History of Feast of Fields in British Columbia
Feast of Fields is an idea originally crafted by renowned chef Michael Standlandter. As part of the organization "Knives and Forks," Michael partnered with Jamie Kennedy to create an event that aimed to get urbanites out to Ontario farms. In 1994, the Feast of Fields concept crossed the country to Vancouver’s FarmFolk/CityFolk Society. Since 1995, FarmFolk/CityFolk has organized Feast of Fields events in British Columbia to highlight the connections between farmers and chefs and to increase the connections between farm folks and city folks.
Net proceeds from Feast of Fields fund a portion of FarmFolk/CityFolk’s work throughout the province, year round. For more information about our work, please visit our website. Over the years, FarmFolk/CityFolk has also donated a portion of Feast proceeds to a variety of regional projects including the Island Chefs’ Collaborative, the Good Food Box, Malaspina Culinary Program, Stewards of Irreplaceable Land (SOIL), LifeCycles, and Pemberton Community Garden, among many, many others.
For a few years, we organized a Sea-to-Sky Feast of Fields. In 2006 and 2007 the Sea-to Sky Feast was at Sturdy's North Arm Farm in Pemberton and in 2008, it was at Whistler's Rebagliati Park.
In 2009, we added an Okanagan Feast of Fields to our fundraising line up, joining our long-running Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island Feasts.
Lower Mainland
1995 – Domain de Chaberton, Langley
1996 – Fraser Common Farm Cooperative, Aldergrove
1997 – Fraser Common Farm Cooperative, Aldergrove
1998 – Fraser Common Farm Cooperative, Aldergrove
1999 – VanDusen Botanical Gardens, Vancouver
2000 – Hazelmere Organic Farm, Surrey
2001 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
2002 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
2003 – Westham Island Herb Farm, Ladner
2004 – Westham Island Herb Farm, Ladner
2005 – Vista D’oro Farms, Langley
2006 – Vista D’oro Farms, Langley
2007 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
2008 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
2009 – UBC Farm, Vancouver
2010 – Wellbrook Winery (Bremner Farm), Delta
Vancouver Island
1998 – Ravenhill Herb Farm, Saanichton
1999 – Fairburn Farm, Cowichan Valley
2000 – Seabluff Farm, Metchosin
2001 – Old Field Orchard, Saanich
2002 – Cowichan Bay Farm, Cowichan Valley
2003 – Providence Farm, Duncan
2004 – Woodside Farm, Sooke
2005 – Glenora Farm, Duncan
2006 – Glendale Gardens and Woodland, Victoria
2007 – TLC's Keating Farm, Cowichan Valley
2008 – Victorian Epicure, Victoria
2009 – Providence Farm, Duncan
2010 - Parry Bay Sheep Farm, Metchosin
Okanagan
2009 - Valentine Farm, Summerland
2010 - Brock Farm, Okanagan Falls