Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/the-islands-project
During the summer of 2006, chef Michael Stadtlander journeyed on his biodiesel/solar powered kitchen bus, The Liberator, with his family and a group of apprentices from his farm in Ontario heading west to Vancouver, Quadra and Cortes Islands, in British Columbia. He was returning to the province that nurtured and inspired his early days as a chef in Canada. In each locale he encounters artists, farmers, oyster cultivators, environmentalists and loggers dedicated to environmentally sustainable business practices and the bounty of their islands. In plein-air dinners made with locally raised and foraged ingredients he lavishes his local guests with the delectable creations of his edible art. You will wish you were there.
Michael Stadtlander’s Collingwood, Ontario-based Eigensinn Farm was named one of the top-10 restaurants in the world by Restaurants magazine (2002). For the past 10 years Michael and his wife Nobuyo have welcomed small groups of visitors to the farm to enjoy haute cuisine created from ingredients produced on Eigensinn or neighbouring farms. Stadtlander, has been the Chef at several Toronto restaurants and is a recognized supporter and promoter of sustainable cuisine and organic food. Recently he received the 2007 Organic Supporter Hero Award from the Canadian Organic Growers.
