Workshops & Events
Seed Starting
Get your spring seeds sprouting with the Trent Vegetable Gardens and the Seasoned Spoon Café!
In this workshop you’ll learn everything you need to know to get growing in your indoor seed starting endeavours. From sourcing seeds to growing mediums, lighting, timing and trouble shooting, find out the tips and tricks of the trade from the Coordinator of the Trent Vegetable Gardens! There will be a hands-on component where participants will practice their new skills by planting the first seeds of the season together!
$5 registration required. please register via eventbrite
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info
Supermarket Tour Facilitator Training
Learn how to facilitate supermarket tours in this train the trainer workshop brought to you by OPIRG and the Seasoned Spoon Café. The supermarket tour leads groups of people in deconstructing the food system through the hidden underbelly of the supermarket. If you’re interested in digging deeper into Canada’s food system and gaining leadership skills to guide others in exploring food issues, then this workshop is for you.
*Each participant will receive a free copy of the supermarket tour publication. $10 value**
*This session will be followed up with a second on-the-ground group practice session. Participants can sign up for this session at the workshop*
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com to register or for more information
Community Meal & Annual General Meeting
Our Community Meal and AGM has been rescheduled! A wonderful opportunity to share delicious campus grown foods with your fellow co-op members and find out how things work behind the scenes at the Spoon. As always, Seasoned Spoon community meals feature fresh campus grown foods and are open to everyone on a pay what you can basis!
The AGM portion of the evening is for members only. Memberships can be purchased in the cafe. There are several vacancies on the Board of Directors this year. Members interested in serving are invited to bring a statement of interest to the AGM.
email seasonedspoon@trentu.ca for more info.
Reusable Beeswax Food Wrappers
Join the Trent Apiary and the Seasoned Spoon for this reusable food wrapper workshop!
Using beeswax straight from the hives at Trent, we will make reusable cloth wrappers that are an environmentally friendly replacement for saran wrap, tinfoil, ziplock bags and other disposables. The perfect solution for all your food transportation and storage needs with zero waste produced! Simply wash, rinse and repeat. All participants will get to make their own wrapper to take home!
Please register on Eventbrite
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Greek Cooking
For our next International Cooking Workshop, we are headed to the Mediterranean for Greek cooking with Sophie Spiridis. In this workshop, Sophie will demonstrate a few simple dishes and offer her expertise in the Greek culinary arts. Participants will get the chance to sample a few a few delicious dishes together and leave with new skills to practice at home.
$5.00 - Registration required.
Please register via Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greek-cooking-tickets-55921580954
Movie Night: Migrant Dreams
Join the Spoon, OPIRG and Trent Film society for a Cinema Politica screening of Migrant Dreams.
Migrant Dreams is a powerful film depicting the struggles of migrant agricultural workers in Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program and their journey of resistance against injustice. Hear the often-untold story of exploited foreigners and their experience as modern-day indentured labourers in Canada. Learn about the dark underbelly of Canada’s food system and the lives of those you never knew were bringing you your food.
There will be popcorn and drinks! No Registration Necessary
Film provided by OPIRG and Cinema Politica. Donations will be accepted to help cover costs of the evening
Kombucha Workshop
Kombucha is a refreshing, carbonated beverage made by fermenting sweet tea with a starter culture or "SCOBY". Making your own kombucha is inexpensive, easy, creative, and fun, with a time commitment of less than an hour per week. This fizzy fermented drink is filled with probiotics and live enzymes! An awesome addition to your fermented food repertoire and a healthy alternative for carbonated cravings!
In this workshop, learn how to brew, ferment, and bottle this delicious drink. Participants will have the opportunity to see various stages of kombucha production as well as do some sampling. SCOBYs will also be available for purchase, so you can begin your own home fermented kombucha creations!
Registration Required. Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kombucha-workshop-tickets-55590266985
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info.
Community Meal & AGM- POSTPONED
EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED- Please check back for more details.
Meal @ 5:00pm AGM@6:00pm
Join the Seasoned Spoon Café for our first community meal of the semester PLUS our Annual General Meeting: A chance to share delicious campus grown foods with your fellow co-op members and find out how things work behind the scenes at the Spoon!
As always, Seasoned Spoon community meals feature fresh campus grown foods and are open to everyone on a pay what you can basis. The AGM portion of the evening is for members only. Feel free to purchase yours before the meeting.
email seasonedspoon@trentu.ca for more info.
African and Caribbean Cooking
The Seasoned Spoon is pleased to team up with the Trent African and Caribbean Student Union (TACSU) to offer this sizzling hot international cooking workshop.
Get ready for TACSU to lead us in cooking and sampling some delectable African and Caribbean dishes. The menu will include fried plantain, veggie pilau and chicken stew. Participants will also get the opportunity to learn about traditional spices, and even get to take some recipes home. Open your mind and your taste buds to new flavours! Feel free to bring ideas, or stories to share about your own culinary traditions as well!
Limited spots available. Please Register via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/african-and-caribbean-cooking-tickets-54555...
email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
Beginner Knitting
Been itching to stitch? Well now’s your chance to learn in this beginning knitting workshop with the Seasoned Spoon Café and Christina Pridie, owner, instructor and designer at the Peterborough Yarn Shop.
In this hands-on lesson, participants will get the chance to make their own headband and leave with the needles and skills to continue knitting at home. Learn how to do long tail cast on, knit, fix mistakes and bind off plus leave with a stylish hand-made garment to bring home.
Only 20 spaces available. Register now via EventBrite to book yours: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beginner-knitting-tickets-52964460126
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information