Upcoming Food Events in Vancouver
Submitted by vfpc on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 02:46
Thanks to Samara Brock for passing on these great events!
Bike the Blossoms
Welcome to Spring everyone!
Registration is now open for a Bike the Blossoms event, a collaborative effort between several local area farmers, Slow Food Vancouver, Commercial drive restaurants, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and with the generous hosting of Kitsilano and Britannia community centers. This is a relaxing and beautiful bike ride through cherry tree lined routes, some of which may actually be in bloom, and has several farmers participating, showcasing their farms. There will be special food tasting available at several Community Drive restaurants, featuring local food. For event details and registration go to: www.slowfoodvancouver.com/index.php/BikeBlossoms/categoryjoin_us
The Great Farm Trek
Come help celebrate the UBC Farm and its future! It has been a great year for the farm, however, the future of the 24 hectare farm is still not clear, so it is time to come together to show our unified support for a bright future for the Farm! This is a celebratory, family-friendly event. We want thousands to join us as we trek from the UBC Student Union Building (SUB) via the Board of Governors meeting and then on to the UBC Farm.
We invite you to please book off Tuesday, April 7, 2009 from 3:30 pm into the early evening to attend the Great Farm Trek 2009! If you can’t make it until after work, we will be shuttling late-comers by bus from free parking areas near UBC Farm directly to the Trek crowd anytime between 3pm and 6pm. After 6pm, the crowds will be located at the UBC Farm for festivities. Come to the UBC Farm, 6182 South Campus Road for free parking (see map) www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/images/new-farm-directions.jpg Bring costumes, music, banners, posters, spirit, kids, moving art shows, farm love, floats, hot air balloons, circus performers, sandwich boards, party favours, whistles, bells, dancers, fire twirlers, clowns, bicycles, novelty cars, trapeze artists, scooters, painted school buses, TV Camera crews, and other sundry fun items. Oh yes, bring snacks, water and weather-appropriate clothing. The event will happen rain or shine! During the Trek we will have Vancouver's own ever-wacky and danceable Carnival Band, the high-energy percussion ensemble known as Sambata, Papa Thom from the Shepherds pie tour 09 and much more! At the UBC farm there will be music (the soul-quakin', boot-shakin' bluegrass boys of the Agora String Band, and the hip hop alt country tom waits-sylin' Blackberry Wood), food, addresses James Mackinnon (100-mile diet author) and others. For a route map and event location see: http://www.amsubc.ca/index.php/ams/newsams_great_farm_trek_2009/
Michael Pollan
Acclaimed author Michael Pollan is on tour to promote his newest book In Defense of Food. His only stop in Canada will be at theUBC Farm on June 6th.
Michael Pollan has established himself as one of North America's premier food system commentators. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and is a Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His previous book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. His most recent essay Farmer in Chief, a letter to the president-elect of the United States, is credited with influencing the Obama family to plant a vegetable garden at the White House.
This exciting afternoon includes a signed copy of In Defense of Food, guided tours of UBC Farm, live music and hor d'oeuvres. Tickets to this rain or shine event are $45 (includes GST) and are sold exclusively through Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks. All proceeds from the event will go to support the UBC Farm. For more information visit Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks website at www.bookstocooks.com. Please call 604-688-6755 to purchase tickets.
Bike the Blossoms
Welcome to Spring everyone!
Registration is now open for a Bike the Blossoms event, a collaborative effort between several local area farmers, Slow Food Vancouver, Commercial drive restaurants, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and with the generous hosting of Kitsilano and Britannia community centers. This is a relaxing and beautiful bike ride through cherry tree lined routes, some of which may actually be in bloom, and has several farmers participating, showcasing their farms. There will be special food tasting available at several Community Drive restaurants, featuring local food. For event details and registration go to: www.slowfoodvancouver.com/index.php/BikeBlossoms/categoryjoin_us
The Great Farm Trek
Come help celebrate the UBC Farm and its future! It has been a great year for the farm, however, the future of the 24 hectare farm is still not clear, so it is time to come together to show our unified support for a bright future for the Farm! This is a celebratory, family-friendly event. We want thousands to join us as we trek from the UBC Student Union Building (SUB) via the Board of Governors meeting and then on to the UBC Farm.
We invite you to please book off Tuesday, April 7, 2009 from 3:30 pm into the early evening to attend the Great Farm Trek 2009! If you can’t make it until after work, we will be shuttling late-comers by bus from free parking areas near UBC Farm directly to the Trek crowd anytime between 3pm and 6pm. After 6pm, the crowds will be located at the UBC Farm for festivities. Come to the UBC Farm, 6182 South Campus Road for free parking (see map) www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm/images/new-farm-directions.jpg Bring costumes, music, banners, posters, spirit, kids, moving art shows, farm love, floats, hot air balloons, circus performers, sandwich boards, party favours, whistles, bells, dancers, fire twirlers, clowns, bicycles, novelty cars, trapeze artists, scooters, painted school buses, TV Camera crews, and other sundry fun items. Oh yes, bring snacks, water and weather-appropriate clothing. The event will happen rain or shine! During the Trek we will have Vancouver's own ever-wacky and danceable Carnival Band, the high-energy percussion ensemble known as Sambata, Papa Thom from the Shepherds pie tour 09 and much more! At the UBC farm there will be music (the soul-quakin', boot-shakin' bluegrass boys of the Agora String Band, and the hip hop alt country tom waits-sylin' Blackberry Wood), food, addresses James Mackinnon (100-mile diet author) and others. For a route map and event location see: http://www.amsubc.ca/index.php/ams/newsams_great_farm_trek_2009/
Michael Pollan
Acclaimed author Michael Pollan is on tour to promote his newest book In Defense of Food. His only stop in Canada will be at theUBC Farm on June 6th.
Michael Pollan has established himself as one of North America's premier food system commentators. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and is a Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His previous book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. His most recent essay Farmer in Chief, a letter to the president-elect of the United States, is credited with influencing the Obama family to plant a vegetable garden at the White House.
This exciting afternoon includes a signed copy of In Defense of Food, guided tours of UBC Farm, live music and hor d'oeuvres. Tickets to this rain or shine event are $45 (includes GST) and are sold exclusively through Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks. All proceeds from the event will go to support the UBC Farm. For more information visit Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks website at www.bookstocooks.com. Please call 604-688-6755 to purchase tickets.
