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By OCTA on August 30th, 2010

This page is for all those chefs out there who support local flavours in their daily endeavors. Our website can help connect you with a variety of growers/producers, destinations and fellow chefs that support that same locavore approach. In addition, you can find out about local food events in your region that are hosted by farmers, and other organizations. OCTA is all about supporting connections between all those who want to see culinary tourism projects thrive and flourish in their area. Bookmark this page today and check back often to stay in the loop and get inspired!

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February 2012

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		1 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Everything Coming up Rosé at The Grange Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages RURAL ROUTES: Permaculture at Old 99 Farm Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Winterlicious: Sure Thing! Winter Warmer Soups	2 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages FarmStart Event: Exploring your New Farm Dream Course FOOD, FAITH& OUR CITY: Organic Food Panel & Film at FRWY Coffee House Winterlicious: Sure Thing!	3 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Philosophy of Food Labs @ CSI Annex Winterlicious: Sure Thing!	4 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Taste of Winterlude Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms Winterlicious: Guilty Pleasures Black Oak Brewery Beer & Cheese Tasting Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Hamilton Eat Local: February is Farm Month Launch! Elora Culinary Walking Tour Cooking and Wine Classes at Bijou Winterlicious: Sure Thing! Night to Nurture Gala	5 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Taste of Winterlude Foodie Football at CHEESEWERKS Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms The Leslieville Farmers' Market Souper-Bowl Fundraiser Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Winterlude Winemakers' Brunch Groundhog Day Challenge at Cava Winterlicious: Sure Thing!
6 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Slow Food Toronto Annual General Meeting Escoffier Society Meeting Winterlicious: Sure Thing! Taste Ontario - OTTAWA!	7 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé Taste of Winterlude THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Canadian Food Summit 2012 Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Pulp Kitchen: Rising Chef Citrus Cook-Off Winterlicious: Sure Thing!	8 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Canadian Food Summit 2012 Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Exploring the New Farm Dream: Guelph Winterlicious: Sure Thing!	9 Winterlicious 2012 Friends of the Sea: A Flavourful & Sustainable Fish Menu Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages CSI Food Innovation Constellation Meeting Wild, wild yeast! Intro to Sourdough Breadmaking FarmStart Event: Exploring your New Farm Dream Course Dishcrawl Gets Pressed Meet the Maker \| Signature CHEESEWERKS Tasting Series Green Bites Cooking Workshops Women, Wine & Chocolate	10 Grange Contest: Win Brut Rosé THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Philosophy of Food Labs @ CSI Annex	11 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms Culinarium Wine Tasting with Lacey Estates Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Nourish Me! Wholesome Kitchen - Immune-Boosting Soup Cooking Class Elora Culinary Walking Tour From the Farm Cooking Class: Chocolate Delights Cooking and Wine Classes at Bijou	12 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Valentine's Day Sweets & Chocolates Tour!
13 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Valentine's Day Sweets & Chocolates Tour! Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Group of Seven Chefs: Valentine's Day	14 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude GE Café Chefs Series at the Evergreen Brick Works Fond' of U at CHEESEWERKS Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages For the Love of Food	15 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Savvy Craft Beer 101 Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Exploring the New Farm Dream: Guelph	16 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages 7th Annual Food Forum The Stop: Food For Change FarmStart Event: Exploring your New Farm Dream Course	17 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages 2012 Farmland Preservation Forum Philosophy of Food Labs @ CSI Annex	18 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Taste of Winterlude Family Fishing Weekend Exploring the New Farm Dream - Toronto Decadence: A Celebration of Chocolate and Icewine Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms Your Food, Your Choice: The Value of Organic Conference Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Elora Culinary Walking Tour Cooking and Wine Classes at Bijou The Homegrown HoeDown Seeds	19 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Family Fishing Weekend Decadence: A Celebration of Chocolate and Icewine Seeds Exploring the New Farm Dream - Toronto Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake
20 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Family Fishing Weekend Seeds Fresh from the Field - Family Day Cooking Workshops A Taste of Burlington 2012! Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Death Row Meals Supper Club	21 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Chefs' House presents “VIVA ITALIA! CUCINA”	22 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Chefs' House presents “VIVA ITALIA! CUCINA” Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Exploring the New Farm Dream: Guelph Nourish Me! Wholesome Kitchen - Gluten-Free On-the-Go Cooking Class	23 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Chefs' House presents “VIVA ITALIA! CUCINA” Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages A Taste of Milton Green Bites Cooking Workshops Beer & Cheese Tasting!	24 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Chefs' House presents “VIVA ITALIA! CUCINA” Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages	25 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Winemaker Dinner at The Elmhirst Resort, Kawarthas Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms From the Farm Cooking Class: Breakfast Breads & Sausage Making Hamilton Community Food & Farming Festival Sweet Water Season at Crawford Lake MAD FOR MARMALADE , CRAZY FOR CITRON! Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Days of Wine and Chocolate in Niagara-on-the-Lake Elora Culinary Walking Tour Beer and Cheese of the British Isles	26 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Sweet Water Season at Crawford Lake Exploring the New Farm Dream - Toronto Pancake Weekends at White Meadows Farms Maple Town: A Sap to Syrup Story Sweet Water Season at Crawford Lake Stop at Scaramouche
27 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Sweet Water Season at Crawford Lake Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages 4th Annual Local Food and Culinary Tourism Summit The 4th Annual Guelph Wellington Local Food Networking Event	28 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Greenbelt Day Picnic Lunch in Nathan Phillips Square Cooking with Herbs Winemaker Dinner at Union Restaurant	29 THE CATTLE ARE COMING! THE CATTLE ARE COMING! Seeds A Taste of Burlington 2012! Apple Pie Trail Winter Adventure Packages Exploring the New Farm Dream: Guelph Ontario Spirit & Cheese Tasting

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