The CEED Centre Society is pleased to announce that it is working with local farmers to create an online food market that will source exclusively from local Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows farms. You can order from multiple farms and have it delivered fresh right to your door. The website will feature a page for each farm where you can learn about its growing practices, philosophies and unique characteristics. Stay tuned for the launch of Alouette Growers this Spring. 
Of course, local food security has taken on added importance in these times of uncertainty. Help to grow the capacity of local food production by sourcing from people that grow food in your own communities. Increasing knowledge about the benefits of maintaining a healthy local microbiome is adding to the appeal of vegetables and fruits grown with ecologically sound practices, high nutritional density and fresh harvests.  
The main website will be www.alouettegrowers.ca. 
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On Saturday, May 3, 2025, the CEED Centre will host a Children's Day Festival at the CEED Centre Neighbourhood House and Beckett Park. The Festival will celebrate Japanese Canadian culture with traditional crafts and family oriented activities, like Koi Nobori streamer making, origami and Japanese calligraphy. 

This year the Festival will also serve to inaugurate a permanent exhibit at the Centre called 'Seiko Udoku,'  "Remembering the Lost Legacy of the Japanese Canadian Farming Community in Maple Ridge." 

The inauguration ceremony will commence at 10:30, while the festival runs from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 
A taiko drum performance will feature the duo NoriNori and Komori.