Community Preserving

Anne Todd, Fraser Health

Farmer's Market Here We Come!

Anne Todd, Fraser Health

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills with us! Everyone learned a lot from the online training and hands-on workshop, and we are especially enjoying that delicious salsa!! I hope next time you come to Hope you will be able to see our preserved food for sale at the Farmers’ Market, and you can take pride in knowing you helped make that possible!
Marie Helm, Carcross/Tagish First Nation

PRESERVESafe a MUST

Marie Helm, Carcross/Tagish First Nation

The PRESERVESafe program is a must for the Carcross/Tagish First Nation.
Train-the-Trainer participant, Tofino

Dying Art

Train-the-Trainer participant, Tofino

Food preservation is a dying art that should be passed on to younger generations.

Community Instructors

Featured Community Trainers: These qualified PRESERVESafe graduates are available for training. Contact us about trainers in your community.

  • Manjul Singh

    Community Food Skills Trainer

    Manjul Singh

    Manjul got her PRESERVESafe certification in 2011. In addition to facilitating PRESERVESafe workshops, Manjul is a Diabetes Canada certified Food Skills for Families trainer and offers Indian cooking workshops. Manjul loves to travel and lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Arlene Meekis-Jung

    Master Trainer and Community Food Skills Trainer

    Arlene Meekis-Jung

    Arlene received her PRESERVESafe training certification in 2013. She came all the way from Wawakapewin, a remote community in Northern Ontario to participate in a PRESERVESafe Train-the-Trainer workshop in Victoria! In 2017 Arlene re-certified and became a PRESERVESafe Master Trainer. She offers Train-the Trainer and many other food preservation workshops in Northern Ontario, Canada.
  • Rashmi Raheja

    Community Food Skills Trainer

    Rashmi Raheja

    Rashmi got her PRESERVESafe certification in 2011. In addition to facilitating PRESERVESafe workshops, Rashmi is a Diabetes Canada certified Food Skills for Families trainer. Rashmi lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Community Instructors

Featured Community Trainers: These qualified PRESERVESafe graduates are available for training.

  • Laurie Gallant

    Community Food Skills Trainer

    Laurie Gallant

    Laurie became a PRESERVESafe trainer in 2018 and is also a Food Skills For Families Facilitator through Diabetes Canada. She lives in Northwest BC on Gitxsan territory with her partner on a solar-powered farm and a flock of sheep and llamas. Their pantry is always full of canned and dried seafood, fruit and vegetable preserves, wild teas and mushrooms prepared on her wood fired cookstove, propane oven, wood-fired smoker, wood-fired sauna or solar dryer. Laurie's workshops will focus on traditional, wild foods and creative seasonal blends from the garden. Don't be surprised if some of the ingredients used in the class come from her farm! As a community facilitator for many years all over BC, she has lots to share and will keep you entertained with funny stories and pearls of wisdom.