Slow Food Vancouver is again hosting two cycle tours in the Fraser Valley this summer. The tours take place on August 21st and 22nd in Agassiz and Chilliwack. These two events take you on a leisurely ride through the countryside with stops at farms and artisan food producers. Each time I have done them I come home with a bounty that is almost too good to be shared. Check out these events! The are definitely worth not missing.
For more information and to register click on the link to the Slow Food Website:
http://www.slowfoodvancouver.com/index.php/CycleTours/
Slow Food Vancouver is ALSO organizing the Terra Madre Fund which is raising funds to help send a group of young farmers (including myself!), other local farmers and folks from the local food community to Terra Madre in Italy in October.
About the Terra Madre meeting:
More than 5,000 representatives from the worldwide Terra Madre network will meet in Turin, Italy for the fourth time this October 21 to 25. The five-day meeting will bring together food communities, cooks, academics, youth and musicians from all over the world, who are united in a desire to promote sustainable local food production in harmony with the environment while respecting knowledge handed down over the generations.
A link to the fundraising page is here: http://www.slowfoodvancouver.com/index.php/adopt-a-farmer/
Slow Food is accepting donations of air miles in addition to monetary donations, which is a pretty cool way to fundraise for airfares, in my opinion.
I am so excited to be a part of the delegation this year and look forward to sharing what I learn from the folks around the world when we return!
Okay...thats it for this little promo post. More about the Skeeter Farm soon!
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