Orchard Opening, Cider Pressing, Fruit Picking and more! We are excited to share an abundance of joy at the beginning OFRE’s 2019 harvesting season. Pick and choose from a large bunch of events from cider pressings to a Rhubarb Blitz to workshops to a Gargantuan Potluck with the Edmonton Permaculture Guild. Highlights this year include: […]
OFRE launches the pedal powered apple crusher @ Devonian Garden’s Fruit Grower’s Festival, Sept 16th, 2012
It’s that wonderful time of year again! Apple season! Which means it’s OFRE’s cider season! Last year OFRE won a micro-grant from Next Gen’s MEAET event and used that grant money to partner with Edmonton Bicycle Commuters (EBC) and turn our apple crusher into a pedal powered apple crusher! We thought no better time […]
OFRE volunteers teaching canning courses this fall!
Exiting news! This fall OFRE volunteers: Amy Beaith & Molly MacDougall be official canning instructors with City Arts Edmonton offering a series of 2 canning courses on different foods and techniques. These courses will show you what you “Can” do with locally grown fruits and vegetables, and hopefully prepare you to get out there and […]