Introducing the Membership Program!

MuseumEats is realizing that people have super busy lives and that workshops should be a little more flexible. Hitherto: the MuseumEats Membership Program.

Here's how it works.

There has always been a sliding scale: $30-60 and the NOTAFLOF (no-one-turned-away-for-lack-of-funds) policy. There will be no change in this structure, except that in the past this has only applied to one workshop.

From now on, contributions are considered a 1-year membership to MuseumEats which means:

1) If you contribute to MuseumEats and sign up for a workshop but have to miss it, you can make it up at any of the workshops in the following 12 months for no charge.

2) You will have access to advanced registration for workshops before they are posted on the website.

3) Subscription to our newsletter and facebook page with updates, workshop information and secret supper invitations. This also means if you want to promote a food-security related event you can do so through our sites.

4) Subsequent workshops will still be $30-60 and NOTAFLOF and monetary contributions will renew your membership.

This is going to be retroactively applied to all of the contributions made this past year, so everyone can benefit.

Thank you so much for your enthusiasm, inspiration, co-mentorship, questions, and forest stewardship. Looking forward to sharing more with you.

Opening Ceremonies: The First Foray of the 2015 Season

After a dreamy weekend of camping and gregarious rings of lobster mushrooms and gigantic white chanterelles, Camille hosted MuseumEats' first workshop of the fall season with the staff at Burdock & Co.

Here are a few pictures of the goings-on and a little bit of bait to get signed up for our upcoming workshops.

Fall Workshop Series!

Kelly Farrell of Feast of Fields

Hello Folks! 

It's mushroom season and I am very happy to announce that we have many dates including two Mondays for service industry folks and a variety of Sundays and Saturdays. 

DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Saturday, September 26
Sunday, September 27
Monday, September 28 (full)
Saturday, October 10 (wait list)
Sunday, October 11 ASL CLASS for deaf folks and allies- email for registration
Sunday, October 18 (2 spots left)
Monday, October 19
Sunday, October 25 (FULL)
Tuesday, October 27
Saturday, November 7 
Sunday, November 8 (FULL)

Seats are limited, so in order to secure your place, please pre-purchase via pay pal at the bottom of the page, or via EMT through MuseumEats facilitators: museumeats@gmail.com.

Who: Camille Flanjak (this series' wildcrafter) is the wild foods consultant for the Acorn Restaurant and supplier to many more. She studies permaculture and wine and is under mentorship with Don Elzer of the Wild Forest Tea Company. Cam has a degree in Critical Theory and Critical Studies in Sexuality from UBC and is certified in First Aid, clowning, and WSET level 2. She also conducts workshops in ASL. To learn more about her, check out her blog, meelsmeals.blogspot.ca. This season we'll also be linking up with some herbalists and other foragers and mycologists to enrich the workshops.

What: Hands-on, all-day wildcrafting and forest stewardship workshops that happen rain or shine.*

Where: Meet ups and drop offs are in East Van in the Safeway parking lot at Broadway Station.

When: Meet at 9:30 AM to carpool to our spots (driving time may be up to 90 mins). Potluck-style lunch around 1:30 with snacks in between. We aim to arrive back in East Van by 6pm.**

Cost: $30-60 sliding scale. In order to break even with materials and transportation, the minimum cost per person per Sunday is $30. If cost is an issue for you but you are really keen, email Camille at museumeats@gmail.com. Nobody will be turned away due to lack of funds. 

Registration is only complete upon payment: this is to ensure that we can fill each of the 8 seats available per workshop with committed people. For this reason we also cannot offer refunds. If you're registered and not able to attend, please contact us as soon as you know and we will try and fill your seat with folks on the waitlist and get you booked for another date.

Every workshop you'll be going home with wild knowledge, medicine, and/or food. Some days we'll provide a little knife and booklet, others we'll make tinctures on-site. There's always a surprise goodie or two that Mama Gaia throws in. 

*Please come appropriately dressed- gumboots and parkas are encouraged on rainy days, and sunscreen is important on sunny days. 
**If you aren't able to bring anything to share for the potluck don't worry. Also, we welcome all kinds of food so if you have any allergies please share this information with facilitators ahead of time.
***IF THERE IS A WAIT LIST for the workshop you'd like to join: In this day and age people do cancel, so the admin at ME will contact you if a space comes available and we promise to be honest and forthright if the list is excessively long or if we think you have a good shot of getting in.

Payment options: 
EMT payment to Camille at museumeats@gmail.com
Using paypal, select the price, date, and buy now button below.

November 7th 9:30 AM

Beneficiary Membership $60.00 CAD Foundation Membership $45.00 CAD At-cost Membership $30.00 CAD

Looking forward to sharing with you all soon,

Camille
MuseumEats

Local Wine Dinner @ The Acorn Restaurant

For the past 6 months I've been working with the Acorn Restaurant, serving in the front-of-house and delivering them some foraged foods. This Sunday at the Acorn features a 5-course vegetarian dinner paired with wines made by Richard Kanazawa of BC's Kanazawa wines.

I think this is a unique and wonderful event because it gives vegetarian and vegetable-loving diners an opportunity to have a finely tailored, coursed, and wine-paired meal without compromise, which rarely happens in haute cuisine.

Last I checked there were still a few tickets, so if this is something that piques your interest have a look.

~Camille

VINTAGE AND VEG @ THE ACORN

Summer Foraging Series

Hey Wild People!

First of all. You're awesome.

