Terra Madre Celebrations

Join us as we celebrate a year of events leading up to Terra Madre 2010 in Turin, Italy. 
Meet producers, bakers, chefs, & academics as they gather around the slow food campaigns, called Manifestos raising funds for our local Adopt-A-Farmer campaign.
Support farming as a viable career choice. Donations help us to send local producers to Terra Madre 2010.  Visit our Adopt-A-Farmer page to support farming and your commitment to a local, sustainable food secure future. 

To volunteer contact Joanne at RSVP:  .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Terra Madre is an international gathering of small-scale sustainable farmers and our network of food communities.  In 2008, over 7,000 farmers from 153 countries gathered to share best practices on sustainable farming and the impact of climate change. 

Slow Food Vancouver is organizing a year of events with Farm Folk/City Folk.

We will be showcasing various food communities including First Nations, Grains, Cheesemakers and Berries.

On behalf of Slow Food Vancouver, a big thank you to the producers, chefs, cooks and bakers who volunteered their time, resources and expertise to made the local celebration of the international Terra Madre Day on December 10th a success. We encourage you to support these producers as it is our responsibility to make farming viable!  The December 10th event had over 200 participants and raised $1,000 to the Adopt-A-Farmer campaign fund. 

Our thanks to:
• A Bread Affair • Anita’s Organic Grain and Flour Mill • European Bakery • Grain Chain Project
- FFCF • Heritage Grains Foundation • Heritage Organic Farms • Terra Breads • The Flour Peddler
• Urban Grains CSA • Vancouver Community College • Seed Security Project - FFCF • Farm House
Natural Cheeses • Holberg Dairy Farm • Kootenay Alpine Cheese Co. • Paula Cranmer-Underhill
• Wild BC Salmon (CSF) • Wild Salmon Circle • Queen Charlotte Fishing Co.’s Jon Hunter
• Dr. John Volpe, UVic (drafted the Manifesto on Wild Salmon)
• All Seasons Mushrooms • biovia Organic Link • Bishop’s Restaurant • Canadian Hazelnut
• Cook the Hood • Dr. Art Bomke, UBC • Ethical Bean Coffee • Gelderman Farms
• Glen Valley Organic Farm • GWFC • Helmer’s Farm • Hills Food • Honeyview Farm • NowBC
• Ladybug Manor • Mosaic @ Hyatt Regency • Misty Mountain Specialties • Dr. Andrew Rushmore • Savoury City Catering
• The Preserved Seed • The Spelt Bakery • UBC Farm• Vancouver Farmers Markets
• Western Canada Wilderness Committee • Yona Sipos, PhD Candidate
• Artisan Sake Maker • Kermode Wild Berry Wine • The Fort Wine Co.

A special thank you to our December 10th event sponsors:  The Italian Cultural Centre and Vancouver Community College

The ARK: Slow Food makes its support of biodiversity real by promoting artisanal producers of quality products. The Ark of Taste is a catalogue of foods that have been forgotten or marginalized and are at risk of disappearing completely.  The Presidia helps artisan food producers directly. These small-scale projects protect traditional production methods by supporting producers in situ and helping them find markets for traditional foods.

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To join Slow Food visit:  slowfood.com