Workshops & Events
Composting – Spoils into Soils
Wednesday, April 4th
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Seasoned Spoon Café
$5 or pay what you can
No garden is complete without a compost pile! Composting recycles your kitchen and yard waste into rich soil for your garden, yard, and houseplants. In this workshop, Robin Tench, local compost enthusiast, will give a hands-on presentation about composting techniques to suit any situation. Learn what you should and should not compost, how to build and maintain a bin or pile, and how to harvest and use your custom-made compost for spectacular results! Meet some working worms that can create compost indoors! Compost in places where no gardener has gone before.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info.
Monday, March 26th
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Seasoned Spoon Café
$5 or pwyc
Eager to have a garden, but short on space? With square foot gardening you can grow more in less space with minimal effort. Learn about this exciting technique from Peterborough Master Gardener, Gladys Fowler. Perfect for urban gardeners, the space challenged and anyone who wants to intensify production or experiment with efficiency.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info
Pollinator Gardening
Monday, March 12th
5:00 – 7:00pm
Seasoned Spoon Café
$5 or pwyc
In this workshop, local pollinator expert and founder of GreenUp's Ecology Park, Cathy Dueck, will share her extensive expertise with us. Learn about a variety of native and non-native pollinators, factors threatening their populations and what gardeners can do to contribute to habitat re-creation. Practical planting tips, how-to’s and interactive elements will help participants put this knowledge into practice in existing home gardens or in the creation of new pollinator projects.
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info
15 Year Anniversary Celebration
Seasoned Spoon Anniversary Celebration:
15 years of growing a sustainable, just and inclusive food system at Trent University
Friday, March 9th
10:00am – 8:30pm
Everything by donation
10:00am – 4:00pm: workshops, art, spoon carving, tours, soup and more in the Seasoned Spoon Cafe
5:30pm – 8:30pm: dinner, panel discussion and evening celebrations in the Great Hall
Join us in celebration of this momentous occasion!
Come by the café during the daytime to take part in your favourite Spoon workshops, contribute to a collective art mural, record your favourite Spoon stories or explore our root cellar
Stay into the evening and feast on delicious campus-grown and on ethically produced local foods with us!
Everyone Welcome!!!
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 - 5:00pm to 8:00pmAnnual General Meeting
Calling all Co-op Members! Come share in a meal with
us and join in our AGM. Learn about our organizational processes, meet our board of directors and contribute
to the conversation! Dinner is a at 5:00pm and the meeting will being at 6:00pm.
Kombucha Workshop
Kombucha Workshop
$5 or pwyc
Kombucha is a refreshing, carbonated beverage made by fermenting sweet tea with a starter culture or "mother". In this workshop, Dani Richardson, owner of Belly of the Beast Craft Kombucha, will teach you how to brew, ferment, and bottle this delicious drink. Participants will have the opportunity to taste a variety of brews, as well as take home a bottle of individually infused booch! This fizzy fermented drink filled with probiotics and live enzymes is an awesome addition to your fermented food repertoire and a healthy alternative to carbonated cravings!
spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info
Soaking and Sprouting: Grains, Greens & Seeds!
Soaking & Sprouting: Grains, Greens, & Seeds!
$5 or PWYC
In this workshop, learn the fundamentals of sprouting and soaking seed foods including how to get started and all about the nutritional benefits. A registered holistic nutritionist will lead us in learning how to sprout grains and green seeds as well as discuss how sprouting and soaking can optimize nutrition in a vegetarian/vegan diet and improve overall gut health. This workshop will include demonstrations of the different stages of sprouting, as well as information on sourcing seeds, equipment and different sprouting methods. Improve your digestion, maximize your nutrition and grow your own greens all winter long!
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info
Fire Cider Workshop
Fire Cider Workshop
$5 or PWYC
Kick those winter flus and activate your immune system with this fiery folk remedy. Fire cider is a traditional immune supporting tonic with deep roots in folk medicine. This zesty, infused, medicinal vinegar is packed full of immune boosting, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral herbs. It's used as a defense against colds and flus and is also excellent for digestion and circulation. In this workshop, you'll learn how to make this cold-busting remedy and leave with a small jar to take home.
Registration Required.
Please register online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fire-cider-workshop-tickets-41242938740
Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info
Seasoned Spoon Community Meal
Seasoned Spoon Community Meal
Join us for an evening of feasting and celebration including an exciting new workshop from the Trent Apiary! Following the meal, Trent Apiary will lead us in making reusable food wrappers using beeswax from the hives on campus. A fun festive activity and a great gift idea for friends and family. Expect some honey tasting as part of this exciting evening and apiary honey for sale too!
Community meals are a great way to gather with friends, build networks and get involved in the food movement at Trent. These delicious dinners feature campus-grown foods and are offered on a pay what you can basis!
Write to spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more information
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Soap Making Workshop
*** There is presently a waitlist for the November 27th Workshop****
$40 members/$45 non-members
Learn how to make your own environmentally friendly, sensational soap that is phthalate and paraben free. A treat for the hands & body, or great seasonal gift idea for family & friends! The batch of soap you will make in this workshop will leave you with a year’s worth of soap for a family of four! There are infinite possibilities to substitute oils, add fragrance, and mix in other additives like oats or coffee grounds. Leave this workshop with an abundance of hand crafted soap to stock your home or give away to loved ones.
Only 20 spaces available in this popular workshop so don’t miss out!
Registration and $10 deposit required. Come by the Spoon starting Monday, November 13th to register and secure your spot! Email spoonvolunteers@gmail.com for more info