Highlighting
the connections between farmers and chefs.
Join Us!
Feast of Fields - a gourmet wandering picnic harvest festival - is FarmFolk/CityFolk's annual fundraising event.
With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the
very best of BC from chefs, vintners, brewers, farmers, and
food artisans from across the province. Connections are made
between producers and chefs, food producers and consumers, and
farm folks and city folks. These connections provide an increased
awareness of and appreciation for local food and agriculture.
Feast of Fields is a gastronomic journey towards a sustainable,
local food system.
History
Feast of Fields is an idea originally crafted by renowned Michael
Standlandter. As part of the organization "Knives and
Forks," Michael partnered with Jamie Kennedy to create
an event that aimed to get sophisticated urbanites out to
the farm. In 1994 the Feast of Fields concept crossed the
country to Vancouver’s FarmFolk/CityFolk Society. Since
1995, we have organized over a dozen Feasts in the Lower
Mainland, on Vancouver Island, and in Sea to Sky country.
FarmFolk/CityFolk is a non-profit society that wants one simple
thing: for people to eat local, fresh, seasonal foods, grown
using farming practices that contribute to the health of the
planet. FarmFolk/CityFolk works with farm and city to cultivate
a local, sustainable food system.
Okanagan Feast of Fields
Details coming Summer 2009.
