Bees & Wax
Bees & Wax About this Workshop Honey comb appears to be nearly perfect in it’s geometric composition, each hexagonal cell identical to its neighbour. Or is it? How bees make wax and how they use it is fascinating and surprising. Let’s explore wax and it’s wonders together, what it is made of, how the bees […]
Bees & Wax
Bees & Wax About this Workshop Honey comb appears to be nearly perfect in it’s geometric composition, each hexagonal cell identical to its neighbour. Or is it? How bees make wax and how they use it is fascinating and surprising. Let’s explore wax and it’s wonders together, what it is made of, how the bees […]
NPR Feature: California Farmers Try New Strategy To Cut Carbon
NPR Feature: California Farmers Try New Strategy To Cut Carbon NPR recently did an interview featuring Kate Scow, a member of the CSFS Diversified Agroecosystem Research Cluster. The article shows the relationship between cover crops and soil health and explains how farmers in California are using that relationship as means of controlling carbon emissions in […]
Study on synchronised crop failure
Study on synchronised crop failure A recently published article by CSFS Research Associate Zia Mehrabi and Navin Ramankutty shows that crop failures in different regions of the world are happening simultaneously. “When local crop failures in different regions occur simultaneously, the result can be an amplification of global food production shocks. Better understanding of the […]
FULL: Spring Foraging
Spring Foraging About this Workshop How would you survive without a grocery store? Chef Robin Kort will teach you how to find wild spring treasures; food like seaweeds, winter mushrooms, edible plants, and roots that you can find in our forests, meadows, and oceans. This workshop will cover everything you need to know to safely […]
Making Rope from Foraged Fibre
Making Rope from Foraged Fibre About this Workshop Come learn how to make your own rope for hanging succulents, making buntings, adding a personal touch to your gift wrapping, or any other functional or decorative use you can think of! Join Rebecca Graham in an exploration of one of the most ancient human skills: rope-making. […]
BC Food Web
BC Food Web BC Food Web aims to improve access to research results and other resources to help improve the sustainability and resilience of food systems. BC Food Web provides clear and concise briefs on research paper for producers, processors, policy-makers, educators, and the general public for free. BC Food Web intends to meet the […]
Thanks for the interest in our Work Learn Positions
Thanks for the Interest! We received 133 applicants for our 15 Work Learn positions at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm. Positions range from food cultivation, research support, managing educational programming, and supporting our markets. We are currently contacting chosen applicants.
Making Cloth: Introduction to Hand-Spinning
Making Cloth: Introduction to Hand-spinning About this Workshop Ever wanted to know how cloth is made? Our ancestors usually made their cloth themselves from the plants and animals in their surroundings, but today we usually don’t know where our cloth comes from, what it’s made of, or who made it. In this class, we’ll cover […]
Making Brioche
Making Brioche About this Workshop In this class we will show you all the basics of making Brioche, the magic dough that is more than just a sweet bread! Brioche is incredibly versatile, and in this workshop you will learn how to make the dough and a few recipes to use it in, such as: […]