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food security

Comox Valley’s First Farm Cycle Tour

by paulkamon 08.17.2011

Last week, I was invited to take part in the Comox Valley’s inaugural Farm Cycle Tour, a self-guided, pedal-powered jaunt through one of the most picturesque farming valley’s in all of British Columbia, affording me a chance to visit with some of the region’s local producers and to sample their wares.
With over one hundred and [...]

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Krause Berry Farms Hosts 2011 Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields

by BC Brew 08.05.2011

This year, FarmFolkCityFolk’s annual Feast of Fields fundraiser is being hosted at Krause Berry Farms in Langley. The four-hour gourmet wandering harvest festival celebrates the very best from local chefs, brewers, vintners, distillers, farmers, fishers, ranchers, and food artisans. By highlighting the connections between producers and chefs, producers and consumers, farm folk and city folk, [...]

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Local Fresh Food Market – Farmers-Owned Store (Re)Opens in Vancouver

by Editor 06.23.2011

The Local Fresh Food Market has risen out of the ashes of adversity and transformed into a farmer owned store that is fast becoming a vital part of the neighbourhood and a direct link to local farm products.
Formerly known as the Grow-In Grocer, the store almost collapsed when former owner, Deb Reynolds, disappeared with the [...]

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The End of North American Organic Agriculture?

by Rick Green 02.14.2011

On January 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would, once again, allow the unregulated sale of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Alfalfa, which is genetically engineered (GE) to resist the company’s glyphosate herbicide, Roundup. This decision was made despite acknowledgment in the USDA’s final Environmental Impact Statement that the potential for cross-fertilization to [...]

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Food Fight: Free Trade and the Battle for Control of Our Food

by Rick Green 11.22.2010

I remember one time, when buying tomatoes at a Vancouver farmers market, a young woman asked the vendor if they had any tomatoes for sandwiches, “like the ones you find in the supermarket.” Before her lay a cornucopia of heirloom tomatoes in various shapes and sizes, in hues of yellow, green, orange, pink, purple, black, [...]

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Report: Food Security and Climate Justice

by Editor 11.02.2010

A very timely report was released today entitled “Every Bite Counts: Climate Justice and BC’s Food System”. This document is part of the Climate Justice Project, a five-year research initiative led by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the University of British Columbia. This is a must read for anyone concerned about food [...]

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Milk: The Real Thing

by Todd Caldecott 10.15.2010

Ok, a share of hands please. How many of you have ever suckled a baby? Maybe a few of you…? Ok then, how many of you were breastfed? In a place I call Happy Fantasy Boob Land, I imagine that 100% of you got breast-fed. But, like me, I know for a [...]

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The Teahouse Edible Garden

by paulkamon 08.26.2010

The next time you find yourself on the patio of The Teahouse in Stanley Park soaking up one of Vancouver’s most beautiful views, hopefully before summer’s end, take another look at the lush garden growing around you.

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Cook the Hood(s) 100 Mile Diet Giveaway

by paulkamon 12.22.2009

I have copies of all three of the excellent Cook the Hood cookbooks (Commercial Drive, Kitsilano, West End) up for grabs, and as an added bonus during this festive time I will also throw in a copy of the brilliant Vancouver 100-Mile Diet Foodshed poster to the first person to complete the challenge inside.
Good luck! [...]

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1st Annual RIPE

by Katherine van der Gracht 10.06.2009

Last Thursday, hundreds of people braved the rain to gather at Performance Works on Granville Island in support of the Vancouver Farmers Markets’ first annual RIPE event. Drawing a diverse crowd of locavores, foodies and farmers alike, they were all warmly greeted by the always affable MC Jamie Maw, food writer and restaurant critic, and [...]

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Squirrel Sandwiches

by paulkamon 10.03.2009

From the Department of Hillbilly Affairs archives comes an important ‘How To Video’ from “The Huntress” (circa The Outdoor Channel Show 1999): How to hunt squirrel and make sandwiches.
Let the gun-totting Earth-mother, Heidi Wilson, show you how to safely bag one of these tasty little varmints to help keep your larder full during lean times. [...]

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RIPE Giveaway!

by paulkamon 10.01.2009

I have 2 tickets ($200 value) to this evening’s RIPE: the 1st Annual Evening of Local Food and Libations up for grabs!
The first person to fulfill the following criteria will get them:
1) follow Urban Diner on Twitter: click here
2) become a fan of Urban Diner on our Facebook page: click here
3) name 3 of the [...]

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