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Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food Calgary’s youth wing has lift!
Take part in this friendly and soft introduction to Slow Food Calgary Youth.
Eat in and a movie.
Eat, watch, listen, connect.
• February 17, 2012 @ 5 pm
• Eau Claire Market – 200 Barclay Parade SW, Calgary – in the “Community Room”
• Movie : “Food security: It’s in your hands”
Local food, local beer, local young people who share your passion for good, clean and fair food.
Community, Events, Global, Local, Political Action, Slow Food Calgary
CALGARY EATS! Help to create a sustainable and resilient food system for the Calgary region…
The Calgary Food Committee is developing a Food System Assessment for Calgary that will examine the range of food issues and assets and identify actions to help move us forward to a more sustainable food system….and we want you to be involved!
We are holding a public event on Saturday January 28th at the Ant Hill Building in Kensington. This event will showcase the many businesses, organizations and individuals who are working in, or connected to, the food system in the Calgary region. This will provide an incredible opportunity to connect with one another and share in the opportunities and actions that people are taking to build a more resilient and sustainable food system for our city. Oh, and we all get to eat some great food!
WHEN: Saturday January 28th from 10 am to 4 pm
WHERE: The Ant Hill Building in Kensington: 148-10th St. NW
GET INVOLVED. Follow these links for event details and to download a vendor application form:
POSTER Open House Jan 28th 2012
Vendor Application Form
Events, Global, Political Action
JOEL SALATIN “The Most Influential Farmer in America” IS COMING TO TOWN
Calgary, AB – December 19, 2011 ~ Joel Salatin, the man that TIME magazine called ”the world’s most innovative farmer” is coming to Calgary and the Kingsland Farmers’ Market on March 21 & 22, 2012. Salatin is known and respected worldwide for his family’s innovative and effective farming techniques that allow them to produce ‘beyond organic’ produce effectively, in a way which regenerates their farmland while making them a profitable livelihood.
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Kingsland Farmers’ Market is hosting Joel Salatin’s workshop on how to make your small farm more ethical, profitable, and deeply integrated with your local community. This workshop is an important one for anyone involved in local food, sustainability or agriculture to attend. A second, shorter workshop will be offered the following day.
Joel Salatin is a third generation organic farmer and author whose family owns and operates Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces what Joel calls ‘salad bar beef’, ‘pigaerator pork’, pastured poultry and forage-based rabbits. The Polyface farm operated by the Salatin family direct markets to 4,000 families, 40 restaurants, and 10 retail outlets.
A prolific author, Salatin’s eight books to date include both how-to and big picture themes. The farm features prominently in Michael Pollan’s New York Times best-seller The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the award-winning documentary Food, Inc.
Tickets for these events go on sale January 14, 2012 and are available by calling 403-255-3276 or @: www.kingslandfarmersmarket.com
Community, Events, Global, Local, Political Action, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food Calgary and Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association invite YOU to Celebrate Terra Madre Day on December 10th
What: “The Pleasure and Politics of Food”. – a potluck-fueled evening of good, clean and fair local food and dialogue to mark international Terre Madre day and to engage the public on matters of local food systems…
When: Saturday, December 10th. 5:00 – 9:00 PM. (dinner at 6:00)
Where: The Hearthroom at Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre, 1320, 5th Ave. N.W.
Why: To eat and discuss in solidarity with thousands of other eaters and producers around the world who are holding similar events on international Terre Madre Day. To further the cause of good, clean and fair food within the local context by engaging in facilitated discussions on the subject of food in general.
Who: Slow Food Calgary (SFC )and Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association (HSCA) are sponsoring partners in this event. All interested members of the public are welcome to participate and there is no cost to attend. Attendees are asked to bring prepared food, using as much local content as possible, sufficient to feed themselves plus one. Registration is encouraged, as there is limited space in the venue. Only those who register will be guaranteed a seat at a table. We are inviting cash donations at this event and all funds collected will be used to support the Calgary Food Bank. Suggested donation is $10 per person.
