Join Slow Food Toronto at Beast restaurant for an intimate tasting of Ontario Chardonnays led by Bill Redelmeier, Proprietor of Southbrook Vineyards and champion of Seriously Cool Ontario Chardonnay. “We see a lot of people who say they don’t like Chardonnay, but when they pour a cool climate … [Read more...]
Terra Madre Day Vancouver 2010
Come and celebrate Terra Madre Day 2010 on December 10th at the Italian Cultural Centre. Terra Madre Day Event is in partnership with FarmFolkCityFolk and is sponsored by the Italian Cultural Centre When: December 10, 2010 – 6:30p.m. to 10:p.m. Where: The Italian Cultural Centre-3075 Slocan … [Read more...]
Terra Madre Day 2010 – Toronto
Slow Food Toronto presents: Terra Madre Day, Celebrating Local Food! With Support from The Stop Community Food Centre When: December 10, 2010 – 6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. Where: Artscape Wychwood Barns, Barn 2 – 601 Christie Street, Toronto Tickets: $15* at the door; kids under 12 are free … [Read more...]
Canadian Chefs Attend Slow Food Raw Milk Cheese Workshop
Last weekend, over 40 chefs escaped the Sunday afternoon rain to attend a Raw Milk Cheese Taste Workshop in the beautiful St. Anne's Garden Club at Providence Farm, located on Vancouver Island in the Cowichan Valley. The workshop was part of the second bi-annual Canadian Chef's Congress, brainchild … [Read more...]
A Slow Taste of Town & Country
Slow Food London is teaming up with the National Farmer’s Union – Middlesex to celebrate the incredible fall bounty of Middlesex County (and beyond) at A Slow Taste of Town & Country. The annual event showcases local farmers, artisans, and chefs who best exhibit the Slow Food ideology of … [Read more...]
The Raw and The Cooked
Slow Food Canada at the Canadian Chef’s Congress! ~The Raw & The Cooked~ A Slow Food Taste Workshop in Defence of Canadian Raw Milk Cheese Although legal when aged 60 days, artisanal raw milk cheese in Canada continues to be threatened by obsessive health regulations and a one size fits … [Read more...]
Pavlovsk Seed Bank faces destruction
John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk , Sunday 8 August 2010 18.44 BSThttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/08/pavlovsk-seed-bank-russia 'Priceless collection' in Russia was never registered so is therefore worthless and does not officially exist, say developers Twelve … [Read more...]
Tamworth Pig- The Ark of Taste Nomination
Tamworth Pigs The first Tamworth pigs arrived in eastern Canada in 1877 and grew in popularity relatively quickly. The breed was appreciated as a low-maintenance breed and described as an “easy keeper.” Popular on many Canadian farms from east to west until the mid-20th century, Tamworths … [Read more...]
Une collection de 5000 variétés de petits fruits menacée de disparition en Russie à l’Institut Vavilov !
Mis en ligne mercredi 11 août 2010 par Tela Botanica Association - Brèves Pour son malheur, la station de Pavlovsk est située dans la banlieue de Saint-Pétersbourg. La Russian Housing Development Foundation, organisme public chargé de vendre des terrains publics à des promoteurs … [Read more...]
Yes, we can, CANADA!
Canadian Event celebrating preserving! … [Read more...]