Cochrane and Area Food Connections

11/17/2024

🌟 Attention everyone over 50 and expectant parents! 🌟

Join us for a fun and informative cooking session in partnership with Cochrane and Area Family Resource Network and Seniors on the Bow, where we'll whip up some healthy turkey chili and lentil bars to take home! 🥘

🗓 Date: November 26, 2024
🕒 Time: 5 - 7:30 p.m.
📍 Location: Seniors on the Bow, Second Floor, SLS Centre Arena Entrance, 800 Griffin Road

An AHS Dietitian will be there to share valuable nutrition insights. This is a great opportunity to learn and connect with others in our community!

Register at - https://cochrane.perfectmind.com/24654/Clients/BookMe4BookingPages/BookingCoursesPage?calendarId=46b2263e-7b89-413c-9bcb-b87cde7cd0b9&widgetId=7428b25e-c402-48b0-8357-8a7a4ea99206&embed=False

11/15/2024

Join one of our committee members, Public Health Dietician, Carley Hughes next Friday to learn about some budget-friendly ways to eat healthy and nutritious food. Don’t forget to register in advance to save your spot!

Eating Well for Less – Your Guide to Budget-Friendly Nutrition!

Friday November 22, 2 - 3 p.m. | Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), 209 Second Avenue W. | Registered, all ages

Learn about ways to buy lower cost healthy foods (i.e., frozen or canned instead of fresh), batch cooking and using more plant-based proteins.

To register visit: https://cochrane.perfectmind.com/24654/Clients/BookMe4LandingPages/CoursesLandingPage?widgetId=7428b25e-c402-48b0-8357-8a7a4ea99206&redirectedFromEmbededMode=False&courseId=fda061b2-e63e-462f-b01b-ccf5eee58eeb

Cochrane and Area Family Resource Network

10/25/2024

How much do you know about the Cochrane food sheds? Where does the food in the sheds come from, how does it get to the sheds, and..... where does all that food go?? You may be surprised with the answers.

Curious? Meet us at the Cochrane Public Library for a Town Hall style "Sheducation" hosted by the organizers of Helping Hands Free Food Shed.

📢Attention📢

For all the misconceptions around the Free Food Sheds - come!
Let's talk about it. Meet us at the Library.

10/03/2024

Last chance to bring down your unbagged and unwanted fruit!

Final Community Tree Fruit Round-Up This Saturday! 🍏

Don’t miss the last chance to join Cochrane’s Community Tree Fruit Round-Up this Saturday, October 5, from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at 141 Bow Bend Way!

Help keep your yard tidy, support local wildlife, and donate fresh fruit to those in need. Let’s make this last event a huge success!

For more details, visit Cochrane.ca/TreeFruitRoundUp.

08/30/2024

Come see us this Saturday at the Community Tree Fruit Round-Up!

Join us this Saturday for the Community Tree Fruit Round-Up! Let’s work together to harvest surplus fruit from our yards, reducing wildlife attractants and supporting local organizations.

Donations benefit the Cochrane Ecological Institute, Cochrane Food Bank, Îyâhrhe Nakoda Food Bank, and the Helping Hands food shed.

Mark your calendar:
• August 31
• September 14
• September 28
• October 5

Learn more: https://www.cochrane.ca/news/cochrane-launches-community-tree-fruit-round

08/30/2024

Check out this event coming up in September!

To help kick off another year of St. Andrew's United Church Community Lunch, Chairra Nicolle from the Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) will be at the Community Q&A session discussing topic of Food Insecurity and Poverty Reduction. Let’s learn more about the different needs and programs in our own backyard!

https://cochraneunited.com/st-andrews-community-lunch

Cochrane United

07/12/2024

Join us this month for a discussion around a community fruit harvesting initiatiave we are hoping to collaborate on. Email us to join the meeting!

05/09/2024

Joelle Annicchiarico, Planner at the Town of Canmore, will be presenting at our upcoming meeting on some of the challenges and opportunities regarding food system planning in Cochrane. Email us to join the meeting next week!

12/04/2023

Want to learn about the Bow Valley Food Charter?

Join us for a virtual Lunch n Learn on December 21 to break down the Food Charter and understand how to turn its values into action!

Register at the link in our bio or at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpdeqvqzkqE9aFXkH_0ddjwRP8aVZNzsqU

11/14/2023

The Cochrane Farmers' Market is an Alberta Approved Farmers' Market established in 1998.

10/26/2023

Join us next week, Wednesday, Nov 1, 2023 for special guest Jim Gordon from the Recycling Council of Alberta.