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Explore our living archive of gatherings, where stories, food, and community moments are held, remembered, and shared across time.


Living Foodways: Thai Mango Sticky Rice with Songsee
April 27, 2026
Some flavours don’t just feed us—they remember for us.
This hands-on session explored Thai mango sticky rice as a story of land, seasonality, and care.
Together, we cooked, tasted, and reflected on how food carries memory across oceans and generations.
Some flavours don’t just feed us—they remember for us.
This hands-on session explored Thai mango sticky rice as a story of land, seasonality, and care.
Together, we cooked, tasted, and reflected on how food carries memory across oceans and generations.

Collard Greens From Seed-to-Spoon: A hands-on tour & gardening workshop with Solara Goldwynn
April 25, 2026
Before harvest, before cooking—we meet the plant.
Participants explored the early life of collards through a guided farm tour and hands-on learning.
This session grounded us in the beginnings of food, climate, and cultural connection.
Before harvest, before cooking—we meet the plant.
Participants explored the early life of collards through a guided farm tour and hands-on learning.
This session grounded us in the beginnings of food, climate, and cultural connection.

Rooted Narratives: Story Circle
September 6, 2025
Stories travel like seeds—across lands, across generations.
Families gathered to co-create a children’s story rooted in migration, friendship, and cultural memory.
Together, we brought Kofi the collard green seed to life through storytelling, art, and imagination.
Stories travel like seeds—across lands, across generations.
Families gathered to co-create a children’s story rooted in migration, friendship, and cultural memory.
Together, we brought Kofi the collard green seed to life through storytelling, art, and imagination.

Roots & Resurgence: A Celebration of Food, Land, and Culture
November 15, 2024
What we grow reflects what we remember—and what we are rebuilding.
This gathering brought together growers, farmers, and community to reflect on cultural crops and future possibilities.
Through shared dialogue and table conversations, we explored pathways toward collective resilience.
What we grow reflects what we remember—and what we are rebuilding.
This gathering brought together growers, farmers, and community to reflect on cultural crops and future possibilities.
Through shared dialogue and table conversations, we explored pathways toward collective resilience.

Sharing Seeds of Abundance: Seedling Distribution Day
May 25, 2024
Seeds are small, but they carry entire futures.
Community gathered to share seedlings, stories, music, and food.
This day was about planting—both in soil and in relationship.
Seeds are small, but they carry entire futures.
Community gathered to share seedlings, stories, music, and food.
This day was about planting—both in soil and in relationship.

The Ways We Eat III: Meet the Makers
April 16, 2024
Behind every dish is a story, a journey, a risk.
This gathering created space for food makers to share experiences, challenges, and pathways forward.
Together, we built connection, mutual support, and visibility for those shaping local food culture.
Behind every dish is a story, a journey, a risk.
This gathering created space for food makers to share experiences, challenges, and pathways forward.
Together, we built connection, mutual support, and visibility for those shaping local food culture.

Palenke Seniors Program: Season Wrap-Up Celebration
December 5, 2023
We gathered in warmth as the season shifted.
This celebration honoured the connections, stories, and meals shared through the Palenke Seniors Program.
Food, laughter, and reflection carried us into the winter months together.
We gathered in warmth as the season shifted.
This celebration honoured the connections, stories, and meals shared through the Palenke Seniors Program.
Food, laughter, and reflection carried us into the winter months together.

Homemade Authentic Miso: A Celebration of Fermentation
October 23, 2023
Fermentation teaches us patience, transformation, and time.
Participants learned to make their own miso with guidance from Island Eko Pantry.
Each person left with a jar—and a process that continues long after the workshop ends.
Fermentation teaches us patience, transformation, and time.
Participants learned to make their own miso with guidance from Island Eko Pantry.
Each person left with a jar—and a process that continues long after the workshop ends.

The Ways We Eat II: Reimagining Relationships with Food and Land
October 13, 2023
Food is not just what we eat—it is how we relate.
This immersive gathering centered IBPOC experiences of land, culture, and food systems.
Together, we explored how foodways can be reshaped through equity, reciprocity, and collective care.
Food is not just what we eat—it is how we relate.
This immersive gathering centered IBPOC experiences of land, culture, and food systems.
Together, we explored how foodways can be reshaped through equity, reciprocity, and collective care.

A Palenke Experience: Tamale Edition
October 7, 2023
Food holds story in every fold.
Participants gathered to learn the art of making authentic Mexican tamales with care and intention.
Guided by Karina, this hands-on workshop connected culture, technique, and local ingredients.
Food holds story in every fold.
Participants gathered to learn the art of making authentic Mexican tamales with care and intention.
Guided by Karina, this hands-on workshop connected culture, technique, and local ingredients.

The Magic of Marketbucks: Esquimalt Farmers Market
August 31, 2023
As the sun set over the market, community gathered around more than food—around access, dignity, and choice.
Marketbucks opened a pathway for families to claim fresh, local food and spend it directly with farmers.
This cinematic evening captured the quiet power of a simple exchange—where coupons became connection, and the market became a place of belonging.
As the sun set over the market, community gathered around more than food—around access, dignity, and choice.
Marketbucks opened a pathway for families to claim fresh, local food and spend it directly with farmers.
This cinematic evening captured the quiet power of a simple exchange—where coupons became connection, and the market became a place of belonging.

A Palenke Experience: Collard Greens from Seed-to-Spoon
June 17, 2023
From soil to table, collard greens carry memory across generations.
This hands-on experience invited participants to grow, harvest, and cook together.
We began with a tour of the Giving Gardens at Royal Roads University, exploring collards at every stage of life, then gathered in the kitchen to prepare veggie roti with chef Natalie Justin.
From soil to table, collard greens carry memory across generations.
This hands-on experience invited participants to grow, harvest, and cook together.
We began with a tour of the Giving Gardens at Royal Roads University, exploring collards at every stage of life, then gathered in the kitchen to prepare veggie roti with chef Natalie Justin.

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