Ran Goel is founder and CEO of Fresh City, a city farm that delivers seasonal produce and recipe bags. Fresh City grows organically on six acres and in an aquaponic greenhouse at Toronto's Downsview Park. Prior to launching Fresh City, Ran was an investment lawyer in New York. He holds degrees from York University, the […]
Lisa Kates has been part of the Toronto food community working in cafe’s, operating her own catering business Afoodgypsy and also an artisanal soup maker. Currently she is working as a consultant with Food Forward on a project called Building Roots, writing for Edible Toronto, and photographing for the Sorauren Market. Lisa will talk about […]
James Partanen began growing and preserving food at age six while gardening with his grandparents. Born in Vancouver, he grew up on a farm in Northern Ontario experiencing first-hand how food gets from field to table. James helped open West End Food Co-op's Food Hub to provide a place for community engagement and education about […]
Ian Mosby is a Historian of Food and Health & Nutrition as a Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University. He is the author of "Food Will Win the War: The Politics, Culture and Science of Food on Canada’s Home Front" published by UBC Press, and has written on topics ranging from the food additive MSG to […]
Christina Palassio is the Director of Communications at Community Food Centres Canada and was the co-editor of The Edible City: Toronto's Food from Farm to Fork (2009), one of several books in Coach House Books' city-building uTOpia series. Christina has a graduate degree in journalism from Concordia University, and writes and thinks about food, place, […]
Amy Wilson is one of people behind the food column & website Shelf Life. An avid collector of 20th century food ephemera, Amy has been gathering chefs & foodies to taste and compare curated selections of supermarket products for several years, publishing the results online and in the National Post. Amy will be talking about […]
Over more than 4 decades of heading up some of Toronto's most ground-breaking kitchens, there is little about Toronto's culinary history that Chef Greg Couillard has not witnessed first hand. Join Chef Greg as he reminisces about the transformation in our city's fine dining culture, and considers what the futures holds for food in Toronto. […]
Ayal Dinner discusses examples and opportunities for using gardens, markets, kitchens, and other community based projects to engage and animate public spaces, breaking down barriers to create just and vibrant communities. Ayal has a background in community work, food security and food production. As a founding member of the West End Food Co-op, and working […]
Jason Finestone is a food and travel writer and the co-founder and President of Pass The Table – a platform to discover and book unique, off-menu dining experiences in Toronto. He's interested in the story, and the people behind the food we eat. Working with restaurants, chefs, beverage producers, farmers and culinary innovators to create […]
Join culinary historian, Shirley Lum for an evening of equal portions of food for thought and food for the palate in preparations for the Mid-Autumn/Harvest Moon Festival. Toronto-born and-bred, Shirley will share her rich CBC aka Canadian-born Chinese memories of the decadent Moon Cakes sold in Toronto's Lost First Chinatown in the bustling area in […]
