By / Par Laura Buckley The Ark of Taste has been highlighted as a priority for Slow Food International and will play a large role at the next Terra Madre in October, 2014. There are currently 1,200 items on the international ark and the push is on to make it to 10,000. Canada now has 17 items, … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
From the Farm / De la ferme
By / Par Jerry Kitt The time has come for the laying hens to give up laying eggs in the chicken coop. “Every time I lay an egg, someone steals it!” (That someone would be me). The goal of the hens is not to provide nutrition for the humans but to start a new family. To do so they must lay an egg … [Read more...]
Slow Bacon: Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands Convivium
By / Par Brooke Fader, Slow Food Vancouver Island Photo credit/Crédits photo: Will Reiher Gathered under the towering fir trees and nestled against the coast, we celebrated the return of a pure Tamworth breeding pair with a pig roast at Still Meadow Farm in Metchosin on Southern Vancouver … [Read more...]
A SLOW FISH CANADA MESSAGE TO CONVIVIA / UN MESSAGE DE SLOW FISH CANADA À TOUS LES CONVIVIA
Dear Canadian Convivia, This October 2013 will be Slow Fish Canada month! We hope all of you will help celebrate Canada’s rich and diverse fishing heritage. From coast to coast, in convivia and fishing communities, events will encourage people to become more engaged with the seafood they … [Read more...]