In February, Slow Food Winnipeg decided to focus on teaching their members how to create, from scratch, some of the most commonly purchased grocery items — pasta, cheese, and pickled vegetables. Their Manitoba Made Series was a big hit on Meetup.com. Many may wonder why Slow Food Winnipeg is … [Lire plus...]
Farm Olympics
Farm Olympics happen everyday in the pig pasture. Feeding the sows who weigh in at 200 – 300 kilograms requires a lot of skill and I’m sure many Olympic athletes would find it quite challenging. The goal is to get the pig food spread evenly in the feed troughs and quickly so that all the pigs can … [Lire plus...]
Slow Food Youth Network : On building and creating (Part III)
READ THE 1st part and 2nd part of Darl’s story. The Slow Food Youth Network meeting also included a seminar from Joris Lohman, the chair of the network and its representative at the Slow Food Executive table, about fundraising. Joris opened with a brief introduction outlining that the Youth … [Lire plus...]
Farm News: More problems on the road
Driving down the road with a trailer full of pigs, what could go wrong? That’s when it happened. I think 21 was a record for the most pigs I needed to haul at once. Everyone wanted pigs on the same day and there was no changing their minds. The pigs loaded nice and settled in well to their new … [Lire plus...]
International Slow Food Youth Network meeting Pt.2
An extraordinary sense of organization The first thing I notice I have forgotten every time I get to Italy is how transportation is “different” from here. Trains are everywhere, in every direction, presumably all leading to Rome one day. Turin (Torino) is the host city of Terra Madre, a … [Lire plus...]
Slow Food Youth Network : Reflection (Réflexion)
International Slow Food Youth Network meeting Part 1: Reflection By Darl Hobsbawn Think about the last time your world really gave you a unique surprise, something too subtle to give back. Discovering an extension to your senses perhaps: what if you found excitement from cliff … [Lire plus...]
Slow Food Lanaudière 1st Terra Madre Day / Le premier jour Terra Madre de Slow Food Lanaudière
By Geneviève Longère Last December Slow Food Lanaudière has organized a sensory education workshop to celebrate Terra Madre Day 2013. The team took part in the Christmas Market of the city of Joliette, QC, joining the courageous local artisans braving the cold in their little wooden … [Lire plus...]
From The Farm / De la ferme
Yes Jerry, there is a Santa Claus, or miracles, or incredible good luck. Christmas on the farm means turkey season and 95 turkeys had been getting ready for the event. Part of our Goodfare tradition is the Christmas turkey catch, this year with eighteen neighbours ranging in age from two years to me … [Lire plus...]
Abitibi-Témiscamingue and North-East Ontario in one’s cup / L’Abitibi-Témiscamingue en fait tout un fromage
By Brigitte Tisserand Whenever they can, producers and processors members of our convivium display their products during the three days of the Foire gourmande de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-Est ontarien (link in French) in Ville-Marie. One again this year, they can be proud of their … [Lire plus...]
Slow everything in Italy / L’Italie «slow»
By Caroline Cloutier I recently got the chance to go to Italy for a press trip, in the region of Emilia Romagna. Of course when most people think Italy, they think food: pasta, pizza, gelato and so on. But for us Slow Food-ers, Italy is also the heart of everything Slow Food. Even if I knew it … [Lire plus...]