Live and Learn cultivates food security, community resilience, and social connectedness by creating frequent & accessible learning & teaching opportunities on the lower Sunshine Coast. Our program seeks out people with amazing local food skills-- from elders with time-tested knowledge to single parents finding clever ways to make ends meet-- and offers training and support in becoming a Mentor so they can share their skills with others. Food skills might be growing, gathering, fishing for, canning, drying, preserving, cooking, and raising food, or other ways to create abundance. We then help link Mentors with Learners to create new opportunities for teaching & sharing. People are connecting, learning together, and participating in … [Read More...]

At Live & Learn, people are connecting, learning together, and participating in our unique Sunshine Coast food culture. While this is wonderful fun, it is also vital for personal, community, & environmental health. 1) It’s good for your health! Social connectedness Most people come out to learn with Live & Learn simply because it is joyful and fun. But did you know it is also good for your health? It’s no secret that people with a strong social support system tend to … [Read More...]