Friday, December 10th -6:30pm doors open
Italian Cultural Centre 3075 Slocan (Grandview Hwy)
Sliding Scale: $5-$20
donations and net proceeds to send our producers to Indigenous Terra Madre 2011 and to Terra Madre 2012
An evening that includes our local delegates to Terra Madre 2010 sharing their experiences and how it applies to their very diverse areas of our local food chain; a Community Supported Agricutlure (CSA) Fair representing all produce, fish, meat and more will be on hand so you can meet the person who actually grows, or harvests the food you eat – and to sign up for your 2011 shares; pourings from R & B Brewery, Township 7, Chandra, Black Cloud, and Schramm’s Vodka; chefs paired with local producers including Bishops’s, West, The Hyatt, Schokolade, pulled pork from Gelderman Farms + more.
Agenda
6:30pm music by the Eastside Entertainers
mix and mingle shopping for holiday food gifts
7:00pm A Tribute to Local Grain
7:15pm Terra Madre 2010 Delegates
8:00pm Slow Food AGM
9:00pm Door Prizes Draw
In patnership with FarmFolkCityFolk and hosted by our sponsor, The Italian Cultural Centre. Support local agriculture and the model promoted by Terra Madre as we build a parallel food system based on small-scale sustainable agriculture.
meet local farmers and producers
taste fresh local appetizers prepared by innovative Vancouver chefs
learn about global food sustainability