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READING & BOOK SIGNING WITH TIMOTHY TAYLOR
Timothy Taylor is an award-winning novelist and journalist. He's the author of the bestselling novel Stanley Park, which was short-listed for numerous prizes including the Giller Prize, the Writers Trust Fiction Prize, and both the BC and Vancouver Book Awards. His journalism has won many awards and appeared widely in such publications as EnRoute Magazine, the Globe and Mail, Western Living, The National Post, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. His most recently novel is The Blue Light Project, three days in the life of a city gripped by a hostage taking in a television studio in the center of town. It will be published next year.
www.randomhouse.ca/newface/taylor.php
www.timothytaylor.ca (under construction)

MUSIC WITH RICHARD GRAINGER
One of the most prolific and diverse artists on the Folk Scene today, working tirelessly to promote the music and folk arts in general to an ever widening audience. Born in Middlesbrough England, an industrial town on the North East coast of England, he was brought up in a musical family, and sang with them from a very young age. Richard has written a special song, “Town Meal,” that he will share with us tonight while he entertains us.
www.richard-grainger.com

BISHOP'S RESTAURANT
Tucked away on West 4th in Kitsilano is a legendary restaurant with a big reputation. For more than 20 years John Bishop has led the field in serving food that is organic, produced locally and sustainably. Many consider his eponymous Bishop's to be Canada's version of Chez Panisse. With a reputation like that, lots of people don't realize that Bishop's is also a cozy neighbourhood haven serving quality dishes at affordable prices. John and Chef Carlson work directly with fishers, producers and growers to source the pick-of-the-crop and menus change constantly to reflect this. Bishop's is a proud foundation member of OceanWise and the Green Table Network
www.bishopsonline.com

GLORIOUS ORGANICS’ “GARULOUS GREENS”
For anyone who has read Timothy Taylor’s “Stanley Park”, they will recall the Monkey’s Paw chef not being able to participate in the Seasons of Local Splendor at the Garulous Greens farm … of course, this was FarmFolk/CityFolk’s Feast of Fields fundraising event at Fraser Common Farm, home to Glorious Organics (formerly called Glorious Garnish & Seasonal Salad.) Co-owner & organic farmer, Heather Pritchard, also Executive Director of FarmFolk/CityFolk, will be serving her “Garulous Greens” tonight.

LOTUSLAND VINEYARDS
Girlsrmeaner and the Zweigelt Cabernet, $5 glass
Lotusland wines are a true celebration of British Columbia inside and out. All of our wines are made with organically grown Fraser Valley fruit. On the outside of our wine bottles, we celebrate the people, places, and things of Lotusland.
www.lotuslandvineyards.com

CORNUCOPIA – Roundhouse Artist in Residence – an interactive installation sharing new paradigms and the abundance of information regarding the consequences of industrializing our food system. (Population of Noise, Now BC, Village Vancouver and electronic/kinetic artist Rob Symmers)

KHAPAGA (HEAVENLY STREAM) – Glass and Porcelain Paint, Year: 2008
To achieve depth and durability on the canvas, Michele uses a technique of layering a variety of media including: modeling agents, gold and silver dust, sand, glass and porcelain paint. The results are often large, dramatic pieces that work well in both commercial spaces and private residences. Michele's earlier works were titled in Greek to represent the heritage that she married into. Meanwhile, her more recent pieces feature titles in Sanskrit, a language rich with Buddhist underpinnings and better reflecting her belief system. Currently, her work can be found in various locations throughout Vancouver: C Restaurant, nu restaurant + lounge, Raincity Grill, Solarice Salon & Spa, The Loden Hotel and Becker Galleries. (Michele Kambolis)
www.kambolis.com

