We envision Skookum as an incubator of interesting projects which all help our members and others become more self-reliant in food production, processing, and preservation. The directors are always on the lookout for new projects to bring our members together to share tools, resources, skills, knowledge, time, and/or labour.
You can read about our past projects here.
If you have a good idea for a project you’d like to work on with other people, let us know. Here are some of the possible projects that our members have suggested so far:
- bulk buying of mushroom spores and a work party to inoculate logs with spores for small-scale mushroom growing;
- a community bookshelf of resources on food production, etc.
- a lending library of tools;
- a project to build and sell sub-irrigated containers for growing tomatoes and other plants in small spaces;
- bulk ordering of fruit trees, especially less common varieties;
- bulk orders of local meat;
- annual bulk order of seeds, especially heirloom varieties worth saving;
- joint ownership of dehydrators, solar and otherwise;
- community composting;
- bulk purchase of hay;
- bulk purchase of fertilizers and other amendments;
- project to start mushroom logs;
- broadleaf maple syrup.
dehydrators, solar and otherwise;
• members’ loans of equipment to the cooperative;
• guidelines for use of shared equipment;
• workshop on tool repair and maintenance;
• community bookshelf; shared library of resources;
• community composting;
• pooling and sharing labour in an equitable way;
• guidelines and criteria for choosing projects;
• use of the members-only listserv;
• bulk purchase of hay and fruit trees;
• concerns about impinging on local businesses;
• project to start mushroom logs;
• broadleaf maple syrup;
• connecting with local producers to buy in bulk from them and support these businesses;
• older members of the community as a resource and market for local food.
• members’ loans of equipment to the cooperative;
• guidelines for use of shared equipment;
• workshop on tool repair and maintenance;
• community bookshelf; shared library of resources;
• community composting;
• pooling and sharing labour in an equitable way;
• guidelines and criteria for choosing projects;
• use of the members-only listserv;
• bulk purchase of hay and fruit trees;
• concerns about impinging on local businesses;
• project to start mushroom logs;
• broadleaf maple syrup;
• connecting with local producers to buy in bulk from them and support these businesses;
• older members of the community as a resource and market for local food.