Second, if you're interested in foraging classes this summer with MuseumEats, here's your chance and the details:

 

Workshop 1: POSTPONED in honour of Aboriginal Day of Remembrance, Carfree Day, and Father's Day (June 21st). Stay tuned for a new date.
Workshop 2: Herbs, Shoots and Plant Medicine, Sunday, June 28th (FULL)
Workshop 3: Berries, Preserving Wild Nutrition and Tinctures Sunday, July 12th (2 spots left!)

We added a MONDAY workshop on July 6th which is now full. (FULL)
Because of the high demand for weekday workshops we will be adding another in a couple of weeks, as well as adding a date on the Sunshine Coast. 

Seats are very limited, so in order to secure your place, please pre-purchase via pay pal at the bottom of the page, or in person through MuseumEats facilitators: museumeats@gmail.com.

Who: Camille Flanjak (this series' teacher) is the Executive Forager for the Acorn and a wild foods consultant with MuseumEats. She studies permaculture and wine, and has been obsessed with mycology since she was a 'tween. Kaylie Barfield (co-teach) is the head chef at Nuba Hastings and the Mad Scientist/Chef at MuseumEats. Kbar has been studying foraging for several years, as well as been obsessed with the geological history of the PNW since Kbar moved here 8 years ago.

What: Hands-on, all-day foraging workshops that happen on Sundays, rain or shine.*

Where: Meet ups and drop offs are in East Van in the Safeway parking lot at Broadway Station.

When: Meet at 9:30 AM to carpool to our foraging spots (driving time may be up to 90 mins). Potluck-style lunch around 1:30 with snacks in between. We aim to arrive back in East Van by 6pm.**
Cost: $30-60 sliding scale. In order to break even with materials and transportation, the minimum cost per person per Sunday is $30. If cost is an issue for you and you are really keen on self-sustainability, we want you to tell us because maybe we can work something out. Email Camille at museumeats@gmail.com if this is the case. 

Every workshop you'll be going home with wild herbs, vegetables, greens, and/or mushrooms. Some days we'll provide a little knife and booklet, others we'll make tinctures on-site. There's always a surprise goodie or two that Mama Gaia throws in. 

To learn more about Camille, visit her blog: meelsmeals.blogspot.com

To learn about museumeats, go to museumeats.blogspot.com

*Please come appropriately dressed- gumboots and parkas are encouraged on rainy days, and sunscreen is important on sunny days. 
**If you aren't able to bring anything to share for the potluck don't worry. Also, we welcome all kinds of food so if you have any allergies please share this information with facilitators ahead of time.

Here's the button to pay via paypal:

Sliding Scale Prices

Minimum Payment $30.00 CAD Medium Payment $45.00 CAD Maximum Payment $60.00 CAD

Which Date

July 6th July 12th

*IF THERE IS A WAIT LIST for the workshop you'd like to join: In this day and age people do cancel, so the admin at ME will contact you if a space comes available and we promise to be honest and forthright if the list is excessively long or if we think you have a good shot of getting in. 

Looking forward to being wild with you all. xo

Spring Updates and Fall Backs

MuseumEats has gotten lots of inquiries about workshops this spring - We would LOVE to set some up, but all six of our hands are totally full until summer. Maybe if Cam gets a pinkie free she'll host one, and will definitely advertise on the blog. But that'll be a really full pinkie.

We are bounding into spring by collecting all its sweet, green shoots and keeping an eye to hardwood trees for oyster mushrooms. Besides foraging we all have many other projects happening:

Camille has started foraging and serving for the Acorn Restaurant, volunteering for Growing Chefs, and studying WSET's level 2 in wine while she wraps up the last of her permaculture certificate. Kaylie is working on her permanent residency and has taken on the hefty role of Head Chef at Nuba Gastown. Julie is tantalizing palates at Burdock & Co and tagging along on oyster deliveries and wild food forays to deepen her understanding of food source.

While we work on our individual projects this spring, feel free to have a look into what we deem as the climax of our 2014 Foraging season.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Hey everyone!

October was an incredibly overwhelming and productive month. We learned a lot and kept busy the whole 31 days, and we hope it was as transformative for everyone else.

A huge focus for us has been sustainability and permaculture as we're learning about it through British Columbia's Gaiacraft. This is bleeding into our workshops, and it totally rocks! If you're interested in permaculture checkout gaiacraft.com!

As soon as we get the photos from the long table dinner we promise to post them and gloat. Until then, here are some events to tickle your fancy.

Saturday, November 8th Into the woods Sustainable Foraging Workshop 9:30AM - 6PM $30 (FULL)

Sunday, November 9th, Urban Alleys 1PM- 4PM PWYC

Saturday, November 15th,Urban Alleys 1PM- 4PM PWYC

Sunday November 16 Into the woods $30 Sustainable Foraging Workshop 9:30AM - 6PM $30 (WAITLIST)

To reserve a spot either EMT us via the email (museumeats@gmail.com), or use paypal:

FOR THE SQUAMISH SERIES ($30 9:30-6)

Which Date

Saturday, November 8th Sunday, November 16

FOR THE URBAN ALLEYS SERIES (PWYC 1PM-4PM)
Pre-register through email: museumeats@gmail.com and bring cash (pay-what-you-can) or a gift to the meeting place.



SPACES ARE TOTALLY LIMITED SO MAKE SURE TO PREREGISTER!

If money is a thing that might hold you back from attending any of our events (dinners, workshops, or otherwise) please let us know!!! It's our goal not to let dollars hold people back from learning what we are stoked to teach.