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Food Preservation Veggie Gardening

Preserving Your Garden

Saturday, May 14, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Beacon Food Forest
S Dakota St
Seattle, WA 98108 United States Directions
Single Session
Saturday, May 14, 2022
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location
Beacon Food Forest
S Dakota St
Seattle, WA 98108 United States Directions

Description

Most gardeners love the process of planning their garden. And folks who preserve food love using garden/farm fresh produce. But we often forget to incorporate our food preservation goals into our garden planning to ensure that we grow enough food to put up for the off season.

In this class we will discuss:

  • The many types of food preservation
  • What types of preservation best fit your lifestyle
  • How to determine how much you need to grow to stock your larder
  • Equipment and materials needed to stock your garden and larder

This in-person class will include lecture, group discussions, and hands-on activities. Please bring a list of your favorite preserved foods, and a list of your favorite seasonal produce that you wish you could eat and cook with year round. Class size is limited to 15 people, and we will be following current public health recommendations. Please plan to wear a mask and dress for the weather.

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About the Instructor

Shanelle Donaldson West
Shanelle Donaldson West is the Farm Manager at the University District Food Bank rooftop farm, food preservationist, and food justice advocate focused on healthy relationships to land, power and community. From working with toddlers growing gardens to connecting locally sourced food to people experiencing homelessness, Shanelle has supported more than one thousand King County residents over the last decade. She expanded her nutrition education to include food preservation classes as a method of self-care and extending the harvest. In 2016, she co-founded Percussion Farms to reconnect people of color to the land and their right to healthy lives. Shanelle is a proud alumna of the Black and Latinx Farm Immersion Class at Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. When she's not farming, Shanelle can be found reading, cooking with her husband Mike, playing board games, or most likely smooching her sweet dog, Koda.

Additional Information

Accessibility & Equity

Tilth Alliance strives to provide educational experiences that honor our values of accessibility and equity. Currently, we offer:

  • A sliding scale pricing structure to make our classes accessible for everyone, regardless of financial means. Please select the ticket type that works for you.
  • In solidarity with food justice and food sovereignty for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), we reserve spaces in each class for BIPOC community members free of charge. If you identify as BIPOC, and would benefit from a free option, please select BIPOC Solidarity ticket.

Cancellation Policy

Please review our cancellation policy.

Member Benefits

Tilth Alliance members receive a discount on most classes— join as a member today! For current members, please enter your discount code at checkout.

Health & Safety

We offer a mix of online, in-person and hybrid online/in-person classes. During our in-person sessions, we follow current COVID-19 safety protocols. Please review our COVID-19 policies before registering.

Questions?

Please reach out to Marni Sorin if you have any questions.