Get ready for more strawberries than you can handle!
- June 4-6 is Lasalle’s Strawberry Festival. They don’t use local berries so maybe we should all push for that!
- The Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market opens June 12th with fresh produce including strawberries (visit early for the best selection).
- Trusty Food to You / Tredki Acres in Amherstburg now has chemical-free strawberries available. Get the berries delivered or visit the farm for pre-picked and pick-your-own starting this Saturday, May 29th.
If you are buying lots of berries to freeze, wash them and de-stem them and place them on waxed paper in the freezer (on a tray or baking sheet). Once frozen, put the berries into freezer bags; this prevents your fruit from sticking together.
http://www.tredkiacres.com/trustyfood/
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As promised, here are our notes from the “Food” group at the recent Change Camp.
Our session had 3 main topics:
- Establishing a Regional Food Policy
- Promoting “Go Local”
- Building Awareness of Farm + Food + Tourism
Here were our discussion notes:
- Food summit on October 18th hosted by WindsorEats
- Food policy and food security
- May work with Pathway to Potential – less duplication, bring like-minded together, network
- Progress of culinary tourism (private versus public) – need to set realistic timelines
- There are food deserts even in Windsor; need solutions like community gardens, etc.
- Local food delivery programs will help tourism (promoting local food), restaurants, residents, etc.
- Everyone’s definition of “local” may vary; should we define it?
- Combine organic food and culinary expertise to make new, exciting dishes
- Grow ethno-cultural vegetables here; what can grow here?
- Can we create a grass roots program to make change?
- We need to promote education: in schools and to the general public; some food programs have started
- If you believe in something, pick and even and commit to it; try to do this once a week
- Create win-win situations for farmers/wineries and organizers of events
Full notes and photos from the event can be found at the ChangeCamp Windsor Wiki.
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The Riverside Sportsmen Farmers’ Market opens on Sunday with the “Festival of Flowers”.
Stop in from 8am to 3pm for landscaping items. Look for the tent.
Riverside Sportsmen Club
10835 Riverside Dr. E.
Windsor, ON N8P 1A5
CANADA
Tel: (519)735-3031
Fax: (519)735-3832
E-mail: riversidesportsmenclub@sympatico.ca
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100 mile diet? How about no mile diet. While camping in Wheatley this weekend, Paul hunted down dandelion heads and cooked up a batch of dandelion fritters.
Similar to recipes for squash blossoms, he picked up this tip while on an urban foraging outing given last year.
Kari and I didn’t get to try the fritters though as they were eaten up so fast! Word was they were yummy!
Paul’s responsible for the Windsor Municipal Shadow blog.
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Natural Earth Organics is now carrying prepared meals from The Sunflower.
Our focus is to provide healthy prepared meals free of hormones, pesticides, herbicides and additives. All of The Sunflowers ingredients are organic and we use local farmers whenever possible.
Meals are sealed in a BPA-free vacuum sealed bag ready to boil.
This service is a perfect for busy families on the go, committed to healthy eating. Seniors who are looking for nutritious easy to prepare meals brought to their door or simply a great standby meal for when life is busy and you need a fast and nutritious alternative to eating out.
Natural Earth Organics is the exclusive carrier of these meals. Visit the website to place your order for The Sunflower.
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My co-contributor, John, showed up on my porch with a basket of big, red strawberries from Raymont’s Berries. The berries were first available on the Saturday before Mother’s Day…what a great gift idea!
The berries are the perfect balance of sweet and tart and were marvelous with vanilla ice cream!
Raymont’s can be found at 447 County Road 14, Cottam. Call 519-839-5422
Full address can be found here:
http://www.nasga.org/members/suppliers/canada/raymont.htm
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Change Camp on Saturday was a great and inspiring day. Citizens gathered to share ideas and plans for creating a Windsor/Essex that we would like to see.
More notes coming soon (there was a local food topic) but you can see some great highlights on the Wiki:
http://wiki.changecamp.ca/ChangeCampWindsor-Essex/WEChangeCamp_Grid
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