Posted May 16th, 2012 by Tonya Lailey
A special U.N. investigation found Canada is in violation of its international obligations when it comes to ensuring its citizens can access adequate and affordable food.
Nearly 800,000 households are too poor to afford adequate diets, a problem exacerbated by stingy welfare programs and low minimum wages, according to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Olivier De Schutter made the comments Wednesday after wrapping up an 11-day fact-finding mission of food security, the first of its kind to be done in a wealthy nation.
“These rates of food security are unacceptable and it is time for Canada to adopt a national right to food,” he said.
Read it on Global News: Global News | U.N. envoy to grade food security in Canada
Posted May 10th, 2012 by Tonya Lailey
SAVE THE DATES!
Delegates from Slow Food convivia across Canada will meet in the Okanagan from April 26th to 29th, 2013.
The planning is underway. Stay tuned for details!
The Slow Food Edmonton convivium hosted the National Meeting in May of this year.
Have a look at the agenda and guests speakers for 2012.
Posted May 3rd, 2012 by Tonya Lailey
sponsored by city palate
You know your doctor, you know your lawyer, you know your accountant….Who’s your farmer?
Writer, chef, poet, and food advocate dee Hobsbawn-Smith takes to the road with this provocative question. Visit the farmers close to you and learn more about
Foodshed: An Edible Alberta Alphabet, the intimate guide to Alberta’s sustainable food scene.
Check out the locations and dates of all the stops on the Rural Routes Road Trip:
Foodshed_AlbertaTour
Posted April 24th, 2012 by Tonya Lailey
The Edmonton Journal reports…”Some of the world’s biggest food brands and leading organic labels have understated the amount of bad nutrients — such as fat, sugar and sodium — in their products, or overstated the good ones, internal government tests show.”
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Posted April 17th, 2012 by Tonya Lailey
The Slow Food Canada website is loaded with news of events and projects happening in convivia across the country. However, there’s no single source that does, nor could, capture the richness of thought and the complex of initiatives that occur in so many pockets of Canada under the rubric of Slow Food.
It would be a good idea to feature news from afield every month on this site. We’ll aim for that.
Here’s Slow Food Superior’s spring newsletter. It’s got recipes, end of winter root cellar advice and a great interview with a nine year old who is helping to form a Slow Food Kids convivium.
Check it out: Spring 2012newsletter
