Posted December 6th, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
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.
The Brew Brothers will be providing local beer at a nominal cost!
Register for the Terra Madre Day Potluck (event details found at this link).
Learn more about Terra Madre Day
Posted November 29th, 2011 by Tonya Lailey
Calgary Arts Development hosted a Pecha Kucha night on November 23rd and invited Slow Food Calgary to participate.
What’s Pecha Kucha? [from Wikipedia: Pecha Kucha (Japanese for chit chat) events consist of around a dozen presentations, each presenter having 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds on a timer. Thus, each presenter has just 6 minutes and 40 seconds to explain their ideas before the next takes the stage. Conceived as a venue through which young designers could meet, show their work, exchange ideas, and network, the format keeps presentations concise and fast-paced. ]
Slow Food Calgary President Kris Vester stepped up to the plate to speak for Slow Food.
He swung hard – and fast.
See video of Kris’ presentation - Slow Food, Pecha Kucha style!
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…
