“To ferment your own food is to lodge a small but eloquent protest – on behalf of the senses and the microbes – against the homogenization of flavors and food experiences now rolling like a great, undifferentiated lawn across the globe. It is also a declaration of independence from an economy that would much prefer […]
Read MoreAddressing Food Waste
Originally posted by Silvia Di Blasio from MainstreamPermaculture.com “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien “The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use. “~ John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America “Fruits and veggies named […]
Read MoreEcoDays and Food Matters ~ Tuesday March 10!
Next Tuesday(March 10) if you are in town, come and join me for a conversation about Permaculture (EcoDAYS, organized by Kwantlen Students Association) I’ll have a table and some brochures and I will be sharing and answering questions from 10 am to 3 pm at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Surrey Campus… You’ll learn: What is […]
Read MoreNext FAC Meeting – January 14, 2015
To all those who are interested in food security and food sovereignty in Surrey and what the Food Action Coalition is doing to improve these issues, next meeting: Newton Resource Centre -13771 72A Ave at 2:30 pm on January 14, 2015. Please RSVP as the room is small by contacting Silvia
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