Category Archives: cider press

Skookum helps press cider for Farm to School lunch

Posted on December 5, 2011 by David Parkinson

On Monday November 28, Coco Hess, Martin Mitchinson, and I got an early start. We picked up Skookum’s cider press from Jan & Gary’s workshop in Westview, and drove up to Wildwood to press apple cider for the James Thomson … Continue reading →

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Pressing Matters! Skookum Celebrates Co-op Week 2010

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Gianni

It was a beautiful, sunny October morning, crisp as the apples we were pressing into delicious cider during Skookum’s Co-op week celebratory Community “Press-Off”, outside the Community Resource Centre, as part of the weekly Saturday Winter Market. The concept was … Continue reading →

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Community Press-Off! Sat. Oct 16 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Gianni
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Skookum September! (A snapshot of what we’re up to)

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Gianni

It has been a pretty busy September for Skookum, and it’s not letting up. The BPA-free canning lid order is complete, and a dozen or so members have some of the tools we need to get canning! If anyone has … Continue reading →

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When Harry Came to Pow!Town

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Gianni

Harry Burton and partner Debbie from Salt Spring Island’s Apple Luscious Organic Orchards visited Powell River for a Skookum-sponsored two-day fundraiser for our new community apple press. It was about apples, and a lot more. Harry talked about pruning, apple … Continue reading →

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