Slow Food Nova Scotia Mainland

Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto

Posted: Monday, April 16th, 2012

Terra Madre and Salone Del Gusto

October 25-29, 2012

Torino Italy

 Invitation for SF members to apply for delegate status at Terra Madre and for Producers to Display at Salone Del Gusto 2012

 

This year, Terra Madre and the Congress are open to the public. Terra Madre is a biennial Slow Food event in Turin, Italy, that unites more than 5,000 producers, cooks, academics and activists creating a parallel system of food production and distribution. The Congress is the gathering of leaders representing the grassroots movement in their communities. Salone del Gusto is a public event that welcomes over 200,000 visitors over five days – a feast of the best – artisan, Ark of Taste and Presida products globally.

 

This is a two pronged invitation:

Slow Food Nova Scotia – mainland will have the opportunity to send 4 or possibly 5 delegates to Terra Madre. This means that you are a guest of Slow Food and your entrance fees, daily meals and accomodations are taken care of. Observer status is also available but only covers your admission fees to the event.

IF YOU ARE A CURRENT SLOW FOOD MEMBER AND ARE INTERESTED IN DELEGATE (or observer) STATUS, PLEASE EMAIL ME BY April 30th

Also, as Salone Del Gusto and Terra Madre are being combined into one event this year, Slow Food Canada has been asked to invite food producers from across Canada to exhibit at Salone Del Gusto. If you are a producer looking for new markets and a chance to show off your product to a potential 200,000 visitors please contact. There may some provincial support for this initiative – I am in early discussions with several Provincial Ministries to see about a collaborative effort to bring Nova Scotia products and producers to Torino

The birth of Slow Food Nova Scotia

Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Brian Kienapple remembers the beginnings of Slow Food Nova Scotia

It all began in 2000 when I was researching a family trip to Italy and discovered references to Slow Food…
I contacted Convivium Leaders in places we were visiting seeking advice on where to eat and shop…
During that trip we were invited to supper with the Convivium Leader of Siena in Tuscany and his family…
That personal contact and the wonderful meal we shared in an Etruscan grotto below the streets of Siena was my first real introduction to the pleasures of Slow Food.
In 2001 I went back to Italy and spent a month visiting many Slow Food producers in Tuscany and Piedmont which led me to the Slow Food headquarters in Bra, Piedmont…
I had a long conversation with the head of Slow Food International, Renato Sardo, and at the end of my visit I told him that eventually I would help start a Convivium in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Things came together in 2002 when I met with Maurizio Bertossi in the spring and then Hanspeter Stutz in the fall and talked about the possibility of starting a group…
Hanspeter was particularly enthusiastic which led to an initial gathering of people in April of 2003 at his winery.

That first meeting included:
Maurizio Bertossi
Pete Luckett
Paul and Ruth Colville
Dennis Johnston
Paolo Colbertado
Michael Smith
Jim and Linda Gourlay
Hanspeter Stutz

I spoke about Slow Food and what it could mean to Nova Scotia…
Everyone agreed to join Slow Food and sign the papers that were sent to Italy to certify the formal beginnings of our Convivium…
It was agreed that I should organize the Convivium and be its first Leader…
Another planning meeting was held in early June at Maurizio’s Bish restaurant…
The first event was held in October 2003 focused on a truly historic ingredient, Heritage Apples….
Slow Food Nova Scotia was born!

We are Slow Food Nova Scotia Mainland

Posted: Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

We are one of the most active chapters of Slow Food in Canada.

Slow Food Nova Scotia – Mainland currently represents most of the province for membership.  With 100+ members in the Halifax Regional Municipality and the rest of Nova Scotia  (and  New Brunswick members who are part of our convivium until an official one begins in that province) we facilitate activities in the province. As the movement grows here in Nova Scotia, we envision more regionally specific convivia developing over time, and the continued development of on-campus convivia at our many post-secondary educational institutions.

With an active Board of Directors, we are a Registered Association with the NS Joint Registry of Stocks.
We currently organize 6-8 events per year, including our major ones (Slow Motion Food Film Fest and the SFNS Spring Supper) and are active in promoting the message of Good, Clean and Fair to the public, government and provincial organizations.
We are active in promoting school gardens and healthy eating initiatives throughout the province, are actively engaged in the Nova Scotia Food Policy Council, and work toward preserving farmland and food traditions across the region.”