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Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary

Backyard Benefit for Slow Food Calgary at Vinestone Wine Co. in Cochrane

Vinestone Wine Co. on behalf of Slow Food Calgary presents…

GRAZIN’ THE BACKYARD
a celebration of wine, food & music

Saturday July 17, 2010
6:30 to 10 pm

@ Vinestone Wine Co. – 608, 2nd St. West, Cochrane
www.vinestonewine.co

Featuring…

The Ethical, Delectable Offerings of Forage Foods
The Swinging, Smooth Melodies of Spiral Groove &
The Adaptable, Intriguing Wines of Vinestone!

$85 per person
Proceeds go to Slow Food Calgary

Call 403-981-9463 for tickets and info.

Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary

Slow Food Calgary’s 9th Annual Feast of Fields

June 15, 2010 (Calgary) – Join Slow Food Calgary for a food-fuelled afternoon in the garden. Enjoy plenty of local fare to eat and drink, meet the people who grow your food and the chefs who create delicious dishes with our wonderful Alberta
harvest. Last year we debuted our “The Alberta Snail Trail”, our guide to
local products and this year we’ve expanded it to include 78 local food
producers who meet our good, clean and fair criteria.  Come and connect with
all things local.

Slow Food Calgary’s 9th Annual Feast of Fields
Sunday, September 12, 2010: 1 – 4 pm

Rouge Restaurant, 1240 – 8 Ave SE, in the garden. Rain or Shine.

FURTHER EVENT DETAILS COMING SOON!

Community, Events, Local, The Alberta Snail Trail Passport

Local Food Policy Development: “Finding our Roots”

Slow Food Calgary members Darrel and Corinne Winter (Winters Turkeys), Cherie Andrews (Chinook Honey & Meadery) and Kris Vester (Blue Mountain Biodynamic Farm) emphasize the elements. The photo was taken at “Finding our Roots”, an event hosted by Calgary’s Office of Sustainability in an effort to develop a local food policy.

Community, Global, Growers and Farmgate Sales

Island Chefs Encourage Field to Fork Dining

Victoria, BC is well known for its love and support of local food and an extension of this is the Island Chefs Collaborative (ICC) Farm Market. Now in its fourth year, the popular downtown market will return to Bastion Square on June 3, 2009.

The ICC identified a need in downtown Victoria for urban residents and visitors to taste some of the Island’s finest produce with local, primarily organic fruits and vegetables for sale at farmgate prices. What began as a small two table market has quickly grown to represent over 100 local farmers and producers.

Each week, ICC chefs will be on hand at the market to provide recipes, cooking tips, and explanations of the more exotic items for sale. The two-day ICC Farm Market will be held every Thursday and Friday through September, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.

The ICC aims to increase public consumption of Island-grown produce and to decrease reliance on imported foods. Sales from the market will help provide income for local farmers; many of whom have come through the Island Chefs Collaborative funding program. For more information visit : www.iccbc.ca

Community, Local

Permaculture workshop coming to Okotoks

Do you want to learn how to replace your lawn with a food-producing landscape?

Are you looking for ways to harvest and store water on your property?

Are you interested in positive and practical ways of addressing today’s environmental challenges?

Learn how in Big Sky Permaculture’s next Introduction to Permaculture workshop on June 19 and 20 2010 in Okotoks, Alberta (40 minutes outside of Calgary)!

The Introduction To Permaculture workshop is a popular first step into formal training in permaculture. Informative, inspiring and practical, this workshop contains a healthy mixture of theory and engaging hands-on exercises that will equip you with the fundamentals of permaculture. This course will arm you with methods and strategies to have a positive impact on the environment, boosting food productivity on you own yard, (re)designing to maximize water efficiency, and reducing energy usage and costs at home.

Click here for registration information: Intro_Poster_06_2010

Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary

Janice Beaton Fine Cheese and Wild Rose Brewery

“Beer and Cheese” Pairing

Monday, April 19 from 7 to 9 pm
Wild Rose Brewery, in the Currie Barracks
4580 Quesnay Wood Dr., SW

This fun event features two local favourites in our first ever beer and cheese pairing night. Guests will enjoy six hand-crafted Wild Rose brews lovingly paired with Canadian cheeses and charcuteries delicacies while learning about how both the beers and the cheese are made.

Slow Food Calgary Members: $35; Not-yet Members $45
*Price includes the beer and accompaniments.

To purchase tickets to any event listed, call or visit:

The Cookbook Co. Cooks, 722 – 11th Ave. SW/ 403-265-6066

Community, Global, Slow Food Calgary

And the nominees are…

It’s time to submit nominations for Terra Madre 2010!

