Events and Other Things...

Is it safe to go outside?
Despite the fact that it snowed again yesterday, it looks like an amazing weekend it at hand. Time to get outside...if you're loooking for things to do, here a re few upcoming events to consider:

Slow Food Event at With the Grain - Monday, April 21st, 6:00 p.m.
Join us for an incredible learning dinner as we show you how to make your own pasta and foccaccia. The menu includes Fettuccine Bolognese, with organic tomatoes and local sausage and Ignatius farms onions, greens from Deerfields Nursery, a selection of foccaccia, and fresh Ontario fruit crisp. Tickets are $50.00 members and $60.00 non-members and will include a great selection of local beer and wine. See our website or drop by With the Grain for tickets.

"Cities Love Farmers" - Sunday, April 8th. Celebrate the connection between cities and farmers at the Woolwich Arms & Arrow, 176 Woolwich Street in Guelph from 6:30 - 9 pm. The evening will feature a Movable Feast with delicious locally grown ingredients and Agricultural Awareness activities with a selection of prizes. Special guest, Mayor Karen Farbridge will speak at 7 pm. Menu includes, Bison Meatballs with Glaze, Northern Ontario Bean Hummus & Crudities, Wellington County Berkshire Pork in Cream Sauce, Breaded Portobello Mushroom with Cheddar Dip, Fair Trade Chocolate Brownies, Coffee and Tea. $20.00 tickets may be purchased prior to the event at the Woolwich Arms & Arrow, by calling Glenna at (519) 546-4990 or email

Taste of Woolwich 2008 - Monday, April 14th, 4:30 - 7:00 p.m..
Please join Woolwich Healthy Communities Coalition for this ‘family friendly’ event to taste locally grown foods. Sample local farm products and meet the farms that grow them.Taste local food prepared by area chefs and restaurants.

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium - Saturday, April 19th, 12:00 - 4:00 p.m., The Main Place, Erin. Come and join a gathering of conscious, aware people who care about what is happening in our world, our community, our families. This is a process that examines hopeful new perspectives that can change the dream of the modern world to a NEW dream:To bring forth an• Environmentally sustainable• Spiritually fulfilling• Socially just human presence on the planet as a guiding principle for our time! To attend please register by email to joanne.kay@xplornet.com or by phone to Joanne Kay at 519-855-6503.

Seedy Saturday - Saturday, April 26th, 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. Everdale Organic Farm and Learning Centre. Come out and find all those wonderful hard to get HERITAGE seeds, and ORGANIC transplants. Trade, buy and sell. This year we will be hosting mini workshops on organic gardening, and be hosting our own added value test corner. Other experts will be there to inform and inspire you for the coming season. Kid's activities, fun for the whole family.