Community, Events, Global, Local, Slow Food Calgary
December 10th is Terra Madre Day…How will you celebrate?
Local food is our future, and celebrating these foods and their producers – in daily life and through special events – is the best way to protect them.
This is the spirit in which the global Slow Food network approaches Terra Madre Day on December 10 each year – a day to promote food that is good, clean and fair and to acknowledge the importance of the regions, cultures and communities working to protect and promote such food.
Everyone is invited – Slow Food convivia, the Terra Madre network and supporting organizations and friends – to celebrate with an event in your community. If you can, please also use this day to raise support for Slow Food’s biggest project in 2011, A Thousand Gardens in Africa .
Last year Terra Madre Day traveled across 120 countries, from a wild food festival in the green forests of Java, Indonesia to traditional cooking workshops in Palestinian villages, to a solar-cooker banquet in central Costa Rica and an Eat-In at Kings Cross, London. But the best place to be on December 10 will be with your own community, participating in an event as simple or complex, as big or small as you wish.
To help cook up your own fun celebration, visit the Terra Madre Day website and download the Information for Organizers guide. Remember to check the online Organizers’ Kit where you will find the logo and other graphics that you can use in your local promotions. Register your event on the Slow Food International website prior to November 10 and we will send you a Terra Madre Day flag.
Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food Calgary is proud to support “harvest of the hills dinner” organized by Slow Food Southern Alberta
”harvest of the hills dinner”
a convivial evening shared in the spirit of slow food
WHEN: Saturday October 22nd, 2011
Cocktails: 5:30 pm Dinner to follow
WHERE:: Taste of Heaven Café, Claresholm
148 – 49th Avenue West
Come experience and savour the “terroir” of the hills in a five-course meal created and presented by a “heavenly” gang.
Toast the harvest season with three complementary wine tastings from Birds & Bees Organic Winery in Brosseau, AB.
COST: $39.95 per person
TICKETS: Available at Taste of Heaven Café
403-625-5488
For further information call Jackie @ 403-625 -5270
Community, Events, Local
Slow Food Southern Alberta Information Session
WHEN: Thursday, October 13th, 2011 - Doors open 6:45 pm; Session begins at 7:00 pm
WHERE: Westside Community Church, 480 McMaster Blvd. West, Lethbridge
Admission: Healthy “tapas”/snack to share
Beverages will be provided
All are welcome!
What is Slow Food?
In a nutshell, Slow Food is a worldwide volunteer driven/not for profit organization that seeks to promote good, clean and fair food production systems. It also seeks to position food, culinary traditions and mealtime as important features of any culture’s identity. Slow Food views dinner with family and friends as a time for communicating and sharing important values as well as enjoying conviviality, the sensory pleasure that can be derived from great tasting food, and the appreciation of a food’s production. The movement began in Italy and quickly spread throughout the world.
The following is from the official Slow Food International website:
Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world who are linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to their community and the environment. A non-profit member-supported association, Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counter the rise of fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Today, we have over 100,000 members joined in 1,300 convivia – our local chapters – worldwide, as well as a network of 2,000 food communities who practice small-scale and sustainable production of quality foods. For more information visit www.slowfood.com
When You Support Slow Food Southern Alberta, You Are:
Sharing the message about our good, clean, fair local food and helping people discover and savour the flavour of our local bounty and terroir; Advocating for the sharing of food production know-how, culinary knowledge and the benefits of local products throughout our region and beyond; Supporting international and Canadian projects aimed at the protection of food biodiversity (i.e. heirloom varieties); Encouraging public debate and discussion of environmental themes, particularly as they relate to the production of food; Ensuring the preservation of local culinary traditions; Advocating for a food production system, which has exceptional taste, quality, fair pricing, and sustainable farming practices as top priorities.
How To Join?
Membership can be applied for through Slow Food Southern Alberta Convivium or the head office in Italy. When you join, you will receive regular emails from Slow Food International and other information from Slow Food Southern Alberta about events and happenings in the region and discounts on Slow Food events. Be part of a growing group of like-minded folks and use the power of networking to get the message out about the importance of supporting good, clean, fair local food. Membership in any Slow Food Convivium entitles members to attend Slow Food events held anywhere in the world! However, by joining your local Convivium, you ensure most of your membership money stays in our community.
