Micro Growers Youth Camp

In 2023, the LFI introduced a new summer camp program: The Microgrowers. Over the course of four weeks in July and August our Coodinator took youth from our community around to local farms and gardens to learn about our local food system and enjoy some of the local produce our incredible community grows.

The camp will be back in summer 2024! We are currently seeking qualified candidates for our Camp Coordinator to plan, host and execute camps to introduce local youth to food literacy and systems.

Registration for youth summer camp is now open. Register HERE

Little Sprouts

Little Sprouts Preschool Program teaches children aged 3-5 about where their food comes from, and gives them a chance to get their hands dirty (literally) in their plot at the Downtown Community Garden. Garden parties throughout the summer build on their school visit by discovering a variety of garden topics such as pollination, herbs, compost and harvesting. The program culminates with the sale of their produce on a farmer’s market day. The program is free to participants and any funds raised are used to cover expenses of the program.

Please email Georgie for more information education@revelstokelocalfood.com.

Farm-to-Table

Farm-to-Table is a made-in-Revelstoke program aimed at both grade 4 students and grade 10 food & science students. This program teaches students the connection between climate change and food choices over a series of classroom visits and field-trips . Hands on learning modules, creative activities and thought-provoking challenges speak to every type of learner. The LFI believes that children have the potential for great change in our world and that teaching them about how the food system works opens opportunities to positively impact the world through our daily choices.

For more information, please email education@revelstokelocalfood.com

Growing Friends

Growing Friends is a continuation upon the Farm to Table School Programs. It is meant to build student skills and literacy beyond the theoretical by teaching them how to grow food. The typical roadblock for schoolyard gardens is summer care and each school and community is challenged to find a solution to the watering, harvesting, and weeding required in maintaining productive gardens through the growing season. This project has built schoolyard gardens at an extended care-facility where the gardens will be enjoyed by the elderly and their families while also creating an opportunity for seniors and youth to connect on a regular basis. The gardens are still ‘schoolyard gardens’ since they are maintained by the students and LFI coordinator during the growing season.

For more information, please email education@revelstokelocalfood.com

Revelstoke Bee See

Revelstoke Bee See is our new educational bee hive! Our bee hive will be offered as an informative tool for our community to use in order to increase the awareness of pollinators. Our local beekeeper, Ron Glave will be hosting tours all summer long so our community can meet their new bee neighbours. Groups of all ages are encouraged to come out to learn all about honey bees, how they make honey, and why bees are so important to us. We can provide bee suits for our visitors (including child sizes) during their visits. 

If your group is interested in arranging a visit to Revelstoke Bee See, please email info@revelstokelocalfood.com