Power (Professor, Queen’s School of Kinesiology and Health Studies): the relationships of poverty, food, and health

Robert Pullman (Member, Kingston Coalition Against Poverty): a local perspective on poverty and social assistance in Ontario

Susan Belyea (Coordinator, Loving Spoonful): the fight for food security and how to get involved in Kingston

To learn more, try the survey and read the FAQ athttp://www.dothemath.thestop.org/

Mar072011

Free Movie Night! The Gleaners and I

By | March 7, 2011 | Posted in events | Comments off

Now to be held on March 31st!

Come out to our Free Movie Night to meet and faces of Loving Spoonful and see an award winning documentary.

The Gleaners and I is a French documentary by Agnès Varda that features various kinds of gleaning. It has won awards around the world. The film tracks a series of gleaners as they hunt for food, knicknacks, and personal connection. Varda travels French countryside and city to find and film not only field gleaners, but also urban gleaners and those connected to gleaners, including a wealthy restaurant owner whose ancestors were gleaners. The film spends time capturing the many aspects of gleaning and the many people who glean to survive. It has been described as profound, poetic, and moving.

Where: Watson Hall, Rm. 217, Queen’s Campus

When: Thursday March 31st, 7:00pm

Mar072011

Community Gardening 101 Workshop

By | March 7, 2011 | Posted in events, Gardens | Comments off

What is a community garden and how can you start one in Kingston?

Join us March 4th, March 10th or March 16th for a Free Workshop on Community Gardening in Kingston.

We can help lead you through the process of starting a community garden in your neighbourhood in Kingston.  This talk will cover the process from assembling your gardening group and developing an initial plan, to finding land, consulting with your neighbours, and finding the resources you will need.  We will look at different models of community gardens, talk about the successes and challenges community gardeners have faced in Kingston and elsewhere, and, hopefully, inspire you to start a garden in your community!

Please contact us 613 546-4291 ext 1871 or gardens@lovingspoonful.org to register

March 4th:  2:30 pm Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (as part of the Kingston Gardening Festival)

March 10th:  7:00 pm Atillery Park Aquatic Centre

March 16th, 7:00 pm Invista Centre

Feb242011

Volunteer Orientation and Workbee

By | February 24, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments off

Loving Spoonful is hosting a Volunteer Orientation and Workbee on Tuesday, March 1st at 7pm!

Volunteers new and old are invited to come learn more about Loving Spoonful’s work in the community. Areas to be discussed include: Community Gardens, Grow a Row, The Community Harvest Market, food reclamation, and the community kitchen project/workbees. Bring your questions and find out more ways to get involved by sharing your skills and/or learning new ones.

The evening will also include a silk screening workbee. Help print patches and cards with the Loving Spoonful logo, to be used as part of our fund-raising and promotion. People are invited to bring an article of their own clothing to print and take home as well.

Come out and meet other volunteers who share your interest in making healthy food accessible to all!!! We look forward to seeing many of you soon.

RSVP to holly@lovingspoonful.org if you plan on attending. Loving Spoonful is located in the Memorial Centre, at 303 York St, Room 217.

Feb232011

Kingston Gardening Festival Coming Up!

By | February 23, 2011 | Posted in events, Gardens | Comments off
As a major city cultural event, this year’s festival will feature a coordinated blend of sights, sounds and smells reminding us all how wonderfully satisfying, necessary and rewarding gardening can be. Whether one has abundant property, a small lot or simply container or balcony space, the Gardening Festival will have experienced personnel to assist with creativity, uniqueness and problem-solving.
Wrapped in a cocoon of relaxing live music, the festival truly becomes an educational experience featuring continuous stage demonstrations, on-going speaker presentations, interactive horticultural experts, unique art and garden displays and a host of relevant exhibitor booths in the “Market Place” for visitors to gather ideas for the coming growing season.

Click here to see the Gardening Festival website.

Feb112011

Introduction to Permaculture Workshop Coming Up

By | February 11, 2011 | Posted in events | Comments off
The Community Garden Network committee has planned several workshops for the month of February. Both new and experienced gardeners are encouraged to come out and discuss new ways of gardening and to share knowledge gained through your varied experiences.
All three workshops will take place at the Sustainability Centre (corner of Princess and Montreal).
February 17, 7-9pm: Introduction to Permaculture
Hilary Davies and Holly Platz will explore some of the underlying principles of permaculture and offer suggestions on how to incorporate this natural systems-based approach into your own gardening practice.