Food Roots

FoodRoots presents: Growing Connections 2010
Saturday March 13 8am-4:30pm

FoodRoots invites you to a day of workshops geared to beginner and small farmers interested in growing for market. Hear practical advice on farming from experienced growers in our region. Presenters include Ruby Commandeur, Dan Ferguson, Brian Hughes, Heather Stretch, Candace Thompson, Graham Myers and others.

First Unitarian Church, 5575 West Saanich Road
Registration and lunch $25.00

Reserve your place today!
Email leefuge@pacificcoast.net or call 250-385-7974
Registration deadline: March 10

To view program details, click here (please note that the program is still a work in progress, check back often for updates!). To dowload the conference poster, click here.

SUSTAINING THE FEAST

CANCELED

Sad news after all our effort!
We have to cancel our Friday fundraiser.
Ticket sale were very low - with only a few days to go!
We want to let you know that our advertising of the event has been better than usual so we really feel we have done the best we could.
However the stars are not in our favour.

We will be re evaluating things (over a few drinks!)

Thank you for your continued support of FoodRoots
Susan

POLITICAL PANEL FARM AND FOOD SECURITY

Ask a Politician your Questions on Food and Farm Security. See you there!

RALLY FOR FARM AND FOOD SECURITY

Saturday April 18 over 300 farmers and eaters gathered on the lawn of the Legislature to raise the profile of food and agriculture in the upcoming election.
Green and NDP candidates both spoke of the needs to shore up the Agricultural Land Commission and stop the leakage of viable agricultural land, create programs that would assist farmers to grow and distribute their products, and to put a greater percent of the Provincial budget into Agriculture. The vocal crowd booed the news that currently the BC government's budget allocates to Agriculture the lowest percentage of any province in Canada. The Liberal party did not attend. Food and Agriculture does not make the list of the twelve most important issues on their website.

Studies have shown that the citizens of BC believe the safest food they can get is local food. The recent outbreaks of food borne disease all come from large centralized food processors. This along with the fact that here in BC and in Canada we are experiencing an epidemic of diet related diabetes had the crowd cheering and hugging the farmers in their midst!

SUSTAINABLE FEASTS

FUTURE FEASTS

FoodRoots needs a fundraiser to cover cost of warehouse overhead while the market season is slow. How about a special feast or wine bar in April 2009 featuring information on the Agricultural Platforms of the Provincial polictical parties? Email Susan with ideas, suggestion and to volunteer!

Please note the April Feast with Land Conservancy has been cancelled as they are busy with fundraising activities for their farms!

FoodRoots Sustainable Feasts

The first feast of the 2008/09 season on October 4 was a success in nearly every way!

The food was fabulous and included Chanterelle mushroom and wonderful Pumpkin Pie from Patisserie Daniel.

We learned from Joe Melton at Common Energy about some of the challenges their Locavores experienced in eating locally for three week this past September.

PLUS we had an interesting and exciting presentation on mushrooms by Elaine Codling.

Unfortunately we did not have enough people attend to make it a financial sucess. As a result we are forced to cancel the November Feast.

We welcome suggestions for how to get the word out to other folks.

We'll consider doing more feasts in the new year.

For some history of our past feasts click on New/Events link!

FoodRoots Sustainable Feasts will showcase locally grown and locally processed foods.

For the 2008 Season tickets will be $35 each including GST. This will make the feasts more sustainable in that we will be able to pay a feast co-ordinator - a huge position previously done by volunteers.

Food from our Islands!

Each FoodRoots Sustainable Feast will feature

A four course meal with a cash bar offering local beer and wine.
Lively discussions on farm and food issues will be de rigeur.
Conversation with a Farmer - hear what our farmers are doing - on the farm and in the community.

Learn about the wok of Common Energy and their Locavore Project!

OCTOBER 4 SUSTAINABLE FEAST

Tickets

$35.00 incl GST

Now Available

Tickets Available At The Usual Locations

Hemp and Company

547 Johnson St. OR 422 Craigflower Rd

Shift Natural Fashion

574B Johnson St

Plenty Epicurean Pantry
1034 Fort Street

Demitasse Bakery Store in Oak Bay

Cafe Mela

768 Humboldt St

Parsonage Cafe

North Park and Cook

Share Organics with your local box! 595-6729

OR call: Lee 250 385-7974 or Susan 250 595-6742
to make other arrangements or for more details!

FoodRoots presents: Growing Connections 2010 Saturday March 13 8am-4:30pm