21 Oct 10 – 25 Oct 10
TERRA MADRE world meeting of food communities
Turin, Italy

Terra Madre is Slow Food’s project to build an international network of food communities, including food producers, cooks, educators, and youth, working to establish a system of good, clean and fair food production. Since 2004, thousands of representatives of these communties come together in Turin, Italy every two years in an international meeting.
www.terramadre.org
WHO to NOMINATE ?

Southern Alberta Farmers…
• who have not been to Terra Madre
• who practice good, clean and fair farming without chemical inputs
• who would like to do more toward making their farm practices sustainable
• who would like to do more toward growing and distributing good food in clean and fair ways
• the cultivation or interest in same of heritage/heirloom varieties will be considered

Southern Alberta Youth Farmers…
• same criteria as above only candidates must be younger than 35

Southern Alberta Cooks…
• who have not been to Terra Madre
• who have a demonstrated track record of supporting locally grown and raised food but who are keen on learning more about what it means to successfully source good, clean and fair local produce/products and to build a sustainable/marketable cuisine from them

DEADLINE: March 31, 2010

Names of candidates, a brief description of who they are and what they do and any words or letters of support should be sent to:

info@slowfoodcalgary.ca

WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU!


Community, Local

Growing Food for the First Time: An Introduction to Organic Vegetable Gardening

Community Gardens Resource Network News
“Growing Food for the First Time: An Introduction to Organic Vegetable Gardening”
Sunday March 7, 2010
2:00 to 5:00 pm
Unitarian Church of Calgary_1703 First Street NW_Calgary
RSVP by Thursday, March 4, 2010 to growfoodcalgary@gmail.com
Join Master Gardener and Organic Market Gardener, Elaine Rude, to learn_about growing vegetables successfully in Calgary!
$5.00 Suggested Donation Refreshments will be provided.
This workshop is made possible by the
Calgary Horticultural Society
Green Calgary
Unitarian Church Green Sanctuary Committee
Hello Gardeners!
I am excited to let you know of an upcoming workshop for people wanting to
earn how to have a successful vegetable garden in Calgary.
Elaine Rude’s easy introduction to organic vegetable growing in Calgary’s
high altitude climate was so popular last year she has agreed to present
it again this spring!  Don’t miss it!
Encourage new food gardeners to RSVP as soon as they can to the email address
below as space is limited.  If it happens that a gardener cannot attend please let us know
so that a person on the waiting list can have that spot at the workshop!
Gael Blackhall
Community Garden Resource Network
A project of The Calgary Horticultural Society supported by The Calgary Foundation
communitygardens@calhort.org

Community Gardens Resource Network News

Sunday March 7, 2010
2:00 to 5:00 pm
Unitarian Church of Calgary_1703 First Street NW Calgary

***RSVP by Thursday, March 4, 2010 to growfoodcalgary@gmail.com

Join Master Gardener and Organic Market Gardener, Elaine Rude, to learn about growing vegetables successfully in Calgary!

$5.00 suggested donation.
Refreshments will be provided.

This workshop is made possible by…
Calgary Horticultural Society
Green Calgary
Unitarian Church Green Sanctuary Committee

Hello Gardeners!

I am excited to let you know of an upcoming workshop for people wanting to
learn how to have a successful vegetable garden in Calgary.

Elaine Rude’s easy introduction to organic vegetable growing in Calgary’s
high altitude climate was so popular last year she has agreed to present
it again this spring!  Don’t miss it!

Encourage new food gardeners to RSVP as soon as they can to the email address
below as space is limited.  If it happens that a gardener cannot attend please let us know so that a person on the waiting list can have that spot at the workshop!

Gael Blackhall
Community Garden Resource Network
A project of The Calgary Horticultural Society supported by The Calgary Foundation
communitygardens@calhort.org
Community Gardens Resource Network News

Community, Events, Growers and Farmgate Sales, Local, Slow Food Calgary

Local 101 and Local 201: Two LOCAL events about eating local food and meeting people who are a part of the local food movement.

Local 101: Eating food you know from people you know.
An afternoon of presentations by farmers and cooks followed by a sampling of local foods and beverages.

SATURDAY MARCH 13TH, 2010 @ 1:30 PM
@ River Park Church Auditorium
Tickets $20
Tickets are available from Forage
Tel: 403•269•6551
Go to www.foragefoods.com for more details.

Local 201: Connecting people in the local food movement
Hear what’s happening at the core of the local food movement followed by a panel
discussion and lunch.

SATURDAY MARCH 13TH, 2010 @ 9:30 AM
@ River Park Church Auditorium
Tickets $40
Tickets are available from Forage
Tel: 403•269•6551
Go to www.foragefoods.com for more details.