EL MAIZ ES NUESTRA VIDA – “The Corn is Our Life” This exhibition is a contemporary art exhibition whose theme is based on the native maize seeds of Mexico. This exhibition uses maize as a symbol to guide the public through its history throughout the Americas, showing how it has become a main source of food for numerous cultures and then questions why this native seed is in danger of extinction. The artists in this exhibit explore the concepts of cultural memory, biodiversity, genetic modification, and how the history of maize has developed in the last 20 years as an important resource in the global economy. This catalytic exhibition hopes to dialogue with the public to inspire its viewers to health problems due to the industrial food we eat, the loss of biodiversity and the disappearance of cultural memory. take part in social change through a simply act of not purchasing food products that are harmful to the well being of our planet, our health and to our neighboring countries. The more we as a community understand what is happening globally with our food and the complex intertwining of political policies between each other’s countries, the more we will build bonds to help solve the problematic issues which are causing migration, an increase in health problems due to the industrial food we eat, the loss of biodiversity and the disappearance of cultural memory.

NEW CITY MARKET – Rendering by citylab of Vancouver’s ‘New City Market’, a capital campaign for a central food hub consisting of space for an indoor/outdoor year round farmers market, processing centre, storage distribution, and social enterprise. (Local Food First)
www.newcitymarket.ca (under construction), www.thecitylab.net

FIRST NATIONS’ SUSTAINABLE FOOD & AG – (Charlene Seward, Squamish First Nations) Charlene is a Langara College student who has been interning with FarmFolk/CityFolk this summer working on a project that involves First Nations’ sustainable food and agricultural initiatives. She will be sharing her findings with us.

FARMFOLK/CITYFOLK HEROES – FarmFolk/CityFolk Heroes is a 6-minute audio-visual homage to 27 sustainable local farmers and city growers. Photography by international award-winning photographer Brian Harris and music by the famed Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd (Brian Harris, FarmFolk/CityFolk Society)
www.ffcfprojects.ca/Heros/Heros.html


AGRICULTURE, FOOD & FISH IN BC – Produced by BC’s agricultural and food producers, this beautiful display is part of the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Project. (Artwork by Barb Wood Graphics Ltd., Vancouver)
www.aitc.ca/bc

CATCH OF THE DAY – Mixed Media, 2009. From ‘Liquidation’, an ongoing project from artist Cam MacDonald. Imagine a not so distant future when all commercial fisheries have collapsed. Greedy corporations have scooped up every remaining fish to make a final buck on the final marine harvest of human history. Be sure to read the labels so you know what you’re eating! (Cameron MacDonald)
www.cammacdonald.ca

EMPTY/FULL – Mixed Media and oil on panel, 2009. How does our food system look today? Who does it serve? And what will it look like tomorrow? Artist Cam MacDonald has painted a shopping cart, at once a symbol of both abundance and poverty, surrounded by a border of kale—an incredibly nutritious vegetable that grows almost wild, year round, in our mild climate. (Cameron MacDonald)
www.cammacdonald.ca

THE ART OF BOTANY – Ink & colored pencil, 2008. A collection of botany drawings (Margit Boronkay)

LORI MAIRS/PUBLIC BONE – Sculpture/Jewellery. Lori is a sculptor in steel and bone and naturally migrates between this large scale work and jewellery design. She currently acts as caretaker on a 22 acre Nature Conservancy in the central Okanagan region of British Columbia. Lori has been gifted on many occasions with beautiful specimens from the forest floor, the remains of the hunt, or a bear, cougar or coyote kill. Her sculpture in both steel and bone not only conjures familiarity with the skeletal but has poignant references to the presence of the absent. Lori’s jewellery is made from shed antler. The antler is shed annually in late winter then completely regrows again between March and August with a beautiful soft velvet layer coating it. In the fall, the velvet is rubbed off on trees and the hard shell coat is exposed and ready for mating season. In late winter the antler is shed onto the forest floor and the cycle begins again.
www.lorimairs.com
www.publicbone.com

THE FARM QUILT – Quilted in 2002 from an original Della Designs (Susan Smith.)

