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Ayapacha Chef-led food brand rooted in community and season. Catering · Events · Culinary Education
Greater Vancouver, BC · Seed to Soul
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10/01/2026

Food feels different when there’s a relationship behind it.

Knowing who grows it, understanding the season, and seeing the work that happens long before anything reaches the kitchen has always been important to us.

Our time with Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub has given us another way to put that into practice.

We’ve harvested together, preserved together, cooked together and shared a lot of meals.

Each time we come back, that relationship gets a little deeper.

The closer we are to the people growing our food, the closer we are to the whole journey of it.

From seed to soul.

That’s a wrap on our last Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub weekend of the year. And we definitely went all out for...
09/29/2026

That’s a wrap on our last Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub weekend of the year.

And we definitely went all out for this one.

A full weekend of harvesting, preserving, cooking, sharing food and having a lot of fun along the way.

Really grateful for the Ntamtqen crew, the community, and everyone who’s welcomed us in throughout the year.

What started as a collaboration has grown into a relationship we’re really proud of.

Until next time!

09/25/2026

A harvest is more than what comes out of the ground.

It’s the knowledge of how to grow it, when to harvest it, how to preserve it, and how to make sure that knowledge continues.

That’s why this work matters.

Indigenous food sovereignty is about more than access to food.

It’s about the ability for communities to grow, harvest, preserve, prepare and share food — while strengthening the knowledge, skills and relationships that make that possible.

These days at Tea Creek were spent harvesting what the land gave this season and preserving it for what comes next.

This is the kind of work Indigenous Food Sovereignty Association exists to support: building capacity, sharing knowledge and strengthening Indigenous food systems from the ground up.

A harvest feeds a season.

Knowledge feeds generations.

09/23/2026

One more gathering before the season comes to an end !!!

Join us at Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub for an end-of-season community BBQ — fresh food from the garden, prepared by many hands and shared together.

Monday, September 28
4–7 PM
Ntamtqen Community Garden & Food Hub
1425 BC-3, Cawston, BC

Free · Outdoor · All ages welcome

We’ll also be spending the weekend harvesting and preserving some of this season’s abundance, with land-to-table workshops happening Saturday and Sunday.

Workshop times and details coming soon.

Come eat, spend some time in the garden, and close out the season with us.

09/01/2026

This is just the beginning.

This weekend brought together Laurie from Tea Creek , Dixon from Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub , and Rumy from Ayapacha | Seed to Soul — three organizations connected through the growing Indigenous Food Sovereignty Association network.

Over a few days at Ntamtqen, we preserved food, shared knowledge, cooked together, and spent time imagining what more collaboration between our communities and organizations could look like.

These gatherings may start small, but the relationships and knowledge built through them can travel much further.

That’s part of what we hope to grow through IFSA: a stronger network where Indigenous communities, organizations, and food sovereignty leaders can learn from one another, share what they know, and support work already happening on the ground.

Thank you to Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub for welcoming us, and to everyone who spent time learning and sharing with us this weekend.

We’re excited to see where this goes.

08/26/2026

Last time, we asked a few people what these gatherings meant to them.

This is what they had to say.

We’re gathering again this weekend at Ntamtqen Community Garden and Food Hub

Starting with our Community BBQ this Saturday at 4 PM.

Come share a meal with us.

Land-to-Table workshop details for Sunday + Monday coming shortly. 🌱

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