Download our new brochure: Tool Library.pdf (September 2015)
Tools to help with food self-sufficiency in the garden and kitchen
The Food Hub Tool Library offers a wide variety of culinary tools to help with food self-sufficiency in the garden and kitchen. Tools are available to all residents of Kaslo and RDCK area D (Ainsworth to Gerrard).
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Tool rental period is 1 week
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Suggested tool rental rate of $5-$10* sliding scale for most items (see exceptions in tool description)
*We aim to serve everyone. Tools also available on a pay-what-you-can basis.
To rent a tool contact the Kaslo Food Hub:
- 250-353-7120
- patricksteiner@nklcss.org
- Basement of St. Andrew’s Hall, 500 4th St., Kaslo, BC
- Open Tuesdays from 10am to 1pm
Rototiller—Tecumseh engine, 22” wide, rear-tine rototiller can help you loosen soil and prep your garden. Comes with instructions and a quick lesson from Patrick if you wish. (Suggested rental rate for this item is $20) |
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Seed Cleaning Screens—For the gardener. Six different screens in wood frames. Separate seed from chaff and up your seed-saving game. |
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Food Sealer—Preserve foods by vacuum-sealing. Great for preparing meals to take camping. |
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Pressure Canner—All-American Pressure Cooker/Canner holds 19 pint jars or 7 quart jars at one time. Speeds the time involved in cooking or canning. |
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Water-bath Canner—The most simple canner for home canned-goods. Comes with jar-lifting tongs. |
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Food Processor—Kenmore MultiPro Food Processor does it all! It’s a food processor, juicer, grinder and blender. Includes multiple size bowls,blender, whisk attachments, dough tool and different size disks for shredding, julienne and more. |
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Dehydrator—The 9-rack Excalibur dehydrator allows you to dry lots of fruit, quickly. Also dries herbs, vegetables, fish, meats and jerky. |
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Smoker—Big Chief Electric Smokehouse allows you to smoke, cure and preserve meat, fish, cheese, nuts and more. Comes with instructions and recipe book. |
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Electric Grain Mill—L’equip Nutrimill is a compact, table top flour mill that quickly grinds a wide variety of grains and beans. |
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Apple Press—The Maximizer apple press and fruit crusher is ideal for juicing apples or grapes. Non-electric, manually operated grinder and fruit press. (Suggested rental rate for this item is $20) |
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Breville Juicer—High quality centrifugal juicer handles fruits and vegetables. Choose juice or puree settings (where the pulp is not separated from the juice). |
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Crock-Pot—This slow-cooker prepares your meal while you’re away so you can return home to delicious, hot food. |
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Meat Grinder—Hand-crank meat grinder allows you to quickly grind meat in preparation for sausage making or just to enjoy as ground meat. |
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Kitchen in a Box—Short on kitchen items but want to process food? This box includes sauce pan, casserole pan, cookie sheets, stockpot, cutting boards, measuring cups, kitchen utensils, knives, graters and more. |
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Steam Juicer—The Mehu-Liisa stove-top juicer extracts juice from fruits and vegetables. Fruits with pits or stones do not need stones removed. |
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Juicer/Grinder combo—The Omega Fruit and Vegetable Juicer is a masticating style juicer that extracts maximum juice from fruits and veg. Can also be used for grinding grain into flour, or nuts and seeds into butters. |
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Oil Press—Piteba Oil Expeller is a manually operated oil press for nuts and seeds. Make culinary oils from sunflower, walnut, mustard and more. |
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Electric Spice Mill—Quickly grinds spices for that marathon food processing weekend! |
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Thank you to our Tool Library funders:
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Columbia Basin Trust
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Province of BC
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Individual Donors