Archive for August, 2009
Slow Food Calgary
Help get Eagle Creek Farms’ garlic ready for market
Rarely do city dwellers get the opportunity to visit a farm nevermind lend a hand to a farmer during high harvest season.
On Wednesday September 9, John Mills of Eagle Creek Farms is inviting keen and industrious folks to his farm to help get garlic cleaned and ready for winter storage and to help break seed garlic into individual cloves for planting. This is a “many hands make light work” project that promises the easy chatter of busy hands and the satisfaction of making a difference in the life of a local farm – plant and human.
Weather permitting, some garlic will be planted on the day.
All participants will get a chance to challenge one of the corn and sunflower mazes on the farm.
Visit Farmer John’s Blog for more information and to see photos of a previous harvest: eaglecreekfarms.blogspot.com *If you wish to volunteer to help prepare the garlic, you need to send an email to John Mills at Eagle Creek Farms. There is an email link from the front page of the blog.
Community, Events, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local
Flavours of the Foothills Harvest Festival – August 22 & 23, 2009
Press Release: August 7, 2009… A local feast for the body, mind and soul.
This fourth annual event is now two days. Farms, galleries, artists and producers invite you to participate in a rural driving tour just south of Calgary.Come celebrate our local farms, food, art, landscape and history.
The Flavour of the Foothills members will be partnering with the growers and artists at five great locations, hosting special demonstrations, tours and activities.
Drive through the scenic foothills, get off the beaten track and discover the side roads.You will be able to taste local specialties – black currants, mead, turkey, bison, elk, honey ice cream and more.
Learn about our farming pioneers, how artists work their magic, how bees make honey and about cowboy culture.
For more details, including how to purchase an Advance Family Passport for only $45 (before August 15th), visit: www.flavoursofthefoothills.com
Contact Carmen Ditzler, Flavours of the Foothills Coordinator, for questions about the event: 403-931-4891 / cditzler@telus.net