Making Food Matter: Calendar of Events
October 5, 2008
Island Chefs' Survival Challenge for Madrona Farm
Fundraiser and culinary event for the Friends of Madrona Farm Society
Click here for details
October 10th, 11th, 2008
Cowichan Valley Feather Fanciers Poultry, Waterfowl & Pigeon Club
Centennial Building at Beban Park, 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo
10am-5pm
Click here for details
October 16, 2008
World Food Day
Events in Manitoba
October 17, 2008
Small Flock Poultry Health - Bird Health Information Session
Best Western Cowichan Valley Inn, 6474 Trans Canada Highway, Duncan
6pm-9pm (Doors Open at 5:00 PM)
More information: B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Lands 1-800-661-9903 or
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 1-800-442-2342
October 25, 2008
Sooke Region Farm Forum and Harvest Feast
Edward Milne Community School,
6218 Sooke Road,
Sooke
Farm Forum
9am-4:30pm
Community Festival
10am-4pm
Harvest Feast
5pm
www.sookeharvest.ca
November 29, 2008
Esquimalt Eats for Health Food for Thought Day
Promoting local, sustainable, nutritious food options to the community
Esquimalt Recreation Centre, 527 Fraser Street, Esquimalt
9am-2pm
Ongoing
Pocket Markets, one or two tent markets with produce from many farms and processors in the region, are springing up all over BC's Capital Region. To see a full listing of markets, click here
Small Animal and Poultry Swaps (There are now three on the Island)
– Courtenay, South Country Feeds - 3rd Sunday each month 10 am - Noon
– Duncan, (Cowichan Feather Fanciers) at Buckerfields - 4th Sunday each month 11 am til 1 pm
– Coombs, Farm Animal & Poultry Swap, Coombs Fairgrounds - 2nd Sunday of each month 11 am - 1 pm until November - Contact 250-752-1703 dogma@bcsupernet.com
Wine Island Growers' Association
Regular monthly meetings, generally 3rd Wednesday, Agricultural Hall, Centre for Plant Health, Saanichton 6.30 p.m.
website: www.wiga.ca email: WIGA@shaw.ca
Workshops/Courses
BC HACCP plan: a free, easy-to-use program to help BC food processors meet today's higher food safety standards. The next workshop on Vancouver Island is in Duncan on October 28. View the brochure for details.
Canadian Earth Institute - Menu for the Future sustainability discussion course. Visit the website for details: www.canadianearthinstitute.org/menu-for-future.html.
If you or someone you know has not been able to attend a Verified Beef Production program workshop before but would like to -- now there is an easier, faster way to learn about VBP in the comfort of your own home.
You can attend a free, 1.5 hr workshop by teleconference. A small conference package is mailed ahead of time to you and then at a prescheduled time you and a small group of people dial into a conference call number and we go over the program and do a few simple exercises. The call is free. If you or someone you know is interested in trying this out, contact Annette Moore - BC-Verified Beef Production Program Coordinator - Quality First in Agriculture Inc. Click here for more info.
Gaia College - Organic Master Gardener program and Certificate in Ecological Landscape Design are the fall programs being offered. Click here to view their programs
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