{"id":1146,"date":"2012-10-22T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2012-10-22T00:39:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T04:39:03","slug":"vegan-mofo-soupstock-i-came-i-ate-i-ate-some-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/vegan-mofo-soupstock-i-came-i-ate-i-ate-some-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan MoFo – Soupstock, I came, I ate, I ate some more."},"content":{"rendered":"

A highlight of this weekend for me was Soupstock<\/a>, an event presented by the Canadian Chefs’ Congress<\/a> and the David Suzuki Foundation<\/a>. The whole premise was a celebration of local. Food, chefs, musicians, gathering together to raise awareness about (and support against) the Highlands Mega-Quarry.<\/p>\n

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Some background information about the quarry can be found on The Soupstock Quarry page<\/a>. With links to the David Suzuki page<\/a> and NoMegaQuarry.com<\/a> there is lots of information to read.<\/p>\n

But the tl;dr<\/a> version is that the Highland Companies’ proposed a limestone quarry in Melancthon Township and potentially permanently destroy more than 2300 acres of farmland with great agricultural, cultural, and ecological significance. While that’s bad enough, the project would also require 600 million litres of water… a day…. indefinitely. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Anyway, we went to Soupstock on Sunday, and it was one of those great days where the weather was entirely in favour of a large outdoor event. Woodbine Park was full of people, full of vendors, and full of entertainment. Upon walking in to the space with our purple bowls from home, a friendly volunteer handed us a map, and directed us to buy tickets. 10 dollars for 3 bowls.<\/p>\n

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The map was exciting because it had vegan (purple), vegetarian (green), and non-veg options colour coded. Or at least it seemed to, but it was apparently very “subject to change” and many of the places marked vegan ended up being not vegan at all. Disappointing, but not unexpected based on attending past “local food” events.<\/p>\n

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On the bright side there were great options from a variety of restaurants that were familiar and some that weren’t so familiar. Another great touch was the steady stream of entertainment. George Stroumboulopoulos (and you know… vegan)\u00a0and Jeremy Taggart MC’ed and while we were onsite we were entertained by\u00a0Choir! Choir! Choir!<\/a>, a joinable choir<\/strong> in Toronto\u00a0(check them out on SoundCloud<\/a> for more information)\u00a0and then later by the hip hop foodie stylings of More Or Les<\/a>. He modified this song for the event and I loved it. – p.s. everything is better with soup and bruschetta.<\/p>\n