For a very special evening outside the big smoke, head to the Farmstart Feast at McVean Farm – Sunday October 5th
Farmstart is a collective of farmers that work off of McVean Farm. 150 years old, McVean Farm marks the beginning of Brampton, and has been around far longer than all the little boxes made of ticky tacky. In 1970, the land was taken over by the Toronto and Region Conservation group but has recently been reclaimed to use by the farming collective. The dinner on October 5th is a fundraiser for the farm – to help with irrigation, electricity and overall farm functionality. So who’s doing the cooking? Toronto’s top chefs. Cross Town Kitchens is an organized collective of chefs from Marben, C5, Torito, Perigee and Amuse-Bouche that raise money for a variety of food-centric charities through their cooking and build a strong food community, with Torontonians, farmers, markets and each other.
The farmers behind Farmstart are young, relatively new and have for the most part ditched their office jobs downtown to work the land with the objective to produce smaller scale organic food on local farms. Further to growing food, the not-for-profit organization offers programs for fellow farmers such as New Farmers Incubator Program and New Canadians, New Farmers – providing access to farmland, equipment and related workshops.
The cost of the feast is $75, which includes two drink tix and shuttle up to Brampton. All the veggies will come directly from the surrounding land including freshly harvested beets, beans, peas and carrots. Meat has been generously donated by Cumbrae’s farm, local brewery Mill St. will provide the beer and Cave Spring, Peller Estates and Fielding Estate will do the wine. How completely amazing does this sound? I’m salivating already.
Tix can be purchased at participating Cross Town restaurants, Marben, C5, Torito, Perigee, Amuse-Bouche or at The Matchbox Garden and Seed and Co. booth at the Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market Tuesday 3-7PM.
Take a break from the downtown hustle, enjoy a delicious meal made by some of our cities finest chefs and get to know the farmers who are making your food.
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