[getsmart-l] [Discover Local Food] Local food the focus of fifth Green Expo, April 26

[John O'Gorman]

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Local food the focus of fifth Green Expo
 
Posted By Culley, Joanne
April 23, 2008
Peterborough Examiner - Peterborough,Ontario,Canada

http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=997633

The fifth annual Green Expo takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Rd. 

Admission is adults $5, with children under 12 free. This year the theme is Local Food and Drink. 

The keynote address will be given at 2:30 p.m. by chef Michael Stadtlander, speaking about local and seasonal food. 

One of the world's top chefs, as well as an organic and local food proponent, Stadtlander runs a restaurant in his home at Eigensinn Farm near Singhampton, Ont. which has been ranked the ninth best restaurant in the world by London-based Restaurant Magazine. There, he and his wife Nobuyo serve food that has been mostly grown or raised on their farm, or sourced nearby. 

Stadtlander's book, The Heaven on Earth Project, tells the story of 20 apprentices who built 10 sculptures and two installations during a summer spent on the farm, while also cooking 12 course menus. 

Most recently, Stadtlander has written and directed The Islands Project, a documentary that features Stadtlander, Nobuyo and apprentices travelling on a biodiesel bus with a solar-powered kitchen, visiting and preparing seven dinners on four islands in British Columbia. 

Other speakers Saturday will be: 

- 10:30 a.m., Stephen Collette, environmental building consultant talking about greening a house, one room at a time; 

- 11:30 a.m., Leslie Garrett, author of The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder, Healthier World, a collection of her syndicated columns about socially and environmentally responsible choices, that appears regularly in newspapers throughout North America 

- 12:30 p.m., Kelsi Prince will speak on Realizing the Power of a Young Voice. The 18-year old Prince is studying environmental and earth sciences at Carleton University. She will talk about her experiences traveling in the Arctic and the Antarctic regions where she learned first-hand about the effects of climate warming. 

At 12:30 p.m. there will be a fashion show of ecological clothing for women, men and children in fabrics such as bamboo, organic cotton and recycled materials.

Peterborough chef Lisa Dixon from the Blackhoney Dessert House and chef Jay Nutt from Lakefield's In a Nuttshell will host culinary demonstrations. 

Dixon will be cooking at 1 and 2 p.m. and Nutt will cook at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.There will be more than 85 green exhibitors throughout the day, including Buttercup and Co., By The Bushel, Changing Ways Diaper Service, Eco Alternative Energy, ENJO, Gooderham's Coffee, Happenstance Books, and Generation Solar. Samplings will be available from Kawartha County Wines, Oak Heights Estate Winery, and Church-Key Brewing Co. Local non-profit environmental groups will have information displays, such as Kawartha Heritage Conservancy, Peterborough Field Naturalists, and Peterborough Green Up. 

For further information, contact Laurie Collette, info at greenexpo.ca , call 652-5159 or visit www.greenexpo.ca.

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