Learn how to plan and maintain your garden as a family, along with new recipes, tastings, and fun for all! Topics Include: Healthy Bodies & Healthy Gardens through Nutrition, Physical Activity, Garden Planning, Soil Care, Seeding, Keeping Plants Healthy The class meets once a month on different Mondays starting in January from 4:00-5:00 PM at [...]
As we wind down this year, Community Action Center wants to thank you for all of the time and effort you have put into making our new fitness projects a reality. Many people have made an impact on our clients and showed them that living an active lifestyle can be fun and rewarding. It has [...]
Almost 900 pounds of Lentil Festival chili is ready to share with households in need in Pullman and Whitman County! Thanks go out to the generous work of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce Lentil Festival staff, Francis Benjamin, and the WSU Center for Civic Engagement! Ashley Vaughan, the WSU-CCE Palouse Fresh Food Project Coordinator, worked with [...]
Fall Food Demonstrations: Skill Sharing For Our Community We hold monthly Senior Skill Sharing demonstrations on several days during Food Bank hours. If you have skills related to food and would like to lead our October "Healthy Breakfast Ideas" demonstration or develop a demo for the 2018 schedule, contact us to participate! See schedule below: Thursday October [...]
On July 27, an abundance of zucchini and broccoli from the WSU Organic Farm was used in a delicious demonstration. The food was as great tasting as it was local. This is the time of year when items like zucchini can be so plentiful that people may be at a loss as to what to [...]
At a recent Chef's Challenge get together, the 2017 Golden Spatula was awarded to Chef Matthew Lasof for winning the First Annual Chef's Challenge cooking event. Chef Matthew Lasof makes a $100 donation challenge! As he received the Golden Spatula, Chef Matt issued a challenge to those in attendance: he's donating $100 to [...]
On March 26, Executive Chef Matthew Lasof won the First Annual Chef's Challenge, a fun cooking event that raised funds to complete the Community Kitchen here at Community Action Center. Lasof won the coveted "Golden Spatula," something we "cooked up" to present at the event. Chef Matthew Lasof shows his hardware to the group, [...]
Garlic is easy to grow in the Palouse - all you have to do is pop a large clove in some dirt during fall, November at the latest. Last year we got ours in around November 1st! Garlic can survive freezing temperatures if planted in fall, since the roots will have time to [...]
Farm to Food Bank Demonstrations: Summer in the Kitchen! Community Action Center is happy to announce a new program during the summer called “Farm to Food Bank”. These demonstrations allow us to use our kitchen in a fun and new way during the summer, where local cooks will demonstrate recipes with locally grown fresh produce. [...]
Kale Harvest Ready! Kale is an easy-to-grow addition to many wonderful meals. It can be grown outdoors in raised beds, in the ground, in just about any way that you can imagine. It should be no problem finding the perfect fit for your situation. It can be planted any time from early spring to [...]
