Terra Madre Day, Celebrating Local Food! (Slow Food Toronto)

Advance ticketsales have now been cut off (as of Dec9 WED 4pm).
Tickets will still be available at the door, as of 1 hour ahead.

Enjoy the delicious offerings of Ontario’s Farms,
Food Producers, & Community

Terra Madre Day
Celebrating Local Food!
Slow Food Toronto

December 10
THURSDAY
6-9pm

Hosted by
FoodShare
90 Croatia Street
Entrance on Brock Avenue, which runs South from Bloor Street West, 1 street West of Dufferin
FoodShare website
Map to 90 Croatia Street

Tickets
$10 general admission
Free for children under 12

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About Terra Madre Day

The very 1st worldwide Terra Madre Day is being held on December 10, 2009 to celebrate Slow Food International’s 20th anniversary, in recognition of the importance of supporting local food networks.

Terra Madre Day will be celebrated in endless ways by the Slow Food network all around the world. Celebrations will take place on farms and in homes, in schools and communities, in cities, and rural areas: from New York to New Delhi, Turkey to Tanzania, Austria to Argentina.

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What is Slow Food Toronto doing for Terra Madre Day?

Slow Food Toronto will celebrate Ontario’s local food community with delicious sustainable offerings, music, and family-friendly activities, held at FoodShare on Thursday December 10th, open to the public from 6-9pm.

Travel through the various stations, sample delicious local product, and have an opportunity to connect with the people who produce, raise, grow, cook, and advocate for it all!

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Terra Madre Partners

Meat & Fish
1. YU Ranch, Bryan, Bryan Gilvesy, Naked YU Ranch All Beef Frankfurter bites Niagara Specialty Foods, Mario Pingue, Serving Proscuitto on Grassin
2. Akiwenzie Fish and More, Natasha and Andrew Akiwenzie, Serving Smoked Trout and White Fish

Fruit
1. Warner Farms, Torrie Warner, Samplings of Apples, Pears and Cider
2. Lincoln Line Orchards, Peter Bosman, Samplings of Apples

Vegetables
1. Matchbox Gardens, Hanna Jacobs, Vegetables, Serving Squash Bites with Amuse Bouche
2. Pfenning’s, Jenn Pfenning, Vegetables, Serving Carrots and Roasted Vegetables
3. The Cutting Veg, Daniel Hoffman, Vegetables, Varieties of garlic and red potatoes
4. Everdale Farms, Gavin Dandy, Serving raw carrots
5. Cookstown Greens, David Cohlmeyer, Serving Baby salad greens with dressing and baby roots
6. The New Farm, Gillian Flies and Brent Preston, Serving Pickled Heirloom beets
7. KEG, Mark Trealout, Serving heirloom beans and artisanal hot sauces on corn flour tortillas
8. FoodCycles, Ashlee Cooper, Serving Sprouts served on kale leaves smothered in hummus.
9. Toronto Sprouts, Alison, Sprout Tasting
10. Plan B, Alvaro
11. HOPE Eco Farms, Ira Stoll

Cheese & Dairy
1. Fifth Town, Petra Cooper, variety of local artisanal
2. Monforte Dairy, Ruth Klahsen, varieties of local artisanal cheeses
3. Mapleton’s Organic Dairy, Arwa Root, Ice Cream, Frozen Yogurt, Yogurt, Pumpkin Ice Cream

Grains & Breads
1. St.John’s Bakery, Jeff Connelly, Red Fife Wheat Breads, Artisanal Loaves and Brioche
2. Evelyn’s Crackers, Dawn Woodward and Ed Rek, Crackers, Jam and Crackers
3. CIPM Farm, Patricia Hastings, Red Fife Wheat

Preserves, Oils, & Other Foods
1. August’s Harvest, Wareen Ham, Tastings of Garlic, Shallots, Saskatoon Berry preserves
2. Forbes Wild Foods, Jonathan Forbes Tastings of Wild and Foraged Preserved foods
4. Persall Naturals, Jason Persall, Tastings of Vinegars and Cold Pressed Canola Oil
5. Kozliks Mustard, Jeremy Kozlik, Samples of Mustard samples
6. Culinarium, Kathleen Macintosh, Samples of Kernal Popping corn, jams, pickles, peanuts and other local items

Chocolate
1. Chocosol, Michael Sacco, chocolate and Fresh Tortillas
2. SOMA, David Castellan

Prepared Food
1. JK Kitchens, Jamie Kennedy and Sharon Bergey
2. Haisai, Michael and Nobuyo Stadtlander, Porchetta
3. The Healthy Butcher, Mario Fiorucci, Braised Beef with deliciousness
4. Cumbrae’s, Steohen Alexander
5. Provenace Cuisine, Alex Johnston

Distributers
1. 100 Km Foods, Grace and Paul
Community Groups
1. Slow Food Toronto, with Margaret Webb’s Apple to Oyster’s book
2. FoodShare, Paul DeCampo
3. FarmStart, Sridharan Sethuratnam
4. Not Far From The Tree, Laura Reinsborough
5. Local Food Plus, Laurie Stalbrand, Chris
6. Evergreen, Seana Irvine
7. West End Food-Coop, Ayal Dinner
8. Toronto’s Youth Food Policy Council, Tracy Phillippi
9. Sustain Ontario, Lauren Baker

Media
1. Edible Toronto

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For more information, please contact:
Paul DeCampo, paul@toronto.slowfood.ca or
Miriam Streiman, miriamstreiman@hotmail.com

Slow Food Toronto website

How to become a member of Slow Food Toronto

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Terra Madre Day, Celebrating Local Food! (Slow Food Toronto)

90 Croatia Street
Thu Dec 10 2009, 6:00pm


Ticket Sales Begin:
Wed Nov 18 2009, 11:00am

Ticket Prices:
general admission - $10.00

For More Information:
Visit Event Website
E-mail: paul@toronto.slowfood.ca
Phone: (416) 978-8849
Fax: N/A

Venue information, including seating plans & maps.