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We are pleased to announce that the Port Moody Winter Market will be open, Sunday April 19, from 10-2. We will be found at the Port Moody Rec centre near the tennis courts.  As Food Access points [...]

Today we’re talking about what fruits and vegetables grow underground. What grows underground are root vegetables such as carrots, beet and potatoes. Did you know that a peanut is actually [...]

March 15 – Week 19:  This week POP kids will be participating in an activity on our POP board trying to figure out what fruits and vegetables grow above the ground and which grow below. [...]

A great way to preserve the flavours of summer are by using pickling methods! To break it down, pickling is a method used to make food last longer. The most basic way to do this is by soaking it [...]

March 8 – Week 18:  This week POP kids will be doing a worksheet that will teach them about pickle preservation and then afterwards they will participate in a cooking demo to create a yummy [...]

What’s In Season! The Winter Veggie Edition It’s hard to find vegetables locally that are in season at this time of the year. I know I have been struggling to find different fruits and vegetables [...]

March 1 – Week 17: This week the POP Kids will be participating in a Winter Veggie School Worksheet! They will begin by answering some fun questions about veggies and then they will go out [...]

When we think of potatoes the first thing that usually comes to mind is French fries! Well, at least its that way for me! There are actually many different types of potatoes out and many [...]

February 23 – Week 16: This week our POP Kids will be participating in a cooking demo! They will be learning how to make hash browns. They will take potatoes and grate them into strips. [...]

Visiting the farm for kids can be a fun and exciting trip especially when there are farm animals to meet! There are farms that focus on dairy farming and there are farms that are fisheries. Farms [...]