Get Local Newsletter - March/April 2010
Feast of Fields — FarmFolkCityFolk’s annual fundraising events… tasty!
August 22 Brock Farm, Okanagan Falls
August 29 Wellbrook Winery, Delta
September 19 Parry Bay Sheep Farm, Metchosin
Visit our Feast of Fields website for details!
Sustenance: Feasting on Art & Culture Festival
October 8 to 16 (World Food Day) 2010
at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre.
SUSTENANCE is a festival that celebrates food and the art it inspires. By reclaiming old traditions—eating locally, producing sustainably and celebrating the artistry of food—SUSTENANCE’s second annual festival re-imagines the old as the distinctly modern way of the future. more
Dinner & Dialogue: 5 Courses of Conversation
Thursday, October 14th at 6pm
at the Roundhouse in Vancouver
Tix: $70 Available online at http://www.roundhouse.ca
Join 5 of Vancouver's top chefs and their suppliers for a unique 5-course dinner featuring regional ingredients. The meal will be paired with wine and conversation about each chef’s commitment to supporting local producers, and the benefits that extend to the environment, the economy—and to the food. Chefs include: Karen Barnaby (The Fish House in Stanley Park), Todd Bright (Wild Rice), Chris Whittaker (O'Doul's Restaurant & Bar at the Listel Hotel), Quang Dang (Diva at the Met) and Todd Hodgins (Pair Bistro).
Presented by FarmFolkCityFolk and the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre as part of the 2010 Sustenance: Feasting on Art & Culture Festival.
Note: This event will be filmed and made into a 5-minute video.
MEET YOUR MAKER: Where Food Producers and Food Buyers Find Each Other
This annual event is your chance to meet other producers, processors, distributors, retailers, and those in foodservice who are eager to do business with each other. Our 2nd annual Meet Your Maker was held in Vancouver on February 10th, 2009. To receive an email about our next Meet Your Maker event (date tbd), please send an email to info@getlocalbc.org with "2010 MYM Invite Please" in the subject line.
Click here to watch a clip of the 2008 event.
Get Local website shares prize with FarmFolk/CityFolk's Knowledge Pantry
Georgia Straight's Best of Vancouver award for Best Literary Sustenance.
SEPTEMBER – Eat Local Month in the City of Vancouver
Capers Whole Foods Markets donates over $13,000 to Get Local! Details.
Get Local Rack Cards
The Get Local project has great rack cards. These are available in English, Chinese and Punjabi. They describe the benefits of eating local, while directing the public to the Get Local website for more information. These cards are being distributed throughout Metro Vancouver.
Download them here:
 English (pdf) |
 Chinese (pdf) |
 Punjabi (pdf) |
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GET LOCAL IN THE NEWS!
Sustenance: Feasting on Art & Culture Festival,
There were so many news items covering this festival, here are just a few:
Vancouver Courier - September 30, 2009
The Now - September 25, 2009
Vancouver Sun - September 23, 2009
Hello local, goodbye global: Relocalization movement gains momentum,
Georgia Straight - July 23, 2009
Eat Local/Eating locally has handful of benefits
Canwest Community Publishing/Delta Optimist - October 22, 2008
Granville Magazine, Spring 08
"Seasons eatings"
Vancouver Province
Feb 25, 2008 - Get Local responds to an op-ed criticizing sustainable eating projects. Read letter
West Coast Families magazine December/January 2008
Vancouver Magazine January 2008
2008 Eating & Drinking Guide
Business Examiner—Fraser Valley article November 13, 2007
Knowing where your next meal is coming from.
Ming Pao October 26, 2007
Gourmet Supplement
Eat Local is Common Sense For The Future - October 11, 2007
Op-Ed in Vancouver Sun by Your Local Farmers Market Society Executive Director Tara McDonald
Get Local Transit Shelter Ads - October 1, 2007
Thanks to the City of Vancouver, CBS Outdoor, and JC Decaux, Get Local was advertised on 10 transit shelter ads throughout the City of Vancouver during the month of October 2007.
City of Vancouver proclaims September 2007 as "Eat Local Month" - September 14, 2007
The 100-Mile Diet Society and the Get Local Project welcomed the public to the reading of the Eat Local Month proclamation at Trout Lake Farmers Market on Saturday, September 15, 2007.
Read More (pdf)
Business in Vancouver magazine article September 11, 2007
Thumbs up: Union needs to get real; shoppers need to Get Local
Shaw TV's Daily 4, September 5, 2007
Eating Locally: FarmFolk/CityFolk and Get Local
Bill Good Show (CKNW Radio) August 29, 2007
Bonita Magee and Tara McDonald talk about Get Local.
Vancouver Sun article
Aug. 29, 2007
The 100-mile diet got Vancouverites interested in the idea of consuming food close to home. And now, local-food advocates have crafted a "Get Local" brand so farmers, retailers, distributors and restaurants can label their products and make them easily identifiable on store shelves and restaurant menus.
News 1130
Aug. 29th, 2007
Get ready to see more "Get Local" signs when you're doing your grocery shopping.
