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On December 6th, 2012, the Kruger Brothers will be returning to Peterborough to give a concert. Many of you have become acquainted with their extraordinary music. Dan Tackett of the Bluegrass Journal says that: "They are nothing short of magnificent, the classiest of acts as can be found on today's bluegrass and acoustic scene. Their sound is both intense and tranquil. It's classic, classy and classical as well as being jazzy - all at the same time and packed into one mesmerizing concert."
British architect Carolyn Stell is fascinated by food. Her passion led her to explore the relationships between cities and their food in a study titled Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives. In it, Stell traces how ancient food routes have shaped our world and particularly our cities. These connections can be found in the name of streets in cities such as London, Rome or Paris.
The last post mentioned how The Table Community Food Centre is the first pilot site to replicate the model developed by The Stop in Toronto. Are you familiar with The Stop Community Food Centre? If not, the following video will give you a feel for the organization, its work and its philosophy. Our Nourish team visited The Stop in October 2009. We came back inspired and committed to the idea of adapting their model to our region.
An hour away from Ottawa, Perth is a small community of 6,000 which swells to a total of 20,000 when including the greater Perth area. Board members at the Food Bank were dissatisfied with their work. They were itching to try something new that would enable them to make a philosophical shift toward addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. At the same time, The Stop was looking for a partner interested in joining its food revolution. The moment was ripe. In a very short period of time, a new community food centre took root.
Did you know about the Melanchton mega-quarry project? Its goal was to convert 765 hectars of prime farmland into a rock mine. Fortunately, the project was derailed thanks to a powerful "coalition of farmers and urban foodies," as the Globe and Mail writes in this engaging article.
Today marked the first organized delivery of 560 pounds of locally grown carrots from Kennedy Farms near Omemee to Food For Kids Peterborough and County school breakfast programs.
I shared, last month, how fall rains irresistibly bring me back to the days when, as a child, I used to go and collect des p'tits gris for our family feasts. So I was drawn to the name of this truck and I was deligthed to discover that no escargot was hurt in the process of making this video... :)
Tucked in a little corner of the library is the Peterborough Eats café. Have you already tried some of its offerings? Next time you go to the library, sample one of the scumptious soups served daily at the café. Not only will you be warmed by a delicious meal,
Spoken word artist Tim Merry from Nova Scotia has created this engaging video about food security. What would yours say?