Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Community Hall
The Hall is a hub of the Galiano community and many of our local events are held there on an ongoing basis. It is also a favourite place for concerts, dances, weddings, plays, exhibitions, lectures, etc. The kitchen has convection ovens, industrial sinks, counters and cupboards and all manner of conveniences, and we’re quite proud of it.
Club Parks & Programs
The Galiano Club owns and maintains the South Community Hall, as well as over 830 acres of parkland on Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada including Bluffs Park, Mount Galiano and the Community Forest. The Club runs the Community Food Program, is the home of the Galiano Players Theatre, hosts the Annual Blackberry Festival and Christmas Market. The Galiano Club was founded in 1924.
Food Program
The Galiano Community Food Program works to build community and food security on our small island. We hold community potlucks, weekly Soup and Bread lunches and monthly Games Nights, plus organize Gleaning, Frozen Meals for Seniors, a Garlic Coop, Cheese Club, Workshops, School Garden Programs and much more.
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Hearthside Instructor – Karen Barnaby
Karen Barnaby is the Product and Business Development Chef for Albion Fisheries, Intercity Packers Ltd. and Fresh Start Foods, all under the Gordon Food Service umbrella. Vancouver Sun food columnist, and popular Lower Mainland cooking teacher and acclaimed author of four cookbooks, Karen’s comfortable and accessible style has won her many fans.
Karen volunteers for Vancouver’s Community Kitchens, sat on the board of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, and is a member and past president of Les Dames d’Escoffier Vancouver. She is the recipient of a Minerva Award for Community Leadership and the […]
Hearthside – Soup & Bread
The Weekend Workshop: “Hearthside – Soup & Bread” will feature a Soup Making Class taught by Chef Karen Barnaby, a Beginners Bread Making Class taught by Alison Colwell, an advanced Bread Making Class taught by Dana Weber.
The weekend will begin with a welcome gathering Friday evening. The registration includes three workshops, two lunches, and a Community Kitchen style supper on Saturday night. We will include Studio tours, and walks to Bluffs and other not-to-be missed Galiano sites.
The weekend is Friday Jan 24th to Sunday the 26th.
The cost is $295.
Each participant is responsible […]
Community Chesemaking Party
Come join cheesemaker David Rotsztain for a Community Cheesemaking party. Anyone who has taken one of David’s classes in the past (including the Beginners class earlier this afternoon) is welcome to join this refresher course, and socialize while making a community wheel of cheese.
Cost is $10 per person to pay for milk. Bring your own snacks and drinks! Class 5:30pm-9pm
David Asher is a Mayne Island based guerrilla cheesemaker, exploring traditionally cultured, non-corporate methods of cheesemaking. Though mostly self-taught, he picked up his cheese skills from various teachers, including a Brown Swiss cow […]
Beginner’s Cheesemaking
Join Mayne Island farmer and cheese maker David Asher Rotsztain as we explore the fascinating realm of cheese. David will walk you through the techniques for making three basic styles of fresh cheese: paneer, yogurt cheese and rennet cheese curds, the foundational cheese that can become many different styles of aged cheese. We’ll also talk about kefir, the politics of raw milk, and rennet free cheeses.
David Asher is a Mayne Island based guerrilla cheesemaker, exploring traditionally cultured, non-corporate methods of cheesemaking. Though mostly self-taught, he picked up his cheese skills from various […]
Winter Food Storage
“In our own experiments with storing live winter vegetables we’ve rediscovered another pleasure— akin to the contentment of dressing by the warm fire on a cold morning—and that’s the pleasure of delving into one’s own store for food to put on a winter table.” –Mike and Nancy Bubel, “Root Cellaring, Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables”
Storing food at home for the winter can be another cost-effective and efficient way to feed your family. Now is the time to think about where in your house you can squirrel away some food from […]
3rd Annual Island Futures Gulf Island Gathering – August 7-9
Island Connections is a not-for-profit project affiliated with a Gabriola-based organization called Island Futures. The aim is to connect Gulf Islanders interested in fostering sustainable ways of living through a sharing of information and ideas, facilitated by a network of privately owned boats.
The third annual Island Futures Gulf Island Gathering is set for August 7-9 at Montague Harbour Provincial Park on Galiano. The group campsite and pavilion has been reserved and the focus of this year’s event will be creating a space for real inter-island collaboration to take place. The day will […]
Upcoming Club Events
Upcoming Food Program Events
