Slow Food Vancouver

Slow Food is Good, Clean and Fair

2010 is the UN Year of Biodiversity and the year that Slow Food is hosting Terra Madre 2010.

Adopt-A-Farmer Campaign: Locally, we are raising funds to send representatives from our food communities to Terra Madre, October 2010 in Italy. At the last Terra Madre in 2008, over 7,000 farmers from 153 countries met for four days to discuss sustainable food production & biodiversity. We aim to make farming a viable career option. See links, below on the right side to donate and/or to get more information.

Why Join the Slow Food Movement? People ask, “What do I get for my membership?” You are supporting an international ‘eating local’ movement.
Our mission is:
* to defend biodiversity in our food supply;
* to spread taste education;
* to connect producers with co-producers through events and initiatives.

Food is a basic right - it is not a commodity. Slowfood.com click on JOIN US today!

News

FarmFolk/CityFolk Society is a non-profit society that works with farm & city to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. They develop and operate projects that provide access to & protection of foodlands; that support local growers and producers; and that educate, communicate and celebrate with local food communities.

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Upcoming Events

Join us for High Tea served in their store. The cost is $26.25 for adults and for children: $16.25 (plus GST and gratuity). 30% of the adult cost and 20% of the children’s cost is being donated to the Adopt-A-Farmer campaign.
There are two dates to choose from. They are Saturday, March 27 and Saturday, May 29 and your choice of three times on each day. The times are 12-2, 2-4 and 4-6. There is a maximum of 12 people at each high tea so be sure to rsvp early to avoid disappointment.
2263 East Hastings, Vancouver B.C.
RSVP to 604-253-9411 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Features

The Slow Food manifesto makes mention to how “fast life has changed our way of being and threatens our environment and our landscapes”. Climate change is predicted to have a huge impact on food availability here in the Lower Mainland. How important is it to protect our local growing regions, in particular the Fraser Valley, considered the most productive agricultural area in Canada? What can we do now to ensure food security and maintain healthy diets for the future?