Jacqueline L. Chalmers Harvest of the Hills, October 22nd, 2011 in Claresholm New Oxley Garlic Naturally! www.claresholm.openroads.ca/new-oxley
Box 3226, Claresholm, Ab. T0L 0T0 403.625.5270
Slow Food Southern Alberta Convivium, President
Slow Food Delegate,Terra Madre 2010,Turin, Italy
Community, Events, Global, Political Action
VANDANA SHIVA presents “THE FUTURE OF FOOD” on Sept 23
The 2011 Calgary Peace Prize recipient, Dr Vandana Shiva will be presenting an exhilarating talk on “The Future of Food” at the River Cafe on Princes Island Park, Calgary on Friday September 23rd, 6:30pm. This event is a Meet & Greet reception over food & drinks for passionate Calgarians interested to meet & exchange ideas with Dr Shiva on food policy, peace activism, international development & environment. During this event Oxfam Canada will be also be presenting their new campaign called GROW, which focuses on food justice and women’s rights. Vandana Shiva books will be on sale at this event. For details and tickets ($60) to this event, click here .
VANDANA SHIVA receives 2011 CALGARY PEACE PRIZE & presents “MAKING PEACE WITH THE EARTH” on Sept 24
Please join on us Saturday, September 24th 2011 at the Red & White Club as Alderman Gian-Carlo Carra & Chancellor Emeritus Joanne Cuthbertson present the 2011 Calgary Peace Prize to Dr Vandana Shiva, philosopher, environmental activist, eco feminist and author of several books. Her acceptance speech is titled “Making Peace with the Earth”. During this event, organizations and businesses that are involved in peace, social justice, environment, development, women’s issues, food policy advocacy and natural health will be presenting and selling their products. Vandana Shiva books will be on sale at this event. Tickets are $12. This is a public event – all welcome. For tickets, click here .
If you would like to be a sponsor/ have a booth in this event or share a booth with other organizations, please click here. Consortium for Peace Studies would like to thank the following organizations and people for supporting/ sponsoring the Calgary Peace Prize 2011:
Oxfam Canada, Calgary Food Policy, Alberta Food Policy, Slow Food Calgary, Calgary Seedy Saturday, Hugo Bonjean – Author, Community Natural Foods, Planet Organic, Ten Thousand Villages, The Zeitgeist Society of Calgary, The Arusha Centre, River Café, Project Ploughshares, Initiatives of Change, Bullfrog Energy, Sheldon Chumir Foundation, David Swann (Liberal Party), Vogel and Company (lawyers), EPCOR Centre, Green Calgary, Indian Canada Association of Calgary, Shastri Indo Canada Institute, Judy MacLauchlan of UC Senate, Faculty of Social Work at UC, Faculty of Environmental Design at UC, Faculty of Nursing at UC, Social Work Student Association at UC, Political Science Students at UC, Eco Club at UC, U of C Student Union
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Community, Events, Local, Slow Food Calgary
Slow Food Calgary’s 11th Annual Feast of Fields!
WHEN: Sunday September 11th, 2011 from 1 to 4 pm
WHERE: In the Garden at ROUGE RESTAURANT
1240 – 8th AVE. SE, Calgary
Join us for a delicious afternoon of grazing, sipping and conviviality in the beautiful, historic garden at Rouge restaurant. Come and meet the people who grow your food and the chefs who create dynamic dishes with our wonderful Alberta harvest. Music by Simply Sinatra.
Tickets available at:
THE COOKBOOK CO. COOKS -(403) 265-6066
Members: Adults $65; Youth 8 – 18 $20; Family of 4 $145
Not yet members: Adults $75: Youth 8-18 $35; Family of 4 $170
Kids under 8 eat free!
See the official poster here: Feast of Fields 2011
Community, Events, Local
A great opportunity for young farmers…