Central Cariboo Community Food Hub

08/19/2026

It's mid-August, which means seed saving season is here for Central Cariboo gardeners.

We asked Williams Lake Master Gardener, Charlotte Lundeen, what veggie gardeners should be thinking about this month. Swipe through for her top 3 tips, from choosing the right plants to how you'll dry and store seeds properly.

Saving your own seed is a simple way to start building a more resilient garden (and food system) year after year. It's a great way to hang onto varieties that do especially well in your growing conditions.

The Food Hub will be hosting several seed saving and harvest related events this fall. What are you saving seed from this year?

08/18/2026

We tested out gleaning apple trees today. Hope to scale up with more volunteers picking more trees in the future!

08/15/2026

We are looking for fruit trees to pick!

If you or a neighbor have an apple or fruit tree that's ready for harvest, or will be sometime in the next month or two, and could use a hand, let us know. The Food Hub is pulling volunteers together to pick surplus fruit and we'll make sure the fruit goes to good use feeding folks in our community instead of going to waste. Comment below, send us a message, or reach out directly!

08/13/2026

Hi Williams Lake! We are looking to find an apple tree (or five) that need picking. We will be organizing a few apple picking evenings over the next month.

If you would like to help pick apples or help peel and process them afterwards - please send an email to [email protected] with the subject line: volunteer

If you have an apple tree that would provide plentiful, delicious apples, please send an email to [email protected] with a photo of the tree, your location, and when it would be best to pick, alongside any other info you think we need to know.

08/10/2026

Gardeners and Fruit Tree Havers - if you're looking for a place to take your surplus (perhaps zucchinis and apples) we have made it easy - you can drop things off at the Donation Station at the Williams Lake Farmers Market on Tuesdays and Fridays. Look for the blue totes and flashy signage.

We have arranged a pick up schedule for every market - so your surplus makes its way into the kitchens and baskets at organizations around town. Like the BGC, Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul food program, and Pregnancy Outreach Center.

08/10/2026

Here at the Food Hub, we are thinking about connecting dots and closing food gaps across our community.

We have a few ideas and want to gauge interest. So, please share your thoughts with us. Are there things here that you'd be interested in?

- a weekly volunteer soup making night throughout harvest season
- fruit tree gleaning event
- preservation workshops to put some of the harvest away

Let us know what you're interested in ✨

(Williams Lake, BC)

07/22/2026

What is our Kitchen Collab Soup Series?

Seniors + youth + locally grown produce = soup, skills, and connection.

🥕 Local growers and gardeners donate surplus produce at the Williams Lake Farmers Market
🥕Seniors and youth pair up to tackle assigned cooking tasks together
🥕Everyone learns food skills along the way
🥕Participants go home with servings of soup - and the big batch heads to BGC Williams Lake for youth meals.

A partnership between Central Cariboo Community Food Hub, BGC Williams Lake Club, and Williams Lake Seniors Activity Centre.

With support from Social Planning Council of Williams Lake and Area and funding from the United Way BC - Thompson Nicola Cariboo.

Want to get support? Reach out at [email protected] 💚

06/24/2026

The Donation Station is back at the Williams Lake Farmers Market!

Last season, the Donation Station collected $6,313.25 worth of locally grown and made food - all of it donated to local organizations supporting food access in Williams Lake.

Got more from your garden than you can use? Have some canned items you won't get around to? Drop it at the Donation Station and help us do it again this year.

Vendors, community gardeners, and shoppers are all welcome to contribute. At the end of each market day, one of our partner organizations picks up the donations to add into their food programming.

A partnership between the Williams Lake Farmers' Market and the Central Cariboo Community Food Hub. With support from the Williams Lake Social Planning Council and United Way BC.

04/28/2026

A very exciting development for the Central Cariboo Community Food Hub's Cariboo Seed Project! We now have a seed library rack set up at the Williams Lake library, where you can grab seed that you would like to grow out for saving and documenting with us.

Big thanks to Jennifer and staff for hosting this for us.

04/26/2026