From April 6 to 10, Invermere, BC will be host to a nation-wide event where good, clean and fair food lovers from Coast to Coast and beyond will reunite to discover the food communities and traditions of the beautiful Columbia Valley under the theme “Feeding the Future”. Nestled in the Purcell … [Read more...]
Learn how to fish smelt with Slow Food Cocagne Acadie
Slow Food Cocagne Acadie received a group of twenty people for their smelt ice fishing activity on the Bouctouche River ice Saturday January 23rd. [Scroll down for the whole story] With more than 30 years experience, Roger Hébert taught the apprentice-fishermen how to catch … [Read more...]
Feeding the Future: Slow Food Canada National Meeting 2016
Slow Food in Canada’s National Executive is thrilled to announce that our 2016 National Meeting will be hosted by Slow Food Columbia Valley in Invermere, British Columbia April 6- 10. Nestled in the Purcell Mountains on beautiful Lake Windermere with ranchlands, farms and artisanal food … [Read more...]
Sign the GMO labeling petition
Barbara Drury of Slow Food Yukon started a GMO labeling petition in late November 2015 and would like to see it go to another level of many more signatures. “Canadians deserve the right to know what is in the food we eat. Right now, if food is genetically modified or engineered, there is no … [Read more...]
Terra Madre Salone del Gusto 2016 Steps Outside!
Official press release from Slow Food International There is great news for the international event that brings thousands of farmers and food producers from 150 countries to Turin, Italy every two years. On the 20th anniversary of the first edition of Salone del Gusto and Slow Food Italy’s 30th … [Read more...]
Let’s Not Eat Up Our Planet!
In order to stop climate change, we must change the industrial food production system, based on profit and the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, and restore value to food. The world’s governments will be meeting in Paris from November 30 to December 11 to try to find an global … [Read more...]
US Approves GM Salmon
CBAN PRESS RELEASE: http://cban.ca/Press/Press-Releases/Canadian-Groups-Concerned-as-US-Approves-GM-Salmon-Canada-to-produce-GM-fish-eggs Canadian environmental and consumer groups are expressing grave concerns over the US government’s approval of the world’s first genetically modified (GM) food … [Read more...]
Pesticides, industrial agriculture and our food
Michel Jacques and Geneviève Longère, leaders of Slow Food Lanaudière Slow Food Lanaudière enjoined Mr. Pierre Paradis, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to review all laws and regulations governing agriculture in Quebec to help and promote artisan producers. A CBC report dated … [Read more...]
Columbia River Watershed Storytelling Tour launches in Osoyoos November 26, 7-9 pm
Watermark, Osoyoos (15 Park Pl @ Main) Whether we live upriver or downwind, in sharing local stories we can develop sustainable cultural and environmental responses to the challenges that surround us. That’s the premise of the Columbia River Watershed Storytelling Tour, which launches in Osoyoos … [Read more...]
We Feed The Planet: A Canadian Story
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...]
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