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...]
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...]
Slow Food is…
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect … [Read more...]
Terra Madre 2010
The five-day meeting will bring together food communities, cooks, academics, youth and musicians from all over the world, who are united in a desire to promote sustainable local food production in harmony with the environment while respecting knowledge handed down over the generations. A new … [Read more...]
Salone del Gusto October 21-25 2010
Salone del Gusto 2010 This eighth Salone del Gusto establishes the event’s international profile and confirms it as a key date in the calendar of everyone around the world who cares deeply about food. The Salone del Gusto and its parallel event, Terra Madre, have by now become two inseparable … [Read more...]
Taproot Farm Visit and BBQ Picnic
Dear Slow Food Nova Scotia Members OUR NEXT EVENT Sunday August 8th 12 -3pm 1736 Church Street Port Williams ,NS BBQ picnic and visit to Taproot Organic Farm Patricia Bishop and Josh Oulton are two of the most dynamic young farmers in Eastern Canada today. Taproot Farm is their 30 acre … [Read more...]