Archive for October, 2007
Community, Events, Local
Raw Milk Debate
On Wednesday, October 24, Raw Milk Canada presents an interactive lecture by farmer and raw milk advocate Mark MacAfee. MacAfee is co-owner of Organic Pastures, located near Fresno, California. MacAfee’s farm was featured in the New York Times in August 2007, in an examination of the issues and risks surrounding consumption of raw milk. Be an informed consumer. Learn about the difference a natural grass-based diet makes to the health & nutrient density of milk, the changes that occur to milk during pasteurization, and why pasteurization was introduced in the first place. Who should and should not drink raw milk? When is raw milk safe to consume, and for whom? What about legaliities?
Tickets are $12 in advance, available by phone at 215-0565, or in person at Community Natural Foods; $15 at the door. The Calgary lecture is at Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Centre, and begins at 7:00 P.M.
MacAfee will be speaking in Edmonton on October 23 and in Vancouver on October 25.
For further information, visit www.realmilkcanada.com or www.organicpastures.com.
Community, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local
Do you have time to tootle?
by Karen Anderson
“Tootle” is not a word I had heard before I moved to Calgary. According to Webster, it refers to “proceeding in a leisurely way.” For the past nine summers, The City Palate has sponsored a “Foodie Tootle” led by food writer and chef dee Hobsbawn-Smith, where 40 or so folks slow down for a day of touring some of Alberta’s finest farms.
I run food tours around Calgary, and was delighted when a few people suggested I lead them on a pre-Thanksgiving “Turkey Tootle”. The idea was to help people organize their Thanksgiving feast in a “100 mile diet” sort of fashion. Consumers would learn where their turkey and all the fixings come from, and they would meet the people raising their food. It is exactly what people wanted. So I thought.
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Community, Events, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local
Slow Food Calgary and Infuse/Forage Catering present…
Join us for another in our successful and popular “Kitchen Party” taste workshop series.
This one is with Peter and Judy Haase at
Forage/Infuse Catering
3510 – 19th St. SW
Tuesday November 6, 2007
6:30 pm
Join Peter and Judy Haase of Buffalo Horn Ranch and the crew of Forage for an up-close evening of information, fine buffalo fare and camaraderie next door to Forage in the Infuse Catering kitchen.
Learn about Peter and Judy’s efforts to bring back the bison and develop a fine breeding herd in the process while producing great local eating.
Slow Food Members $35.00
Non members $45.00
For tickets, call The Cookbook Co. Cooks at 265.6066 or Janice Beaton Fine Cheese at 229.0900