By Jerry Kitt “First Nature Farms is a family farm”… That line hasn’t changed for years. We certainly started out as a “family” farm thirty years ago but time goes on, relationships evolve, and children become adults and they leave home. The only part of the family that was left on the farm was … [Lire plus...]
Searching for food stories / À la recherche d’histoires culinaires
By Grace Evans I’ve been stuck on the idea that I don’t have a strong food heritage for a while now. One of my favorite ideas from Slow Food is the honoring of food traditions and heritage, and of using food as a way of social connection. I’ve been searching for stories and collecting scraps of … [Lire plus...]
From The Farm / De la ferme
By Jerry Kitt Cows come home! I was starting to get a little worried. The cows were gone and the last time I saw them they were 16 km away. That may not seem like a long distance if you’re travelling by road but moving cows through the forest is nearly impossible for a non-cowboy like me. That’s … [Lire plus...]
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 … [Lire plus...]
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 … [Lire plus...]
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 … [Lire plus...]
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 … [Lire plus...]
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 … [Lire plus...]
Convivium Spotlight: Slow Food Wellington County / Pleins feux sur le convivium Slow Food Wellington County
By / Par Chris Jess In the heart of southwestern Ontario lies the vibrant County of Wellington. Previously the home of two Slow Food conviviums (Guelph and Elora), these forces have now combined to create a new Slow Food stronghold in central Canada. Presenting a quaint mix of proud rural … [Lire plus...]
From the Farm / De la ferme
By / Par Jerry Kitt Rain, rain, go away! After years of drought finally we’ve been getting some good precipitation. The pastures are loving it and any cows or bison out grazing will certainly have all they can eat of the fresh succulent grass. They had better enjoy it now because when fall comes … [Lire plus...]