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Gleaning Abundance PROGRAM (GAP) this collaborative project brings together a coalition of groups & individuals passionate about bear safety and food security you can register below to volunteer to pick or to have your tree picked. REGISTER NOW To volunteer to pick, transport, or have your tree picked: *Priority given to trees of people with mobility challenges* The Gleaning Abundance Program (GAP) connects fruit tree owners with volunteer gleaners to: Prevent food waste Improve bear and community safety by removing bear attractants Improve food security by storing the autumn bounty for the winter months Foster a community that works together What you get as a tree owner: Your tree is cleaned up We will give you up to ⅓ of your fruit Your yard is safer without bear attractants The satisfaction of: reducing waste contributing to local food security contributing to bear and community safety What you get as a gleaning volunteer: Improved food security: Gleaners share up to ⅓ of the gleaned fruit among themselves The satisfaction of: reducing waste contributing to local food security contributing to bear and community awareness Build community What the community gets: Improved food security Waste prevention Bear protection through the removal of attractant A safer community A more connected community As much of the fruit as possible is processed into sauces, jams, and juices by the Canning Circle of the Everyone At the Table Collective (EAT) and other community kitchens and shared amongst volunteer programs and people in need. The Canning Circle already established the sharing network over a year in partnership with The Salvation Army Food Rescue Program, processing food that is shared with programs like Baby's New Beginnings, Knights Inn, Positive Living North, the Firepit, New Hope, and UNDU (Uniting Northern Drug Users UNDU’ing stigma). The GAP is an initiative of the Everyone At the Table (EAT) collective in partnership with the Recycling & Environmental Action Planning Society (REAPS) and Eco Living Community (ELC). The original GAP aimed to complement and partner with existing initiatives like the Northern Bear Awareness Society (NBAS) and the Northern Lights Estate Winery. FALL FRUIT FEST grew last year from the above partnerships with Northern Bear Awareness Society (NBAS) and UNBC sustainability now full active members of the organizing committee. E xcess fruit is received by the Northern Lights Estate Winery and local farmers for animal feeding, as the Northern Bear Awareness Society has successfully done for a few years. In return, the winery donates money to support the Northern Bear Awareness Society in Prince George and the Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers. EAT: https://www.letseatlocalpg.com/who-we-are Contact us at: REAPS: https://www.reaps.org/ Phone: +1 250 561 7327 ELC: https://ecolivingcommunity.ca/ Email: EATGleaningAbundance@gmail.com NBAS: https://www.northernbearawareness.com/ Join us! REGISTER NOW 🍎 If you are contacting us to volunteer, yeah! We will do our best to match you with the tree owners who are continuing to contact us. Follow this link to register with us: https://forms.gle/8V6HSjhWgheEVsYt6 🍎 If you are contacting us to glean your tree, we will do our best to match you with volunteers but we encourage you to exercise the following options: 🍎 Connect with people who might want your fruit on the Northern Bear Awareness Society Fruit Exchange Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1518130775068186 🍎 Pick your apples and drop them off at the Northern Lights Estate Winery to feed farm animals. Bins have been set up outside and you can drop off 24/7 at 745 Prince George Pulpmil l Rd 🍎 Hire the DART team to pick your apples and take them away DART: 250 563 6311

Our Mission & Values Mission Support food security in Prince George's community. Equity Based on the GLEANING PRINCIPLE OF THIRDS, one ⅓ goes to the tree owner, another ⅓ to the pickers, and the last ⅓ to the Canning Circle and other community kitchens. Community The Everyone At the Table Collective (EAT) partners with organizations and programs like REAPS, the Northern Bear Awareness Society, and the Northern Lights Estate Winery; and we are excited to develop new partnerships while building community! Improve current and future food security by using missing resources, prevent food waste, and reduce bear encounters by connecting multiple local efforts, skills, and resources. Values Wildlife & Sustainability

Improving regional food security & sovereignty ts'uhoont'i whuzahdel Welcome / We Are Glad That You Have Come As settlers on this land, we wish to acknowledge the 9000+ years of the Lheidli T'enneh Nation's stewardship. Their ancestors have cared for this beautiful land that feeds us all and we wish to continue to welcome their teachings and ancestral knowledge as we work towards food security for all people. ©The Exploration Place | Pius Family Photo Collection A Homegrown Food System, Together. The Everyone At the Table (EAT) collective acts to find closer to home solutions, big and small, to improve our local/regional food landscape. We invite your creative participation to enhance local-regional food security and food justice. We aim to bring together the community to find closer to home solutions, big and small, that could make a difference in our local food landscape. We aim to have a draft for a local food community strategy to bring to city council and present to funding opportunities, and perhaps the journey towards local food independence. Join Here Join Us Donate to Support Us Sam Peppard in her garden, photo credit: her mother April Ottesen SHARE YOUR VOICE// LEARN WITH US Our Projects The Canning Circle Food Systems North PG Project PG FoodScape List Resource Library PG Urban Farmscape Community partner Project LOCAL Food Landscape Local Food Producers Local Community Gardens Local Food Groups Local Farmers Markets A Vision TOGETHER Contact Contact To contact us, please message us below. If you prefer to chat, leave us a number and we will call you back. Contact Us Thanks for submitting! Submit