Highlighting
the connections between farmers and chefs.
Join Us!
Feast of Fields - a gourmet wandering picnic harvest festival - is FarmFolk/CityFolk's annual fundraising event.
With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the
very best of BC from chefs, vintners, brewers, farmers, and
food artisans from across the province. Connections are made
between producers and chefs, food producers and consumers, and
farm folks and city folks. These connections provide an increased
awareness of and appreciation for local food and agriculture.
Feast of Fields is a gastronomic journey towards a sustainable,
local food system.
History
Feast of Fields is an idea originally crafted by renowned Michael
Standlandter. As part of the organization "Knives and
Forks," Michael partnered with Jamie Kennedy to create
an event that aimed to get sophisticated urbanites out to
the farm. In 1994 the Feast of Fields concept crossed the
country to Vancouver’s FarmFolk/CityFolk Society. Since
1995, we have organized over a dozen Feasts in the Lower
Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and in Sea to Sky country.
FarmFolk/CityFolk is a non-profit society that wants one simple
thing: for people to eat local, fresh, seasonal foods, grown
using farming practices that contribute to the health of the
planet. FarmFolk/CityFolk works with farm and city to cultivate
a local, sustainable food system.
Lower Mainland Feast of Fields
- 1995 – Domain de Chaberton, Langley
- 1996 – Fraser Common Farm Cooperative, Aldergrove
- 1997 – Fraser Common Farm Cooperative, Aldergrove
- 1998 – Fraser Common Farm Cooperative, Aldergrove
- 1999 – VanDusen Botanical Gardens, Vancouver
- 2000 – Hazelmere Organic Farm, Surrey
- 2001 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
- 2002 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
- 2003 – Westham Island Herb Farm, Ladner
- 2004 – Westham Island Herb Farm, Ladner
- 2005 – Vista D’oro Farms, Langley
- 2006 – Vista D’oro Farms, Langley
- 2007 - UBC Farm, Vancouver
Event Organizer
Sher Hackwell, FarmFolk/CityFolk Event Coordinator
Sher is a passionate promoter of all things artisanal.
Her projects, like the Feast, showcase artisanal cuisine, craft
and the visual arts. Her projects have taken her across the
country as well as to Europe as she uses her resources and
creativity to promote her clients' products via visual presentation
and creative promotions.
When
not working, Sher hones her passion of building on her knowledge
of old-world culinary techniques,
travelling to Europe
and beyond, enjoying the foodie scene and all things vintage.
Sher has organized our Lower Mainland Feast since 2003.
Fund Recipients
Proceeds from the Lower Mainland Feast of Fields are used to fund FarmFolk/CityFolk's work throughout British Columbia. For more information about our work, please visit our Programs webpage. FarmFolk/CityFolk donates partial proceeds from our other Feasts to regional projects. For more information about this, please visit our other Feasts' "About Us" web-page.
