BC wild fisheries provide a bounty of values to coastal communities and Canadians. Our Pacific fisheries are a critical source of local healthy food, a key contributor to our economy, a provider of jobs, a connector to nature, and for the many communities along our BC coast, a foundation of our … [Read more...]
Slow Meat Canada Whole Animal Butchery with Slow Food Saskatoon
By Noelle Chorney In honour of Slow Meat Canada, Slow Food Saskatoon invited fifteen guests to Harry and Kathe Harder’s sheep farm on October 29 to take part in a whole animal butchery demonstration and dinner. Steering committee member Evelyn Reisner offered guests a warm drink to ward off the … [Read more...]
Update on one of our gardens in Africa
By Barb Gordon Partnerships for Opportunity Development Association (PODA) was excited to work with Slow Food Vancouver Island on the November 13th matinee of ‘Sketches from Trauma Farm’. Last July when we were in Uganda we arranged a meeting with Edie Mukiibi, Slow Food International’s Vice … [Read more...]
Love the Earth, defend the future
If we all give a little, even just a few euros, Slow Food can continue its work around the world: the gardens in Africa, the Presidia, the Ark of Taste, the Chefs' Alliance and the Earth Markets. It only takes a few seconds, and a small gesture can make a massive difference. If we all come … [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...]
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...]
Slow Fish 2016 Gateway to the Americas program
(By the organizing committee of Slow Fish in New Orleans) Slow Food New Orleans will host Slow Fish 2016: Gateway to the Americas, March 10-13, 2016 in New Orleans at the Old US Mint and French Market. This Slow Fish event is an international gathering of fishers, scientists, chefs, students, … [Read more...]
“Slow Fish: Know Your Fisherman” Documentary: Here’s to Good, Clean and Fair Fish in Canada
Slow Fish Canada, part of the nation’s Slow Food movement, aims to protect and celebrate our diverse seafood from Coast to Coast. To this end, it has just released a new documentary called “Know Your Fisherman” that invites all Canadians to engage in finding local solutions to support a better … [Read more...]
“Slow Food in Canada” documentary premiered across Canada on Terra Madre Day 2014
By Michael Howell Slow Food Canada releases film by Edmonton International Film Festival award winner Kevin Kossowan. The new short documentary “Slow Food in/au Canada” was screened across the nation on Terra Madre Day, December 10th, 2014. The movie can be watched online … [Read more...]