By Christina Allain, Slow Food in Canada Board member From October 3rd-6th 2015, the Slow Food Youth Network held the We Feed the Planet International Conference to discuss the future of food and the planet. Over 2,500 youth from 120 different countries gathered in Milan, Italy, to gain knowledge … [Read more...]
Indigenous Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
By the Okanagan Nation Alliance Since 1996 and years before that, the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA), under the leadership of the Chiefs Executive Council (CEC), has dedicated their tribal efforts to re-establish their role as Indigenous Peoples by reintroducing ntytyix (sockeye salmon) … [Read more...]
Breathing New Life into the Independent Fishing Fleet
By Heather Grant, Marine Communications Campaigner at the Ecology Action Center Edited from her original article on smallscales.ca In July 2015, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans made an important announcement for the independence of Canadian fisherman and the rural economy. The … [Read more...]
Economic, social and cultural effects of privatizing Canada’s public fisheries resources
By Andrea Robertson, project Manager, Fisheries & Community Development, Ecotrust Canada BC’s fishing industry is a proxy for some of the most important political, economic, and cultural debates currently on the national stage: Who should benefit from Canada’s natural resources? Should we … [Read more...]
Cheese 2015: The tenth edition closes successfully
(Source: Slow Food International) New impetus for Slow Food to continue its battle in defense of small-scale cheesemakers The tenth edition of Cheese, the international biennial event organized by Slow Food, dedicated to milk in all its shapes and the world of cheese, bowed out in style having … [Read more...]
The Tenth Edition of Cheese Launched with the Winners of the 2015 Slow Cheese Award
(source: Slow Food International) The tenth edition of Cheese was officially launched today with the presence of Slow Food president Carlo Petrini and the leading local authorities. Cheese takes place from September 18 until September 21 in Bra, Italy. During the inaugural ceremony the Slow … [Read more...]
Young Canadians Create Slow Food Youth Network
Slow Food in Canada is happy to announce the official creation of a Slow Food Youth Network in the country. The Youth Network’s goal is to engage more youth in ensuring the future of a good, clean, fair food system in Canada, where food would be prepared with respect and grown as sustainably as … [Read more...]
Honey: nature’s sweetest secret ingredient
This month, we’re celebrating HONEY! Below you will find 4 recipes from the book “Honey: Everyday Recipes for Cooking and Baking with Nature's Sweetest Secret Ingredient” to highlight the deliciousness of this ingredient and celebrate the importance of its producers, the honeybees, so important to … [Read more...]
Help Food Secure Canada Make Food an Election Issue!
Slow Food in Canada is happy to support Food Secure Canada’s Eat Think Vote campaign. It got off to a very good start, but there is still much to be done before the federal election in October. They aim to hold over a hundred community meals across Canada where candidates and citizens can discuss … [Read more...]
A Struggle on Many Fronts
By Kate Mann, Slow Food International (original post here) Taking a pen and a piece of paper, Pauline Terbasket begins to sketch a map of the area at the Canadian-USA border, from the Columbia River estuary in Portland to the Okanagan Sub Basin and the far reaches of the headwaters in British … [Read more...]
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