OPIRG McMaster's Eat Local working group aims to bring people together around food security issues, with an emphasis on the importance of eating locally produced foods. Currently, our function is to hold potlucks, workshops and other gatherings in order to raise awareness, and cultivate the knowledge and skills needed to transform our personal health, the health of our communities and the state of world food politics.
How to get involved:
1. Join our Eat Local email listserve! Through this listserve we organize/announce events and share all other relevant information. Email - fleming.julie@gmail.com
2. Join the main OPIRG email list and find out about upcoming events. Email - randy@opirg.org
Up-coming Events:
- Stay tuned -
What we've been up to!
Jennie Vengris, canning at the pear preserve workshop.
Collective Kitchens:
- Wholegrain pastry workshop (Dec 6, 2005) with Maria Solakofski from Guerrilla Gourmet in Toronto, See: www.guerrilla-gourmet.com
- Lacto-fermented Veggies (Oct 13, 2005) – we made kimchie!
- Tomato & pickle preserves workshop (Sept 21, 2005) with Melanie Golba from Plan B Organic Farms
- Pear preserving workshop (Sept 14, 2005) – with pears from the Hamilton Fruit Tree Project
- Organic strawberry picking trip & jam making (July 2 & 21, 2005)
Food & Nutrition Potlucks:
- Earth day potluck (April 22, 2006)
- Making salves (Nov 18, 2005)
- Regional eating, seasonal eating & macrobiotics (Nov 13, 2005)
- Poultice making (Oct 23, 2005)
- Cleansing & fasting (Oct 16, 2005)
- Herbal tea sampling & discussion (Sept 30, 2005)
- General nutrition potluck (Sept 16, 2005)
- Sprouting & fermenting (July 14, 2005)
Presenter Julie Fleming (right) at the 'Living the Environment' Conference, Oct 26, 2005.
Education/Awareness Events:
- ‘Eat Local' Dinner & Film night (May 6, 2006) at Melrose United Church. Showed “Reinventing the World, Food” & “Terminator Toronto”. All food donated by local organic farmers, Simpler Thyme Farm, Plan B Organic Farms and Oak Manor.
- ‘Food & the Environment' workshop (April 28, 2006) at Ecofest Earth Day
- Food issues workshop (Jan 26, 2006) at the SAGE school's "Self-care Fair", by Diana Meskauskas
- Food Talk (Jan 9, 2006) at Engineers Without Borders team-building day, by Emily Shepard.
- Virtual Supermarket Tour (Oct 26, 2005) at the Living the Environment Conference organized by the Hamilton Community Foundation and OPIRG McMaster.
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