THE SEED MAP - 2008 – Exploring the state of global agro-biodiversity. Want to know how your food gets to your table? The Seed Map – a free resource for educators across the globe – is a fun and interesting way to learn about global food production. (USC Canada and the ETC Group)
usc-canada.org

TARYNN PARKER ART - 2008 – Photography, acrylic, graphite, oil.
Tarynn sees design, when practiced integrally as a profound tool for elevating ideas, and making them accessible to our culture and to community. Her artistic projects often bridge between art and design. The way food can unite us intensely in a moment has been a great focus for Tarynn, as she looks in to the meditative and joyful experience of finding, preparing, longing for, and enjoying food. The depth of understanding her role as a designer and as an artist through these apparently indirect means is the very key to understanding from what perspective she creates. In her design and artwork, Tarynn is constantly working back from complexity to simplicity, to find essence, and true moment to moment experience. Tarynn was born and raised in the Okanagan and Vancouver. She is currently living in the Okanagan, where she creates her artwork and runs her design business, Tarynn Liv Parker Design.
www.tarynnlivparker.com

JACKIE CONNELLY PHOTOGRAPHY – Jackie Connelly specializes in photographing food and beverage, still life and food lifestyle for advertising, commercial, editorial and food industry clients. Jackie shoots both in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island and is lover of all things food, sustainable and community. Jackie also has a delicious blog.
www.jackieconnelly.com

100 MILE DIET FOODSHED MAP – The Vancouver 100-Mile Diet Foodshed Map takes the tradition of bioregional mapping to a new edge. It is a wild, hand-built looking poster crowded with painted images and narrative blurbs that evoke the area’s food culture. Centrepiece to the poster is a map that illustrates the geographic extent of Vancouver’s 100-Mile Diet.
foodshed.100milediet.org

PYSANKY – Eggs 1999-2009 – A pysanky or pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word comes from the verb pysaty, "to write", as the designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. (Damery/Galanta Family)

JENN PENTLAND PHOTOGRAPHY – (Slideshow) – Jenn is a Vancouver based photographer who loves to shoot nature, landscapes, and FOOD! She is also known to photograph the odd wedding. Jenn is currently working on the Eat Your History project with FarmFolk/CityFolk and the 100 Mile Diet Society.
www.jennpentland.com

NOURISHING STORIES (Video) – Digital stories of the power of community & food as told by participants of the Farmers' Market Nutrition & Coupon Project (an initiative of the BC Association of Farmers' Markets). The Farmers' Market Nutrition & Coupon Project is a unique initiative, the first of its kind in Canada, providing coupons to low-income families to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy or fresh cut herbs at local farmers’ markets. Participating families are low-income with children and low-income pregnant women, actively participating in a cooking & skill building program. Families develop & build knowledge and skill in the preparation of healthy, nutritious meals using fresh food. They also experience the power of community that food can create. These are their stories. (Paula Luther, BC Farmers’ Market Nutrition & Coupon Project)
www.bcfarmersmarket.org

EDIBLE VANCOUVER MAGAZINE (DISPLAY) – Edible Vancouver is a bi-monthly print magazine celebrating the food-and drink-of Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and the Okanagan Valley. Although it's a free magazine, Publisher Philip Solman and Editor Debbra Mikaelsen were determined to create a 'coffee table' publication of beauty, with stunning photography, captivating stories, and tempting recipes. Readers have been quick to call it a work of art, and they eagerly seek, collect and cherish it. As such, copies tend to get snapped up rather quickly, which has prompted a growing number of people to subscribe and ensure that they never miss an issue.
www.ediblevancouver.com

PIÑATA MAKING & BREAKING!
OCTOBER 8th - 10th
Stop by the Roundhouse anytime during the afternoon of Thursday, October 8th and October 10th to help decorate our traditional Mexican star pinata! - and on October 10th Family Day when the children will have a swing at it and see what goodies come out!

