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Let’s celebrate by eating locally!

December 8th 2009

logo‘Terra Madre’ Day will be celebrated for the very first time on December 10, 2009.

To mark this occasion, you are invited to organize an activity that encourages and supports local food products. Even as I write this, more than 800 events are already being planned in more than 100 countries.

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Eat-in - a new tradition

November 6th 2009

group eatingHow do you start off a year at the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG) ?

With an Eat-In of course, full of good food and great cooking!

So what exactly is an Eat-in?

Youth Food MovementThis wonderfully new concept, which has just celebrated its first birthday was launched by the Youth Food Movement in San Francisco.

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SOS Tips: Eating local year-round

October 7th 2009

grocery basketDo you know where your food comes from? A recent study indicates that the products that make up a typical North American meal travel an average of 2,400 km before winding up on our tables.

And yet, we have the opportunity to eat locally all year long.

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A golden year for apples

September 26th 2009

basket of applesOriginally published in the Journal de Montréal on September 26, 2009.

At least something good came out of all the rain that fell this past July: the apple harvest is the best of the last 13 years.

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Did you know that #3

September 23rd 2009

For every Canadian apple that is exported, 5 are imported!

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Once upon a time, the Montreal melon

September 6th 2009

cantaloupeOriginally published in the Journal de Montréal on September 5, 2009.

By the end of the 19th century and until the 1930s, Quebec was well-known for it’s Montreal melon which was sold at a hefty price in all North-Eastern USA, and found only in the finest restaurants.

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Did you know that #2

August 31st 2009

In 40 years, Canadian red meat imports have risen 600%.

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