Harvest Table 2012
Our Third Annual Harvest Table will be held Sunday August 19th, 2012 0n our McVean Start-Up Farm in Brampton. Chef Yasser Qahawish will bring together a group of passionate and talented chefs to cook up a unique four-course family-style meal.
The meal for 200 will take place at our handcrafted harvest tables, beside McVean’s historic double wheat barn, surrounded by the abundant and diverse patchwork-quilt of small farms. The meal will feature the amazing diversity of fresh vegetables, mushrooms and honey from the farm, with meat and cheese being sourced from local farms and artisans. Ingredients will be freshly picked from the McVean farm and cooked on site over a charcoal fire. We will also offer local biodynamic wines and organic brews to compliment the meal
As you arrive at the farm, you will be welcomed, provided with a wine glass and
invited to enjoy a walking or wagon tour of the beautiful 45-acre farm, stopping to sample mouthwatering hors d’oeuvres and meet our passionate hard-working new farmers who come from all over the world. The seated dinner will be served in the late afternoon, with dessert and live-music to follow into the late summer evening.
All of the proceeds from the McVean Farm Harvest Table will go directly to supporting the Start-Up Farms and new farmers through FarmStart and our programs and services. FarmStart supports passionate and dedicated new farmers who are undertaking the thrilling, exhausting and rewarding journey of becoming a farmer. We aim to provide new farmers with the resources, tools and support necessary to not only get their businesses off the ground, but to thrive. We believe successful new farmers are important for the health and vibrancy of both our rural and urban communities.
FarmStart is a charitable organization that supports a new generation of entrepreneurial, ecological and locally oriented farmers. FarmStart provides practical support, provincial leadership, and a voice for a new generation of farmers. We provide new farmers with the resources, tools and support necessary, to not only get their businesses off the ground, but to thrive.
