Posted November 27th, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
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.
Register for the Terra Madre Day Potluck
Learn more about Terra Madre Day
Posted November 23rd, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
We’ve been thinking about the best way to spend our time, energy and very slim financial resources to help to cultivate a thriving local food community in support of good, clean and fair food.
Our planning committee met on November 19th to exchange these thoughts and to develop an action plan for 2012.
The content of the plan will appear as we post news of upcoming events and projects in the coming weeks and months.
Here is our mandate. It is not so much new as it is refined and newly explicit:
• Making local connections between consumers, chefs, producers and processors of good, clean, fair food.
• Building public awareness of agricultural systems.
• Promoting the concepts of equality and responsibility for our food system.
Join us on this road less travelled!
Posted November 4th, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
On Saturday November 19th, the Slow Food Calgary planning committee will convene in order to live up to its name.
ATTENTION: The committee welcomes event and project ideas from the Slow Food community at-large.
SEND YOUR BRILLIANT IDEAS DIRECTLY TO
SLOW FOOD CALGARY’S LEAD SNAIL:
Kris Vester / vesterkh@yahoo.ca
May the slow ideas flow…
Posted October 27th, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
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.
Posted October 8th, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
If you are 30 or younger and have a desire to change the world one bite at a time, join Slow Food Calgary’s Youth Movement.
Email Stephanie Kolk and ask how you can help to change the food culture of your generation.
stephanie@kayben.com
Learn how Stephanie has cultivated a love for food and farming which has so far lead to the creation of JoJo’s Café on Kayben Farms in Okotoks and the will to lead a youth arm of Slow Food Calgary: Click here
Read about the Slow Food Movement at large and the work of the young, not-so-young and old the world over who share a love of the planet and a keen appetite for good food. Slow Food International
