By / Par Cam & Anna (Winnipeg Convivium) Winnipeg Foodies, let’s build and restart. After years of inactivity, we want to revive the Winnipeg convivium. We are resuming its activities and we are eager to welcome new members and reconnect with its former members and supporters. We would … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
From the Farm / De la ferme
By / Par Jerry Kitt Hunting season has arrived and our normally quiet road is seeing lots of new traffic. Usually two guys in a pickup truck. It’s easy to tell the hunters from the locals, they don’t tend to wave. All of our land is posted “No Hunting,” not that I mind hunters but I like to offer … [Read more...]
Posting Food / Colis gourmands
By / Par Tonya Lailey, Slow Food Calgary Planning Committee My niece is turning 13 and I'm mailing food: a meaningful hunk of Sylvan Star Grizzly Gouda in a cheese bag I bought at Lina's Italian Market. The bag is decorated with a cartoon mouse and that stock image of ghastly yellow cavernous … [Read more...]
Let’s e-meet over some good, clean and fair food / Faisons connaissance de manière « bonne, propre et juste »
By / Par Caroline Cloutier New Communication Coordinator / Nouvelle coordonnatrice des communications Slow Food Canada “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well”, once said writer Virginia Woolf. I could not agree more with her. Food is the essence of life, … [Read more...]
Exploring all things food at Eco Practicum / Exploring all things food at Eco Practicum
By/Par Lesia Kinach As an environmental geography major, I am always looking for ways to connect what I’ve learned in my courses to current relevant issues. I am especially interested in food and agriculture, and earlier this summer I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes and to see what it … [Read more...]