Author Archives: Laura Buckley
Taste Real From the Ground Up: The Story of a Brand
This is the story of how a small city and a rural county are working to put themselves on the culinary tourism map. Just over a year ago a group of stakeholders from the City of Guelph and Wellington County … Continue reading
Please join us on the Savour Ottawa Chef-Media Farm Tours
On Monday September 13th & Monday September 27th, join Savour Ottawa on a culinary adventure. What? Chefs and media will tour Savour Ottawa farms; experiencing and savouring the culinary delights of this region. The farm tours will include a delicious local … Continue reading
Harvest Festival at the New Farm
I highly recommend getting out to this event organized by the New Farm, with dinner cooked by their dedicated interns. For more info on this hard-working bunch, read my post, The Muscle Behind the New Farm The Friends of the … Continue reading
GFR Insider’s Guide to the Very Best of Culinary Stratford
Have a look at this great story by Jamie Drummond of our partner site, Good Food Revolution.
The Canadian Chefs’ Congress is coming
The Canadian Chefs’ Congress connects chefs to our land in solidarity with farmers, fishers, gardeners, foragers and all artisanal food producers. The Canadian Chefs’ Congress is a biennial gathering of chefs from across Canada that reinforces the passion and integrity … Continue reading
The muscle behind The New Farm
I’m a bit frazzled as I drive up to The New Farm. I’d set out from my home in Markham with my GPS and a printed Google map, but ended up on a dead-end dirt road two hours later. After … Continue reading
We’re Good Food Fighters
OCTA is honoured to to join the Good Food Fighters. This gang of of dedicated conscientious foodies is headed by Malcolm Jolley and Jamie Drummond, the brains behind the Good Food Revolution website and weekly e-newsletter. Have you got what it takes … Continue reading
World Culinary Tourism Summit comes to Halifax
Janice Ruddock, executive director of Taste of Nova Scotia, answers without hesitation when asked why they applied to host the World Culinary Tourism Summit, to be held Sept. 19-21 in Halifax. “We’re trendsetters. We’ve been around since 1989, when culinary … Continue reading
First annual LGBT conference
On November 5th at the Intercontinental Hotel, Toronto, join industry colleagues from across the country as we examine who the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) travel market is, what they look for when travelling, and how to successfully reach … Continue reading
Wine fit for Royalty
News from Peter Bodnar Rod at 13th Street Winery: What a banner year we’ve had when it comes to getting our wines in front of some of the world’s most distinguished and influential people. It all started earlier in the … Continue reading