Click here to view event poster: 101201poster

Community, Local, Slow Food Calgary

2010 Seedy Saturday

written by Karen Anderson

The 2010 Seedy Saturday
Submitted by Karen Anderson
Saturday, March 20, is the 2010 date for Calgary’s “Seedy Saturday” which is an annual seed and plant exchange.  The event is from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Montgomery Community Centre, 5003 – 16 Ave, NW (at the intersection of Hwy#1 and Home Road)
Slow Food Calgary members will be there to host an information booth so come on out and check out all the wonderful plants and seeds for sale and stop by and visit our booth. Gardening and growing your own food is the most “local” food you can get.
If you need a little more inspiration to get gardening here is a great idea for a plant you may not know much about but that a local gardening guru highly recommends.  That guru is Gael Blackhall, the Coordinator of the Community Garden Resource Network which is a project of The Calgary Horticultural Society supported by The Calgary Foundation and Evergreen and here is her fun idea.
Blackhall says, “What’s green, golf-ball sized, low calorie, wrapped like a Chinese lantern, bursting with potassium, vitamins C and A, calcium and folic acid, thrives in Calgary, has been around since 800 BC and makes any sauce, stew, jam, and salsa a hit? Answer: the hydra tomatillo!
Ravishingly beautiful at every stage of growth from cheerful yellow blossom to the clusters of teardrop-shaped husks swaying in the breeze, the mysterious and lovely tomatillo grows and ripens secretly inside the husk.  They tolerate average soil, only need moderate amount of water, and once the plant is established, they are weather and drought resistant.
Harvesting the glorious tomatillo is like unwrapping an edible present.
User instructions are simple.  Remove husk, wash ripe green fruit and enjoy. Eat the whole thing! There’s absolutely no need to peel or remove the seeds.   Its flesh is firmer than a tomato and has a light note of lemon. Tomatillos are a natural understudy for tomatoes in any recipe but without the drama queen fussing tomatoes demand.
Sow seeds indoors 4 weeks before the last frost. Then transplant the seedlings outside 2 feet apart in a very sunny site just after the last springtime frost.
I hope that Calgarians make like an Aztec locavores and discover how easy tomatillos are to grow, how tremendously versatile they are in the kitchen, and how successful they are as a food crop in community gardens!”
Thanks Gael for that great idea.  If you want to know more about Community Gardening in Calgary, Blackhall and her team from the Calgary Horticultural Society will also have a booth at “Seedy Saturday”.  See you there!

Saturday, March 20, is the 2010 date for Calgary’s “Seedy Saturday” which is an annual seed and plant exchange.

The event is from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Montgomery Community Centre, 5003 – 16 Ave, NW (at the intersection of Hwy#1 and Home Road)

Slow Food Calgary members will be there to host an information booth so come on out and check out all the wonderful plants and seeds for sale and stop by and visit our booth. Gardening and growing your own food is the most “local” food you can get.

If you need a little more inspiration to get gardening here is a great idea for a plant you may not know much about but that a local gardening guru highly recommends.  That guru is Gael Blackhall, the Coordinator of the Community Garden Resource Network which is a project of The Calgary Horticultural Society supported by The Calgary Foundation and Evergreen and here is her fun idea.

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Slow Food Calgary's 9th Annual Feast of Fields
Sep 12, 2010
at Rouge Restaurant, 1240 - 8th Ave. SE, in the garden. Rain or shine.

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Giving that is Good, Clean and Fair: Slow Food Membership Gift Certificates

NOW AVAILABLE…Gift Certificates for Slow Food Calgary Membership. Just fill out the contact form, specifying your request.Instructions regarding payment and receipt of certificate will follow your request.It is simple, sustainable and ethical gift giving at its best. 

Students and Youth: We want to hear from you!

Slow Food Calgary would like to work with students and our youth to spread the Slow Food message. We want to hear from young people who care about a healthy, sustainable and delicious food supply for the future.

We want to talk to you about how Slow Food’s vision for Good, Clean and Fair food for the planet may gain life in the places where young people study, work and play.

Click here to learn more about Slow Food International and its Youth Food Movement.

Get involved in the future of food. Students and Youth, we really do want to hear from you: Contact us at Slow Food Calgary.

Slow Food Calgary Annual Report 2008

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Slow Food & the Community

Late Summer Canning
There are moments that are magic, and events that are alchemy. You never know when they will arrive, or with whom. All you can do is raise your face to the sky and say thank-you.

Canning with Penny and Tony Marshall was one of those moments. Learn more »

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