Flavourful Saskatoon, March 16, 2020


“Spread kindness and optimism. It’s needed more than ever now.” 

Local Happenings 
The Fair Trade event scheduled for March 21 has been postponed.

We’re All in This Together
Hey! I'm heading home and will be in Saskatoon on Friday. I expect spring (and maybe the pelicans) to arrive while I'm in self-isolation. For the moment, I feel great and am grateful for all the people who have offered their support.

The Covid-19 virus affects us all, but it affects some people more than others. The elderly will have an extra hard time coping during the C-19 pandemic. This article provides some excellent suggestions for helping them by buying groceries, sharing a meal, or simply phoning them to break the isolation.

I’ve just made a donation to the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre and The Friendship Inn on Canada Helps because I know they will be called on more than usual during the pandemic and won’t be able to fundraise.

Local businesses are going to really suffer during the C-19 pandemic. One local entrepreneur just reported on Facebook that she lost 90% of the next month’s revenue in one day due to Covid. Think twice before heading to the supermarket and support local businesses instead. Being smaller, they’ll be less crowded, so you’ll be helping yourself as well as your neighbour to make it through the crisis. This article also suggests ordering ahead, buying a gift card for later use, and home delivery of ready-made meals. Their final suggestion is the best of all: “Spread kindness and optimism. It’s needed more than ever now.”

The Saskatoon Farmers’ Market Co-operative is still open in a big new space (no narrow crowded aisles). Choose your time of day and you can buy fresh local food and maintain a safe distance from other people. Cucumbers from Grandora Gardens made their first appearance this past weekend.


Food for Thought 
Towards Improving Traditional Food Access for Urban Indigenous People was recently published by SPHERU and the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine.

A bakery in the UK is identifying a variety of novel ways to avoid wasting bread: “It started on a modest scale with so-called ‘waste bread’ – repurposing unsold bread that might otherwise go to waste into a new, larger sourdough loaf. Now there are savoury crackers made with leftover cheese ends, baguettes turned into croutons, and day-old croissants filled with fresh ingredients.”

Flavourful Saskatoon is a weekly Monday feature. I also post articles about food that is good, clean and fair; travel; and books. You may also enjoy EcoFriendly Sask profiling Saskatchewan nature/environmental initiatives and events. 

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