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Sunday Dinners on a Saturday
Read Full Post: Sunday Dinners on a SaturdayHad a great launch of my chapbook Sunday Dinners last Saturday, thanks to JackPine Press and Open Space Gallery and a lovely audience. Here’s Elise, of JackPine, showing off her natty tights during the intros:
Have no pics of myself, my collaborator Colleen Philippi, my book — but here are some prawns that looked delicious
and here are my co-launchees, Shane Neilson and Frances Hunter.
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Sooke community garden
Read Full Post: Sooke community gardenThis month’s CR-FAIR meeting was held out at Sooke, where we got a look at Sunriver Community Garden,
officially unveiled a week ago, and already thriving. It was created with the energy and guidance of Sooke Food CHI, who are in the process of handing its management on to a garden committee. They’ve done a dazzling job of raising funds and finding donations of everything from labour to garden sheds.
We sat beneath the gazebo
enjoying some excellent cookies – in a burly bowl by the Food CHI’s Phoebe Dunbar –
before moving on to discuss the garden, which was on land set aside by the the Sunriver housing development. Half the 65 plots are intended for residents of the development with the rest for people from Sooke. It’s an organic garden, so participants must sign agreements to hold to organic growing principles, and they are bound by a ‘use it or lose it’ guideline. The community has embraced the idea and given generously of time and in-kind donations so it’s off to a good start.
We were treated to a lunch that included local bread and ALM Farm greens – in another of Phoebe’s bowls – and then departed.
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Why it’s a good idea to grow and cook as much of your own food as humanly possible
Read Full Post: Why it’s a good idea to grow and cook as much of your own food as humanly possibleLatest notices from the Canadian Food Inspection website May 25, 2010 – June 18, 2010
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Consumers Cautioned To Avoid Recalled Meat Products
- Consumer Advisory – United States’ “SpaghettiOs” With Meatballs Recall
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Certain Green Cardamon May Contain Salmonella Bacteria
- Industry Bulletin – U.S. Removes Temporary Restrictions on B.C. Cattle and Bison
- Industry Bulletin – CFIA Stops Issuing Import Permits for Certain Plant Pests Being used as Feed, Bait or Pets
- EXPANDED HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Ready-To-Eat Cooked Meats Produced by Establishment 294 May Contain Listeria monocytogenes
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Certain LESTERS Brand Montréal Smoked Meat Pouches May Contain Listeria monocytogenes
- Prosecution Bulletin – LIF Foods Inc. Fined $50,000 and Placed on
- Probation for Two Years for Offences Under the Food and Drugs Act
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – READY-TO-EAT COOKED MEATS produced by establishment 294 may contain Listeria monocytogenes
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Certain RICHLAND VALLEY and TAKE AWAY CAFÉ brand SANDWICHES may contain Listeria monocytogenes
- Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Protocol (FIORP)
- Prosecution Bulletin – Oliver Cheung Hon Mok Ordered to House Arrest For Violating the Health of Animals, and Meat Inspection Acts
- Industry Bulletin – Brucellosis not confirmed in British Columbia
- News Release – CFIA Extends Compensation Application Period Related to Phytophthora ramorum
- Approved regulatory amendments that were recently enacted and published in the Canada Gazette, Part II
- Regulations Amending the Phytophthora Ramorum Compensation Regulations – Sudden Oak Death Extension
- News Release – CFIA Deploys Traps to Detect Emerald Ash Borer
- ALLERGY ALERT – Undeclared Milk in Certain 1.5 kg Boxes of Uncle Ben’s Bistro Express 6 Pack
- Industry Bulletin – New U.S. requirements for tomatoes shipped from Canada
- Update: Toronto Police Service issue public safety alert for food product tampering
- Toronto Police Service issue public safety alert for food product tampering
- News Release – Government of Canada Releases New Common Food Allergen Booklet
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Voluntary Recall: President’s Choice® Baked By You™ Roasted Garlic Bread May Contain Metal Holding Pin
- News Release – Canada advances system for cattle traceability
- CORRECTED HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Certain Fresh Express Brand Romaine-Based Salads May Contain Salmonella Bacteria
- Suspected Brucellosis Investigation in British Columbia
- HEALTH HAZARD ALERT – Certain Fresh Express Brand Romaine-Based Salads May Contain Salmonella Bacteria
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In her latest collection, Rhona McAdam navigates the dark places of human movement through the earth and the exquisite intricacies lingering in backyard gardens and farmlands populated by insects and pollinators, all the while returning to the body, to the tune of staccato beats and the newly discovered symmetries within the human heart.
“…A beautiful, filling collection, Larder is a set of poems to read at the change of the seasons, to appreciate alongside a good meal, and to remind yourself of the beauty in everything, even the things you may not appreciate before opening McAdam’s collection….”
Rhona McAdam is a writer, poet, editor, and Registered Holistic Nutritionist with a Master’s in Food Culture from Italy and a deep-rooted passion for ecology and urban agriculture. Her work spans corporate and technical writing to poetry and creative nonfiction, often exploring the vital links between what we eat and how we live. Based in Victoria, BC, and available via Zoom, Rhona is always open to new writing commissions, readings, or workshops on nutrition and the culinary arts.
