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September 14, 2011
FarmFolk CityFolk partners with the Island Chef's Collaborative
We're pleased to announce that the The Island Chef's Collaborative (ICC) has renewed their partnership with FarmFolk CityFolk. The ICC has accepted a contribution of $5000 from FarmFolk CityFolk for the development of the ICC Micro-Loan program. FarmFolk CityFolk will participate in the loan selection committee, as well as undertaking mutual recognition of the partnership.
September 10, 2011
FarmFolk CityFolk and Local Food Plus,
A Natural Partnership
Local Food Plus certifies farms and processors for environmentally and socially sustainable practices and strives to make connections throughout the supply chain. A strong part of their program is to help eaters understand the many pluses of local sustainable food systems, and help buyers, from the family shopper to institutions and processors, find Certified Local Sustainable food.
FarmFolk CityFolk is delighted to working as a regional associate with Local Food Plus to develop projects that connect producers and consumers.
Learn more about the history of LFP.
September 1, 2011
Fire and Light premieres Home Grown Video
A great video of our the Home Grown Exhibition. The exhibition was joint project of the Museum of Vancouver and FarmFolk CityFolk which ran from August 2010 to Jan 2011. http://vimeo.com/28282135
Feast of Fields
Okanagan, Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island
The most delicious way to support our work ... come to one of our annual fundraising events! Feast of Fields: experience the harvest, gourmet style. If you've never been to one of our Feast of Fields or you come every year, they just keep getting better and better. More information about our Feast and information about ticket sales can be found on our Feast of Fields website.
FarmFolkCityFolk is proud to present
Good for You, Good for Our Earth
Exclusively on Shaw TV Vancouver
This health and wellness show features BC food producers and manufacturers who embrace environmental sustainable business practices
Each segment will take you behind the scenes to show you exactly where your dollar goes when buying local food, and how our local food manufacturers are leading the way in reducing the effect food production has on the environment. The show's host and well-known Vancouver dietitian Lori Petryk, will provide viewers with valuable nutrition information to help them make healthy choices for themselves and their families.
Each segment will feature a different Vancouver Lower Mainland farmer / food producer and manufacturer who produce healthy food products while embracing environmentally sustainable business practices.
Tune into The Express, SHAW TV (channel 4 Vancouver) airing Wednesdays @ 3pm, 6pm, and 10pm starting Wednesday July 20th.
If you happen to miss any segment, or if it does not air in your area, you can also head to the website to view all segments after each has aired at http://www.goodforyouandearth.com
Food Becomes a Political Priority
In an article by Jessica Leeder, published in the Globe and Mail on Monday Apr. 11, 2011 10:06PM EDT, the author noted that “Each of the country’s federal parties have included strategies in their electoral platforms that, to varying degrees, highlight food as a distinct priority separate from agriculture.”
See the full article at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/for-the-first-time-food-becomes-a-political-priority/article1979395/
Biomass Trader, a BC-wide trading site for agriculture and food processing “waste”
Residual biomass feedstocks are fast being recognised as a resource rather than waste material. Organic matter that in the past has either been ploughed under or sent to landfill can now be traded on the Biomass Trader.
The Biomass Trader offers free classified ad space for,
| Manure | Fats and oils |
| Renewable natural gas | Garden waste |
| Abattoir waste (non-SRM) | Hauling services |
| Soil amendments | and more! |
Composters are looking for quality materials to create soil amendments and the emerging bioenergy sector needs manure and other feedstocks in order to produce methane, biodiesel and other bioenergy products.
Sell it. Buy it. Trade it. Visit:
Portraits of an Artist:
Photographer cultivates discussion on local food production
FarmFolkCityFolk photographer Brian Harris was interviewed about his recent exhibition at the Museum of Vancouver
Read the full article by Hans Ongsansoy at: The Province, October 20, 2011
You can see a great video of the Home Grown Exhibition, produced by Fire and Light Media.
Shared Harvest Project Has Launched!
Shared Harvest is regionally based trading site for everyone interested and involved in local food and agriculture. Farmers, processors, grocers, restaurants, distributors and the general public can post and browse ads for free. The ads provide an up-to-date, season by season snap-shot of what local foods and agricultural products are available and in demand. For businesses the site provides increased access to selling and buying opportunities; for the public it means more local food for local tables.
FarmFolkCityFolk has a network of 3 Shared Harvest sites serving local communities and supporting trade between regions,
Metro Vancouver
Okanagan
Victoria
The location of the 4th website will be determined by a BC-wide competition! In 2011 more sites will be added as funding is available. Our goal is to provide a BC-wide trading system.
Win a Shared Harvest site for your BC region! Which region will win the next Shared Harvest website? Will it be the Kootenays? The Interior? Northern Vancouver Island? The Fraser Valley?
You can help decide! Vote today by clicking here! The contest ends December 31st, 2010 at midnight. Tell your family, friends, neighbours, your baker, your grocer, etc! Share the link on Facebook and twitter. Good luck! Click here to vote
Read the recent Vancouver Sun article about Shared Harvest.
DINNER & DIALOGUE: 5 Courses of Conversation
Thanks to our Get Local project and the Roundhouse Community Centre for the delicious Dinner & Dialogue: 5 Courses of Conversation event on October 14. Fifty guests sat down to dinner with 5 chefs and 5 producers to create a special evening of conversation about local, seasonal and sustainable food.
With thanks to: Todd Bright & Andrew Wong (
Wild Rice), Sloping Hill Farm & Jason
Pleym from Two Rivers Specialty Meats, Todd Hodgins (
Pair Bistro), Andrew Rushmere (
UBC Farm), Quang Dang (
Diva at the Met), Steve Johansen
(Organic Ocean), Chris Whittaker (O'Doul's Restaurant & Bar),
Sue Moore (Notch Hill Farm), Karen Barnaby (The Fish House at Stanley
Park), and Milan Djordjevich (Stoney Paradise) - and to our sponsors at
Canadian Linen & Uniform and
Terra Breads. Special thanks
to Jason McRobbie from
Imagination Think for such a great video:
Shared Harvest – new dating service for food
We are proud to tell you about FarmFolkCityFolk’s newest project. The concept is very simple. You place a free Wanted, Available or Donation ad for a food item on the website and when there is a match you'll be contacted. Farmers, backyard gardeners, charities, grocers, farm to school programs, neighbourhood food networks, restaurants, community kitchens, distributors can all be part of this local food networking site. If you have a bumper crop of zucchinis, donate it to a worthy food security organization. Looking for BC tomatoes for your canning collective? Place an ad. This brand new site can also be a central stop for food related Events in our area. There's an easy-to-post event calendar which is great for event planning as you can see who is doing what, where and when. Visit http://www.sharedharvest.ca/bcmap.html