Experience Olivewood's Cooking and
Gardening Classes, Virtually 💻
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Over the past two months, Olivewood has seen incredible kindness and generosity from its community. Because of that, we have been able to keep youth and families connected to our programs virtually, as well as provide produce to more than 400 local families.
Here are some of the ways we are responding to the emerging needs of San Diego's communities during COVID-19:
- Our field trip team is developing virtual tools for elementary students to learn environmental and nutrition science, garden and kitchen lessons, as well as participate in gardening challenges;
- Kitchenistas are hosting weekly Zoom meetings that focus on emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing during quarantine;
- Our garden team is increasing its production to maintain the food supply for families in south San Diego;
- Our high school interns are participating in weekly Zoom meetings to share recipes and gardening tips and tricks; and,
- Our programs team is creating weekly recipe demonstrations and mindful eating discussions via Facebook Live to ensure our community stays connected to health, wellness, and environmental stewardship at this time.
In addition, we want to send a heartfelt thank to you to our partners at
Healthy Day Partners
and
Nan Sterman Waterwise Gardener
, who have helped us provide "Grab and Grow" Gardens to people who come to our weekly produce stand; Chef Phil Esteban, Chef Marcus Twilegar, and the
CraftMealSD
team for donating weekly meals to Olivewood community members; to
The Payne Family Foundation
and
The San Diego Foundation
for their support to help ensure Olivewood can continue to provide fresh, local and organic produce and dry goods to the community, as well as develop high quality online educational materials and programs; and to
San Diego Gas & Electric
for supporting our children's environmental and nutrition education program.
Friend, what do you say – will you join us at a virtual event soon?
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Olivewood Gardens Makes Headlines During COVID-19
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In case you missed it, our board member Dr. Sabrina Falquier of Sharp Rees-Stealy and SensationsSalud was featured in the
San Diego Union-Tribune
. She shared her culinary approach to medicine, how to eat the rainbow during COVID-19 – and what she's jamming out to during quarantine.
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Watch Our Brand-New "Cooking with Chefcitos" Series on Facebook
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We recently launched a new cooking series titled
Cooking with Chefcitos
. Our very own Chefcito Giulianna kicked it off with an energy bites cooking class that is sure to fuel a day of working from home, homeschool – and video games, of course. Happy cooking!
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Cultivating Conversation through Food: Mindful Eating with Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang
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This Friday, May 22, we are speaking with Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang about mindful eating at a time when stress and anxiety can lead us to do otherwise. It's all happening on our Facebook Live tomorrow at 12 p.m. PST.
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RSVP to Our Virtual Seedling Soirée Before It's Too Late
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The Seedling Soirée has gone virtual! Join us the next two weeks through email,
Facebook
, and
Instagram
for cocktail-making, dish demos, impact sharing, and a May 30th day-of blitz to help you create a soirée-like experience at home
. We may be physically distant, but we can still have fun and connect.
🙂
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Join us for our next Farm Fresh Cooking Class on June 4th
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We are excited to present Olivewood's second virtual cooking class series in partnership with Specialty Produce on June 4 at 5 p.m. Join us for a fun and informative livestream cooking program with an appearance from the wonderful Chef Christina Ng of
Chinita's Pies.
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Celebrate National Salad Month with Homemade Ranch Dressing
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In addition to being quarantine friendly, homemade dressings just taste a thousand times better. They're fresh, flavorful and made just to your liking. Along with being tasty, salad recipes are super easy to whip up. Our favorite: Chef Christina Ng's ranch dressing.
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Help Us Develop Family and Children's Programs
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Olivewood is working hard to develop virtual, live cooking classes for families and children – and we're hoping to get your inpu
t to help us create online offerings that will fit your needs. Will you take our survey today, Friend.
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Community Resources During COVID-19
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During COVID-19 closures, our friends at SDG&E are committed to doing everything they can to minimize disruptions in our lives. They have postponed all non-critical planned outages as part of their community response.
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Get social with us @OlivewoodGardens
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