THE SPORT OF WINTER EATING
Considering what is in season during February or what is available that could be "put by" for winter, what would you serve our guests that says "This is what BC tastes like during the winter"? Check out the Get Local seasonal availability chart at getlocalbc.org, write out your recipe on a recipe card and place it in our Winter Recipe Box. After the festival, these recipes will be posted on Get Local's website to help everyone be a sport and "get local" even during the winter!
www.getlocalbc.org

FOODBANK DONATION BOX
What is the nutritional content of the 10 most common staples needed at the Food Bank? What is the nutritional content of the 10 most common “junk” foods given to the Food Bank? What would you want if you were a food bank recipient? Bring something to put in the box and let us know!
www.foodbank.bc.ca

FOOD FOR VANCOUVER: THE EARLY YEARS
SUNDAY OCTOBER 4TH AT 1:00PM
Hard as it might be to imagine there was time in Vancouver when there were no supermarkets, Tim Hortons, McDonald’s or Costco from which to get food. No, really. We will go back to those times and explore how people obtained their food then – and how, and why, the future might look a lot more like the distant past than like the present. (Herb Barbolet, Associate, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, SFU)

NEW CITY MARKET: THE FUTURE OF LOCAL FOOD IN VANCOUVER
SUNDAY OCTOBER 4TH AT 2:00PM
An informative, action-oriented presentation & discussion about Vancouver’s local food scene. (Tara McDonald, Local Food First)
www.newcitymarket.ca (under construction)

COMMUNITY INFORMATION DAY
SUNDAY OCTOBER 4TH FROM 3:00PM TO 5:00PM
Come on down and join us for a day full of information. Learn about Vancouver’s food security movement and meet the movers and shakers that make things happen.

GET LOCAL, EAT LOCAL FOOD
MONDAY OCTOBER 5TH AT 6PM
A fun and lively presentation and discussion about eating locally. Why is it so important? How can we eat more food that is grown closer to home? Join Get Local’s Leisa Yee to explore the reasons why it is so important to support our own food system and learn how to do just that. (Leisa Yee, FarmFolk/CityFolk Society’s Get Local Project)
www.getlocalbc.org

UBC FARM
MONDAY OCTOBER 5TH AT 7PM
Mark Bomford from the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm will discuss urban agriculture's role in the larger food system, looking at some of the opportunities it presents and touching on ideas regarding community design, livability, and health.
The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm provides students, faculty and the broader community the opportunity to learn hands-on about how changes in the way food is produced and distributed are a key piece in adapting to and mitigating global climate change, and in creating healthy local communities and economies. Mark Bomford has been immersed in creating sustainable food systems for the last 14 years. He has been at the UBC Farm since 2001 and has led the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems for the last 5 years. Mark has founded and coordinated a range of projects focused upon urban agriculture, community food security, food and health education, and sustainable food systems modeling and research. (Mark Bomford)
www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm

EDIBLE BOUQUET/CENTERPIECE WORKSHOP
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH AT 5:00PM
CANCELLED (Will reschedule for Sustenance 2010)

FOOD SECURITY IN RECREATIONAL SETTINGS - A MODEL FOR CHANGE
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7TH AT 4:00PM
Strathcona Community Centre is using an innovative approach to address food security by integrating food programs right into its many recreation programs for children and families. This community is located in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver where the average household income is approximately $15500.00 per year. This is a neighbourhood of increased food insecurity and these integrated programs are reaching hundreds of at risk children and families everyday (a very inclusive model). The Centre has implemented food programs capitalizing on the strengths of community residents, youth and families who run the programs. Issues addressed include decreasing transient hunger, improving nutritional health, improving behaviour, providing needed energy to participate in programs, learning food skills (cook training for youth), engaging children in purposeful activities (a crime prevention strategy) and learning about healthy choices. There are many partners collaborating to support these 15 food programs including Strathcona Community Centre Association, Parks and Recreation, Vancouver Board of Education, City of Vancouver Active Communities, Vancouver Coastal Health, University of British Columbia nutrition students, and many corporate donors (who provide finances to renovate kitchens, purchase food and hire staff). This is “providing healthy food options in public buildings”(Health Inequities in BC Discussion Paper p 69.) targeting the most vulnerable in Vancouver. Currently the Community Centre Association is developing a resolution to the Vancouver Park Board and City of Vancouver for the integration of food security into all programming targeting our most vulnerable children and families. (Ron Suzuki, Strathcona Community Centre)

FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY 101
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7TH AT 6:30PM
Learn some fun tips & tricks to photographing food & beverages! Whether you’re a food blogger, a great cook in the kitchen, or you just appreciate good looking food, spend two hands-on hours with your camera, some beautiful looking food and a local food & beverage photographer. Required: camera (preferably with manual functions), tripod; laptop optional. (Jackie Connelly, Jackie Connelly Photography) Maximum 15 people for this workshop – please register by emailing info@ffcf.bc.ca or calling 604-730-0450.
www.jackieconnelly.com

YOUR DAILY BREAD: CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE GRAIN CHAINS IN CANADA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA - WITH TERRA BREADS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AT 3:00PM
This event is free. To attend, you will need to register with FarmFolk/CityFolk. Please email your name, Workshop you would like to attend, and your phone number to info@ffcf.bc.ca.

This presentation explores the current state of grain production and trading on global, national, provincial and local scales. Examining some historical evidence of grain production in SW BC specifically and exploring the current and potential role of newly emerging "alternative grain chains" in the southern part of our province, this talk highlights the importance of continuing to develop strong, local grain chains to preserve traceability and accountability in our food stream, support a local farming and processing economy, reduce food miles, build relationships between landscapes, farmers, millers, bakers and eaters and challenge and expand our traditional notions of how grain can be produced, processed and consumed. With pedal powered milling demonstrations and tastings of local grown goodies prepared by Terra Breads.(Christopher Hergesheimer, FarmFolk/CityFolk Society & The Flour Peddler)
www.urbangrains.ca
www.theflourpeddler.com
www.terrabreads.com

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD, IT’S ABOUT JUST FOOD. LIVING A CULTURE OF FOOD JUSTICE.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH AT 5:00PM
This event is free. To attend, you will need to register with FarmFolk/CityFolk. Please email your name, Workshop you would like to attend, and your phone number to info@ffcf.bc.ca.

This will be a workshop for individuals interested in social justice aspects of food. Much media attention to the local food movement has focused on food as a luxury item. But growing a local food system means more that fine dining; it must encompass access to food for people across socio-economic classes as well as fair wages for those growing the food. This workshop will provide a space for discussing how to keep social justice as a central part of the local food movement and an opportunity to network with others interested in addressing this issue. (Chris Bodnar, Glen Valley Organic Farm)

G.M. OGRE (STORYTELLING)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AT 6:30PM
This event is free. To attend, you will need to register with FarmFolk/CityFolk. Please email your name, Workshop you would like to attend, and your phone number to info@ffcf.bc.ca.
This is an adult fairy tale about greed and the importance of seeds where the Get More Ogre gets more than he expects. (Erin Nichols)
This event is free. To attend, you will need to register with FarmFolk/CityFolk. Please email your name, Workshop you would like to attend, and your phone number to info@ffcf.bc.ca.

OCEAN WISE & C RESTAURANT
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15TH AT 7:00PM
This event is free. To attend, you will need to register with FarmFolk/CityFolk. Please email your name, Workshop you would like to attend, and your phone number to info@ffcf.bc.ca.

