The FarmStart initiative was started in 2005 to adress the issues facing a new generation of farmers. They are facing a set of challenges that make being a farmer today difficult. While many of us forget where our food comes from, the simple truth is that farmers feed us. It is crucial that new farmers have access to resources and knowledge in order to put food on the table. There is a marked shift in the way consumers think about food. Sustainable, local, ecologically sound and healthy has become part of the food lexicon. As consumers educated themselves about the food they eat, what local farmers produce becomes not only important but much more economically viable. FarmStart aims to adress these issues and provide resources for this new generation of farmers.
FarmStart is a charitable organization that supports a new generation of entrepreneurial, ecological and locally oriented farmers. FarmStart provides practical support, provincial leadership, and a voice for a new generation of farmers. We provide new farmers with the resources, tools and support necessary, to not only get their businesses off the ground, but to thrive.
-FarmStart.ca
The Third Annual Harvest Table will be held Sunday August 19th, 2012 0n the McVean Start-Up Farm in Brampton. Chef Yasser Qahawish will bring together a group of passionate and talented chefs to cook up a unique four-course family-style meal.
Dinner for 200 will take place at our handcrafted harvest tables, beside McVean’s historic double wheat barn, surrounded by the abundant and diverse patchwork-quilt of small farms. The meal will feature the amazing diversity of fresh vegetables, mushrooms and honey from the farm, with meat and cheese being sourced from local farms and artisans. Ingredients will be freshly picked from the McVean farm and cooked on site over a charcoal fire. We will also offer local biodynamic wines and organic brews to compliment the meal
All of the proceeds from the Harvest Table will go directly to supporting the McVean Start-Up Farm and new farmers through FarmStart’s programs and services. We hope you will join us and help us to grow a new generation of farmers. For more information, please check out the Harvest Table and FarmStart sites.
