French Fry Gardening

this afternoon we had a little kick off to the gardening season in conjunction with Jamie Olivers FRD2014, Food Revolution Day. It is a global event, mostly about cooking, real not factory food, but food starts on the farm, so I decided to go back to basics. In September we can harvest the potatoes and have a feast of french fries, baked potatoes or mashed.. If its cold maybe potato soup!!

I thought we should have a family potato planting event, with the kids learning about the way potatoes grow, and in a container.  It was brief, but I still think it was a good start, motivates me to get out there and fight back the weeds.  HOping to do more events like this over the season as part of my mission to help families be more involved and knowledgeable about where their food comes from.  Here are a few pictures, of new little farmers

World Food Revolution Day and Casi Cielo

this year is the Third Anniversary of World Food Revolution Day, and I have decided that my CSA will participate through a container potato planting. Jamie Oliver is a food hero of mine, and he is dedicated to getting kids and families around the world excited about food, real food, not plastic.

It is the beginning of the gardening season in Winnipeg, and I want to start off a great year of farming with a bang! The start of the season is an exciting time full of hope and promise, so lets plant potatoes. I am inviting people to come with shovels, a 5 gallon pail or unused blue box, and we will each make a family potato planter to put all around the garden and add soil as the season progresses until harvest in September.

So... come on down between 4:30 and 5:00 on Friday May 16th to 273 Enfield Crescent. Oh yes, I love the logo it seems appropriately Cuban or Chilean (venceremos)!!!