The world's marine life is quickly being depleted. An estimated 90% of all large,predatory fish are already gone from the world's oceans. A recent scientific study predicted a world-wide fisheries collapse by 2048. The only solution is to turn back from the brink, and to begin consuming seafood in a sustainable manner. Join Ocean Wise Program Manager Mike McDermid and C Restaurant Chef Robert Clark for a Power Point presentation and some sustainable seafood nibblies. www.vanaqua.org/oceanwise
www.crestaurant.com

SETTING THE TABLE FOR STORYTELLING & TOMATO FRESH FOOD CAFE
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15TH AT 8:00PM
This event is free. To attend, you will need to register with FarmFolk/CityFolk. Please email your name, Workshop you would like to attend, and your phone number to info@ffcf.bc.ca.

An interactive discussion about the changing nature of food writing focusing on editorial vision, new technologies and fundamental purpose. In a forum that has recently exploded with the rise of blogs and citizen-critique, professional food writing is defining its future beyond the fray – utilizing industry knowledge and relations combined with multi-medium messaging – to provide readers with a more interactive and meaningful taste of the good life. Tomato Fresh Food Cafe's Christian Gaudreault will be participating in the narrative of the workshop and serving some regional tasty bites! (Jason McRobbie, Imagination Think)
www.imaginationthink.com
www.tomatofreshfoodcafe.com

GROWING CHEFS!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 11:00AM
Growing Chefs is a non-profit society that unites chefs, growers, educators and community members in a food sustainability project. Our goals: To support and encourage the development and growth of urban agriculture; To create a forum for chefs, educators, growers, community groups and families to work together to further awareness of food sustainability; To inspire a love of growing and eating sustainable food in young people; and most importantly, To inspire children with the idea that they can grow their own food, even in the city. Come spend some time with us and learn to make yourself some delicious, nutritious food!
www.growingchefs.ca

PUMPKIN PIE CONTEST!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 1:00PM
Bring in your best pumpkin pie for a good old- fashioned pie contest! Celebrity Judges including Gourmet Warehouse owner Caren McSherry… with Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. (1st prize is 2 tickets to FarmFolk/CityFolk's 2010 Feast of Fields event.)


ALFALFABET & BEAN NECKLACE MAKING
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 1:30PM
Join FarmFolk/CityFolk for a reading of Carol Watterson's "Alfalfabet" children's book, used in Agriculture in the Classroom. There will also be fun colouring for younger children and really fun bean necklace making for other children and their parents!
www.aitc.ca/bc

THE ART OF HARDBITE CHIPS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 2:30PM
Join Hardbite Chips owner and chef, Sepp Amsler, to learn about the benefits of using locally grown potatoes, reducing his carbon footprint, delivering a fresh product, knowing your food source, and keeping agricultural jobs “local” while sampling some of BC's very own kettle chips created the old fashioned way, in true kettle fashion manually cooked batch by batch - with gourmet flavours and no chemicals.
www.homegrownfoods.com

THE WORLD IN A GARDEN SEED TO TABLE PROJECT
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 3:30PM
Join holistic nutritionist and founder of Seeds of Plenty, Tricia Sedgwick for a fun-filled workshop presentation about her creation of "The World in a Garden", a multicultural project with Jewish Family Service Agency. Enjoy an interactive learning session about the various ways different cultures celebrate the harvest season during a preview of their upcoming Multicultural Harvest Festival on October 18th.
http://www.jfsa.ca/garden.html, http://www.seedsofplenty.com/garden_projects.html

PIÑATA MAKING & BREAKING!
OCTOBER 8th - 10th
Stop by the Roundhouse anytime between the afternoon of October 8th to October 10th to help decorate our traditional Mexican Star piñata and at 4:30pm on October 10th Family Day when the children will have a swing at it and see what goodies come out!
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TIMOTHY TAYLOR, RICHARD GRAINGER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD 6:00PM
(see Opening Celebrations)

THEATRICAL APPETIZER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH AT 2:00PM
Join Theatre on Earth to explore their on-farm theatre production involving the collaboration of artists and community.

