LOCAL FREE WORKSHOPThe next Transition Ottawa’s Resilient Kitchen Workshop will be held on November 15th: Kitchen Cupboard Medicine: Healing Herbs and Spices. Join Amber Westfall to learn how to treat minor ailments and practice basic first aid using common culinary herbs and spices. Space is limited so please register online.
LOCAL WINE: VANKLEEK HILL VINEYARDCheck this out: "The wine is organic, Kral explained, because both the growing and filtering processes are free of chemicals. The yeast is filtered from the wine naturally, as opposed to using potassium sorbate to kill it."
- from The Review article on Vankleek Hill Vineyard.
And here's a video on this Eastern Ontario vineyard (in French)
LOCAL COTTAGE OWNERSHIPWhitewater Village (by Windmill Development Group) - one hour north of Ottawa. Be a "fractional owner" of a cottage in this 4,000-acre protected forest by a great northern river. Each cottage has major eco-cred including geothermal heating, solar ready water heaters, sustainably harvested materials and on site wastewater treatment system.
6 comments:
These are all great, but especially thrilled to see the local wine option; the fact that it's organic sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing!
The healing herbs and spices workshop sounds really interesting. I need to do some research and see if something similar is offered here. I'd love to depend less on chemical painkillers to treat my headaches.
Andrea: You may want to check Amber's blog out - it's called "Unstuffed": http://unstuff.blogspot.com
I did a query for migraines but didn't find anything although headache came up with a couple of ideas (willow being one).
You could also email her and see if she knows of any herbalists in Toronto! Good Luck!
Thanks DF! I was excited also! Am thinking of doing a local tasting tour of some interesting food/drink (including your chorizo suggestion!) for 2012! : )
Thanks for the tips. Amber's blog looks really interesting.
Her knowledge on herbs/plants is amazing! Good luck!
Another local vineyard in Navan!
http://www.domaineperrault.ca/
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