First Nature Farms is a family farm in the Peace Country. Once a month, First Nature Farms owner Jerry Kitt writes about his experiences on the farm. Read the original texts here and here. - BY JERRY KITT - Farm News - July Most people who keep pets have either a dog or a cat. … [Read more...]
Camas Bulbs and Fiddleheads embark on the Canadian Ark of Taste
Camas, an edible bulb traditionally eaten by the native people from Western Canada, and fiddleheads, the new fronds of the Ostrich fern plant resembling the scroll of a violin, have recently been accepted on the Canadian Ark of Taste as endangered foods to be protected and remembered. Camas … [Read more...]
Farm News, Fox News
This is a shortened version of “Farm News” published by Jerry Kitt from First Nature Farms. Last month I saw my first fox and wrote about it in the “Farm News”. What I didn’t mention was the exact moment I was writing about the fox, I glanced out the window and there was the fox … [Read more...]
Slow Food in Canada welcomes board members
Slow Food in Canada would like to welcome four new members elected to its board after the recent elections held during its annual national conference in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, on May 1-4, 2014. Joining the table for a 2-year mandate are Cam Tran, reviver of the Slow Food movement in Winnipeg, … [Read more...]
The 2014 Canadian Food Heroes announced
Slow Food in Canada, representing all the Slow Food convivia across the country, recognized the contribution of six Canadian ambassadors of good, clean and fair food during its annual meeting held in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia May 1-4, 2014. The Canadian Food Hero recognition is given each year by … [Read more...]
Piglets and swans: Spring at the farm
Unlike most occupations which have a time to start and a time to finish, work on the farm has no end. There is always work that needs doing, especially in spring with seeding is around the corner and with pigs farrowing and cows calving, the days get filled to the maximum. Back in March, the … [Read more...]
3 tips to adopt the Slow Food philosophy
By Janet Henderson The last two and a half centuries of industrial and technological development have allowed our global population to grow exponentially. There are many who argue that the only way to meet the dietary needs of a growing global population is to go further down the path of … [Read more...]
2014 National Conference Photo Album
The Slow Food in Canada 2014 National Conference was held May 1-4 in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. Click to see some of our pictures to relive the moment or make you wish you were there with us! See you next year... in Montreal! … [Read more...]
A Sneak Peak at Salone del Gusto & Terra Madre 2014
A sneak peek at Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre, one of the world’s most extraordinary international events dedicated to food and the people who produce it. Come discover a world of food biodiversity to celebrate and protect. Save the date and join us in Turin, Italy from October 23-27. … [Read more...]
What Exactly is the Ark Of Taste?
By Laura Buckley Did you know that pawpaw is native to Ontario? Have you ever heard of herring spawn on kelp or tasted Lunenburg pudding? I hadn’t before I got involved with the Ark of Taste. As the chair of the Ark of Taste Commission for Slow Food in Canada, I am responsible … [Read more...]
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