TABLELAND, A FILM BY CRAIG NOBLE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AT 8:00PM
Tableland is a culinary expedition in search of the people, place and taste of North American small-scale, sustainable food production. From the Orchards of the interior of BC, the Napa Highlands, rural Quebec and everywhere in between, Tableland showcases the successful production of tasty, local, and seasonal food from field to plate. Suggested donation: $10
www.p1-productions.com

PRESSURE COOKER CABARET, CARNIVAL BAND
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AT 6:00PM
(See Closing Celebrations)

EATING LOCALLY IN THE WINTER: MAKING THE BOUNTY LAST
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH 6:30PM
Join us for an evening of making the bounty last. FarmFolk/CityFolk will be handing out “Making the Bounty Last” booklets (also available online) and discussing eating locally in the winter.
www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca

PRESERVE THE HARVEST BY FERMENTATION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9TH 7:00PM
By preserving the harvest, we can eat locally all winter long. Fermenting Vegetables is an ancient culinary tradition. Unlike canning and using vinegar,pickling vegetables by fermenting them produces gut-friendly probiotic bacteria and enzymes. In this demonstration, you will discover how easy making homemade sauerkraut and brined pickles can be!
www.radhavancouver.org

COOKING WORKSHOP WITH CHEF DARREN CLAY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH FROM 6:30PM TO 9:30PM
Think global but COOK local is the theme for this class as we celebrate World Food Day. Chef Darren Clay will talk about his experience organizing organic food co-ops. Menu items will integrate seasonal fall ingredients with an emphasis on local suppliers and farms.
$62/1 session
(604) 713-1800 to register or www.roundhouse.ca for full listing of other cooking classes offered: Thai Curries, Thai Staples and Specialties, Mexican, Stews, and Soups.

THEATRE ON EARTH & FARMFOLK/CITYFOLK SOCIETY PRESENTS:
THE PRESSURE COOKER CABARET
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16, 2009 AT 7:00PM
Join us for this though provoking event! Teams of farmers, producers, chefs, food activists, musicians, theatre artists, and dancers will be given one object and 48hours to rehearsal time to create a 10-minute piece. All pieces of “telling stories of local food as we see them: will be performed at the Pressure Cooker Cabaret on closing night! Suggested donation: $10
www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca

THE CARNIVAL BAND
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH AT 8:00PM
The Carnival Band is a community music project with ten years of history, based out of Commercial Drive's Britannia Community Centre. We believe that in order to be effective, community music must be grounded in collaboration and empowering to each individual involved. Songs and performance are a means to creative expression and to the cohesion of our community, rather than an end in them selves.
www.thecarnivalband.com

VANCOUVER FARMERS MARKET PRESENTS…
“RIPE” THURSDAY OCTOBER 1ST 6PM-10PM AT PERFORMANCE WORKS
1218 Cartwright Street, Granville Island
RIPE is the 1st annual evening of local food and libations. Held at Performance Works on Granville Island and with local foodie emcee Jamie Maw, the evening promises to be filled with fabulous local food from our farmers and prepared by Chefs Robert Clark and Quang Dang, regional beer & wine, a silent auction, and your chance to be inspired about Vancouver's local food movement while supporting the Vancouver Farmers Markets initiatives including a Farmers Nest Egg Fund and the creation of a year-round permanent farmers market. Tickets are $90 for Vancouver Farmers Markets members and $100 for non-members (includes a one year membership); available at Barbara Jo's Books to Cooks, Edible BC's retail store on Granville Island, and at every weekly Vancouver Farmers Market beginning September 2nd. Also email jackie@eatlocal.org to reserve your ticket(s) and pick up at will call on the night of the event.
www.eatlocal.org

EYA YOUTH GARDENING AT COTTONWOOD
MULTIPLE DATES - see below
Gardening time in the EYA Youth Garden at the corner of Malkin and Raymur in the SE corner of the Cottonwood Community Garden in Strathcona
Tuesday the 6th and 13th and Thursday the 1st, 8th and 15th from 4:30 to 6:30; and Saturday the 10th from 12:30 to 2:30. We also have a blackberry jam canning session planned so watch our websites for the date.
www.eya.ca

