Transitioning into Ketosis was a process that requires a lot of attention and effort as well as time. This meant be very mindful with every meal and often saying to people, “Sorry, I can’t eat that.” A very perplexing thing for friends who have seen me eat “that” many times! Read more
Ok, I admit it. While I think blogging is a great idea it sure is hard to keep it up! I’ve been so engulfed in just being here it’s been hard to find time at the computer. So how do I possible sum up the last 3 days. How about: Read more
Well, our first day in Turin was a good one. And long. After a very late first night many of our delegation slept in and missed the early (too early) bus heading to the venue. But splitting a cab between several of us was not costly at all. Once we Read more
Alright, I am half way through my first day at Terra Madre/ Salone del Gusto and already I am exhausted. Upon arriving in Turin after 18 hours or so of continuous transport I was picked up at the airport and taken right to the event venue. There I met up Read more
Well, I love to travel overseas – but I get some pretty mean jet lag going east over the pond. So I’ve had to come up with good strategy to ward it off as I will be going direct to Terra Madre from the airport when I arrive. So – Read more
Well, I am off to Terra Madre 2012 in Turin, Italy. Via Seattle that is. Terra Madre is Slow Food International’s biannual celebration of all things food. I am attending the event as part of a delegation of close to 60 participants coming from Canada including a dozen of us Read more
So last week I sent an update about this project to Toronto Urban Growers which has turned out to be a very good idea! We were made aware of a grant that we applied for and have had a number of inquiries, including from Joe Nasr who has done a Read more
We met with some city planners yesterday to talk about about city policy and how it affects urban farmers and what needs to happen to change that policy. The two main things we discussed were finding policy precedents and reporting about them back to the city and holding a public Read more
I know. I’m a bad blogger. Respect to you who do this daily. Though hopefully you get some people time in there, too. Lots has happened (not all work), so no time to write it seems. The UFN is now an official external working group of the Food Policy Council. Read more
So I need to reflect on the Jan 30 meeting a bit to process what was achieved. The Hopes and Fears exercise really demonstrated people’e desire to work together. This will be important in determining the success of the network. It also demonstrated the fear of the network not being Read more