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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?
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
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
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
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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