RENFREW COLLINGWOOD FOOD SECURITY INSTITUTE MOON FESTIVAL
SATURDAY OCTOBER 3RD
A deliciously fun Harvest Fair between 4-6:46pm at Slocan Park, just outside 29th Avenue Skytrain Station, followed by a lantern parade and more!
rcfsi.blogspot.com
http://stillmoon.org

UBC FARM SATURDAY HARVEST FESTIVAL MARKET
SATURDAY OCTOBER 3RD
We'll be having scarecrow making, children's activities, music at the market, and lots of pumpkins available for people to take home for carving. 9am-1pm at the UBC Farm.
www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm

BRITANNIA COMMUNITY CENTRE & GRANDVIEW/WOODLAND FOOD CONNECTION: STONE SOUP FALL FOOD GATHERING & FILM FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 3-18
How do we support a healthy food system at the community level? How do we feed ourselves and our families? How can we afford to eat? How do we make the right food choices? How do we stop our reliance on fast food? In conjunction with “Sustenance: Feasting on Art and Culture”, a project of the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Ctr. The Stone Soup Fall Food Gathering asks all of these questions and more! Join us for a host of activities, workshops, forums and talks and enjoy, learn, discuss and eat…
www.gwfoodconnection.blogspot.com
www.stonesoupfilmfestival.blogspot.com
For information on the Gathering, to register for a workshop or purchase film passes please call 604-718-5800.

MOBERLY ARTS & CULTURE CENTRE:
FOOD SKILLS FOR FAMILIES
OCTOBER 5, 7, & 14
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
7646 Prince Albert Street
phone 604-718-6521
Moberly Arts & Culture Centre will partner again this fall with the Canadian Diabetes Association and BC Healthy Living Alliance by hosting a Food Skills for Families program. This program aims to build the necessary skills for choosing and preparing healthy foods for families while recognizing that cooking healthy food that is tasty and appealing to our families is not always easy. Adding to the challenge is the fact that some families have limited incomes or do not even have basic information about where to start. At Moberly, the Food Skills for Families community facilitator is Mohinder Sidhu who is trained to lead small groups of community members in choosing, cooking and eating healthier foods. Each week this group comes together to receive new information and to collectively prepare and share a sumptuous, nutritious, feast.
Food Skills for Families is a Canadian Diabetes research project, where respondents report as a result of taking the program that they are being more mindful of their eating, are preparing the new recipes at home for their families and would highly recommend the program to others. Other findings have reported that participants have gained significant higher levels of knowledge about healthier choices (such as what foods are healthy to eat, what beverages are healthy to drink, where to buy healthy foods), and improved skills to cook and prepare nutritious and appetizing meals, keep food safe, plan meals, shop and modify recipes to make healthier choices
www.mysunset.net/macc.htm

WEST SIDE FOOD SECURITY COLLABORATION: COMMUNITY POTLUCK
OCTOBER 7TH FROM 6-8PM
Sustenance Event: ‘Food Security: How do we Fare on the Westside?’ discussion with Spring Gillard, back yard grown food from Kits House ‘Growing Welcoming Community Garden Collaborative’, local farmer & produce and more!
www.kitshouse.org/foodsecurity.html

REAL BEER WALKING TOUR
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH 1:00 - 5:00pm
Alibi Room, Dix, Steamworks, Yaletown Brewing
Cost: $25.00
Tickets: only 80 spots; call (604) 713-1800 to register today
Celebrate Feasting on Art & Culture with a pub crawl between Vancouver's top craft beer venues. Led by local beer experts, participants will visit each pub where they can sample a different cask-conditioned ale and paired food item for a fun introduction to Real Ale. (In partnership with the Roundhouse Community Centre, FarmFolk/CityFolk, the BC Association of Farmers' Markets' Nutrition & Coupon Project, and CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale)
www.camravancouver.ca