GLEANING ABUNDANCE PROgRaM (GAP) This collaborative project brings together a coalition of groups & individuals passionate about bear safety and food security ABOUT SAFETY FIRST BOOK US JOIN US aBOUT gap DETAILS IMPACT USE OF APPLES 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. 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 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 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 the community gets: Improved food security Waste prevention Bear protection through the removal of attractant A safer community A more connected community 2025 IMPACT Impact About 2 Details Safety First How to use an orchard ladder safely? Check the VIDEO If you are uncomfortable climbing a ladder, please don’t climb it. You can pick the low fruit, clean up the fallen fruit, or help sort and weigh the harvest. Make sure ladders are stable and secure before climbing up. Be particularly careful on a slope or on soft ground. If in doubt, ask someone to hold the ladder while you are on it. Orchard ladders are not designed for use on hard surfaces like driveways or sidewalks. Use a regular ladder for those areas. Don’t overreach. The fruit is not worth risking a fall. Get down and move the ladder if you need to. Be conscious of other hazards such as pokey branches, holes in the ground, or tree stumps sticking up. Please ensure kids take part safely and respectfully – no running or yelling in consideration of homeowners and their neighbors. Safety First Use of Apples Gleaned 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 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). Excess 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 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. Fall Fruit Fest Fall Fruit Fest , is an annual apple harvest and processing event that takes place around Prince George through partnerships between EAT, Northern Bear Awareness Society (NBAS) and UNBC sustainability who make up the active members of the organizing committee. This project brings together people and groups who care about bear safety and food security. Whether you have a tree full of fruit or you’re ready to help pick, there’s a way to get involved. Last year the aim was to collect 50,000 lbs of fruit from local yards to help keep bears moving along as they prep for winter — and to make sure good food doesn’t go to waste. Interested in learning more or joining for 2026: Contact REAPS at: +1 250 561 7327 or by email at: EATGleaningAbundance@gmail.com Partners: EAT: https://www.letseatlocalpg.com/who-we-are REAPS: https://www.reaps.org/ ELC: https://ecolivingcommunity.ca/ NBAS: https://www.northernbearawareness.com/ Use of Apples Book Us Register for Gleaning Register Now Questions: EATGleaningAbundance@gmail.com 🍎 **Priority given to those with mobility challenges** 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 🍎 If you are contacting us to glean your tree, we will do our best to match you with volunteers but we encourage you to also exercise the following options: 🍎 Connect with people who might want your fruit on the Northern Bear Awareness Society Fruit Exchange Facebook Page 🍎 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 Pulpmill Rd 🍎 Hire the DART team to pick your apples and take them away DART: 250 563 6311 Register To Volunteer Register Now Questions: EATGleaningAbundance@gmail.com 🍎 To volunteer to pick, transport 🍎 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

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 5 Years of Eat in Review View our Presentation Here 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. SHARE YOUR VOICE: If you have ideas you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. Contact Us Thanks for submitting! Submit

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The Good Food Box Our Good Food Box team Would like to express gratitude to all that supported the Good Food Box program over the last couple of years With a special thanks to all who supported our social justice commitment by contributing to the Buy to Give program that made fresh goods available to families going through rough financial patches. & Special thanks to the many volunteers who supported this project With some sadness, we are announcing we will not be continuing our involvement with the program for the foreseeable future message from the good food box team

pg Urban Farmscape Society The Urban Farmscape began with the shared vision of preserving 5 acres of historic farmland near Prince George's downtown. Together with the landowners, passionate community members, and established non-profits, the group has worked to find ways of securing the land for future community use. Constitution Our Values About The Project Location The Everyone At The Table collective supports the PG Urban Farmscape Society's vision. VALUES Hands On Family Friendly Urban Bounty A place for all ages to encounter animals, food, nature &nutrition ... from seedling to table. Urban families can grow their own food, participate in community growing and learn together. Share in the harvest of growing, learning & eating local. A PG Urban Farm increases urban food sovereignty. Value From Heritage Homestead to Community Farm A gathering of passionate partners have rallied together to transform 5 acres of a local historical urban farm into a community farmscape. Recognizing the unique opportunity to establish a long-needed Regional Food Hub in the very near future, these partners are working with the City of Prince George to create. a lush food garden surrounding a commercial kitchen and teaching space, complete with areas for community to grow, develop and encounter nature in the heart of Downtown. About Call Us Like our Facebook Page for the latest updates as we create the PG Urban Farmscape - Volunteer, advocate, share and support! LOCATION 1099 Porter avenue Location

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Who we Are We are a small group of local food security enthusiasts working hard to make the local bounty visible and accessible. Moved by our shared vision of a secure local food landscape, we came together to act in March 2021. Visio n “Growing the change we want to see in the world.” Mission “We are working collaboratively with all aspects of the regional food system to grow a regenerative food system for North Central BC by building community capacity around food through programs, policy, and partnerships.” EAT is an independent Collective. We partner and support multiple entities in the region, but we are not under the umbrella of any other organization. EAT organized in the shape of rippling circles. We have a working table, an advisory table and a project table. EAT i s engaged in researching and communicating existing food system activity in North Central BC and are creating a strong viable network of partners in the process. We are committed to grounding our actions in the voices of our communities through research. EAT actively supports the building momentum to create a food policy council currently emerging from both grassroots organizations and local and regional governance. Our actions and this website are meant to inform and nourish this momentum. Terms of Reference Developing a community driven vision into a community operation, where we have a range of options and actions, will need all of the talents and skills we can muster to be successful. We know we are not alone , that many in our community are dedicated to a local food system. We see you at Farmers’ Markets. You sign up for food boxes and CSAs. You look where it was grown before buying it at the store. You are local food producers growing fields of carrots, greenhouses of tomatoes, raising cattle and poultry. You have grown food in your backyard for years or are turning your lawn into a garden or joining a community garden. We want you all at the table with us to illuminate the strengths of our existing food systems and the places and ways in which they need strengthening. We built this space to allow us all to connect with each other to make our local/regional food systems visible. By connecting we can show each other what we are not aware of, celebrate what we have, notice what we are missing, and support each other to improve our local food system. sustainable local food system model Sustainable Local Food System Community resilience Environment Social Justice Health Economic Success All areas of our food systems from production to consumption to waste reduction & management can collectively contribute to healthy, sustainable and, socially just food systems. Where in your food community do you see these areas succeeding? have gaps? have room for improvement? What do you think can be done to strengthen or advance these areas in your community? or What do you know is already being done in your community that could be better supported? LFPGS Local Food Prince George Society