Apples. Pick ‘em. Share 'em. Wash ‘em. Chop ‘em. Smash ‘em. Press ‘em. Jar ‘em. Drink ‘em. That's right - we're back!
Date/Time: Oct 1 2017, 12:00 am to 4:00 pm
New Westminster, Lord KelvinCost: Free
Mark Gifford and Will Mah, with help from kids, friends and neighbours, bring you the 2017 New West Apple Press Fest!
What? Come on out and join your neighbours in celebrating the fall harvest by learning first-hand how to press apples and bring home some fresh (non-alcoholic) apple cider!
Thanks to a Vancouver Foundation Neighbourhood Small Grant from Family Services of Greater Vancouver and our friends at Buy-Low Foods, we're back this Fall with several old school cider presses ready to juice neighbourhood apples, as well as almost 1000 pounds of apples from Buy-Low Foods! Plus, there will be games, live music and more!
Who? People who are ages 1 to 101 (but we’re flexible on either side), think apples are pretty cool, are up for squeezing some juice, and ready to meet their makers with their neighbours. Juice makers, that is.
What to bring?
1. A jar. This is a B.Y.O.J. event – bring one, and go home with some fresh apple cider.
2. Optional: Apples for sharing, if you’ve got ‘em. But don’t worry if you don’t - we’ll have plenty.
We’re also looking to produce and taste-test a few New West single-tree heritage ciders, so drop a note if you’ve got a tree you would like to nominate.
Brought to you with contributions of time, knowledge, equipment, money and apples from a growing list of friends, including:
Vancouver Foundation Neighbourhood Small Grants Program
Buy-Low Foods New Westminster
Family Services of Greater Vancouver
DailyEggs.com
Lord Kelvin Community School Team
Lord Kelvin PAC
Southlands Farm
Freshroots Urban Farm Society
Hope to see you there!
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