Workshops & Events
Join Miriam Lyall and the Seasoned Spoon Café for this virtual workshop about identifying, choosing, drying, and using local plants for food, flavour and medicine!
Gather with other plant-interested folks as we build relationships with local food and medicine plants that grow themselves. Miriam will lead a discussion about how we can expand our health, happiness, and vitality through working with local plants, simple techniques to get started (or up your game), and resources for learning more. We will also discuss the role of intuition, respectful engagement and gathering practices. If you have questions, experiences, knowledge, or skills to share, please bring them along! We are eager to learn from one another and be inspired to go foraging this spring!
Everyone welcome. Please register here.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information.
Seasoned Spoon AGM
Calling all co-op members! Learn more about your local co-operative café at the Seasoned Spoon AGM. Help elect board members, hear our updates, and contribute to the conversation!
This meeting is for members only – not a member but want to learn more? Write to seasonedspoon@trentu.ca
Registration required. Please Register Here
email seasonedspoon@trentu.ca for more information
Sourdough 101
Join the Seasoned Spoon Café and Grateful Bread’s Emily Amon for this beginner’s sourdough workshop. Emily will take us through all the stages of sourdough from starter to delicious fluffy finish and all the stages in between. See a sourdough starter demo in action, learn the tips and tricks of the trade and have all your sourdough questions answered. Leave with instructions and recipes to start your own sourdough adventures at home.
If you would like to make your own starter along with us please bring: A clean wide mouth mason jar (or other straight-sided jar), rubber band/hair elastic, 1 organic grape (optional), apple or pineapple juice (optional), flour (any kind).
Everyone Welcome. Registration required
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Learn to Love Bitters
Join Jillian Marshall of Bittersweet Botanicals and the Seasoned Spoon Cafe for this workshop all about bitters. This workshop will explore the various cultural and therapeutic applications of bitters, from their use as a digestive agent to the ways they round out a cocktail. See bitter making in action in an online demonstration plus learn how to make them at home.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Invasion: Online Film Screening & Discussion
The Third time is the charm right? After two unforeseen interruptions in running this event, Settlers Taking Action and Responsibility at Trent (START) and the Seasoned Spoon are determined to make this film a go. Join us for a Screening of Invasion!
Invasion is short documentary about the Unist’ot’en Camp, the Gidimt’en checkpoint and the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s ongoing struggle in standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people. The Unist’ot’en Camp has been a beacon of resistance for nearly 10 years. It is a healing space for Indigenous people and settlers alike, and an active example of decolonization. The Wet’suwet’en people have been locked on a fight for the future health of their land, unceded traditional territory which remains relatively intact. START will lead a short discussion following the film.
*donations to the Unist’ot’en camp are highly encouraged*
Please find their donation page here
Invasion: Online Film Screening & Discussion
Join Settlers Taking Action and Responsibility at Trent (START) and the Seasoned Spoon Cafe for a Screening of Invasion.
Invasion is short documentary about the Unist’ot’en Camp, the Gidimt’en checkpoint and the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s ongoing struggle in standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people. The Unist’ot’en Camp has been a beacon of resistance for nearly 10 years. It is a healing space for Indigenous people and settlers alike, and an active example of decolonization. The Wet’suwet’en people have been locked on a fight for the future health of their land, unceded traditional territory which remains relatively intact. START will lead a short discussion following the film.
*donations to the Unist’ot’en camp are highly encouraged. Please find their donation page here**
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Collaborative Action Webinar Series: Community Food Systems
Students from Trent University’s Canadian Food Systems class have teamed up with the Seasoned Spoon café to offer a webinar series about community food issues. Join us for two student webinars on November 25th from 1:00 – 3:00pm. Feel free to pop in or stay for both webinars!
1:00 - 2:00pm: Local Food Providers During COVID-19
Join Vanderview Farms, Fresh Dreams restaurant, and Food Not Bombs food kitchen for a conversation about how these organizations have been impacted by the pandemic and the sustainability of local food providers during COVID-19
2:00 - 3:00pm: Get to Know your Campus Food System:
Learn about the Trent Vegetable Gardens and all the ways they contribute to local community food systems by enjoying a virtual tour, interviews and more
Please register here to join us on Zoom. Or tune in LIVE on the Spoon’s facebook page.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Collaborative Action Webinar Series: Community Food Systems
Students from Trent University’s Canadian Food Systems class have teamed up with the Seasoned Spoon café to offer a webinar series around community food issues. Join us for two student webinars on November 18th from 1:00 - 3:00pm. Feel free to pop in or stay for both webinars.
1:00 -2:00pm: Conversations with Peterborough Farmers:
This webinar will explore the effects of Covid-19 on local farmers and market contributors. Join us as we discover how Covid-19 has begun re-localizing the Canadian food system and the impacts this has had on the Canadian economy.
2:00 – 3:00pm: A showcase of local Farms:
This webinar features farms that engage in the community and strengthen our local food chain. Join us in conversation with Crosswind Farm and SouthPond farms, and learn about innovative ways of creating new products and food options that meet an diversity of needs during challenging times
Please register here on to join us on Zoom. Or tune in LIVE on the Spoon’s facebook page.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Online Community Meal, Film Screening and Panel
Join the Seasoned Spoon and the Trent Vegetable Gardens for our first ever online community meal and film screening!
Community meals are one of the most-loved programs at the Spoon and since we are still unable to be together in person, we are moving the festivities online. Join us from 5:30 – 6:00 pm for a potluck-style zoom hang-out and social. Following dinner, we will screen the film This Garden is Yours, featuring the Oshawa-based organization, We Grow Food. Film producer Jessie Posthumus, We Grow Food founders Michelle Perry and Carol Vandersanden, and Trent Vegetable Gardens Coordinator Emma Macdonald will all join us for a short panel and Q&A following the film. Everyone is welcome! We hope you can join us for this fun-filled evening.
Free! Registration Required
You will receive the zoom link upon registration
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Vermicomposting mini-workshop
Learn how to make your own garden fertilizer that is organic, frugal, and fun! In this quick online mini workshop, learn everything you need to know about red wiggler worm composting including feeding and caring for the worms as well as harvesting and applying the compost. A great way to keep composting all winter long while producing nourishing food for your outdoor or indoor plants! Participants will have the opportunity to order worms and kits if interested.
Free! Join us on Zoom~
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info