SLOW FOOD COMES TO NEVADA COUNTY
May 3, 2009
“So conditioned are we to believe that food should be almost free that even the rich, who pay a tinier fraction of their incomes for food than has ever been paid before in human history, grumble at the price of an organic peach–a peach grown for flavor and picked, perfectly ripe, by a local farmer who is taking care of the land and paying his workers a fair wage!…
…The reason that eating well in this country costs more than eating poorly is that we have a set of agricultural policies that subsidize fast food and make fresh, wholesome foods, which receive no government support, seem expensive.”
- from “Slow Food Nation” by Alice Waters, printed in The Nation, (September 11, 2006 issue)
Slow Food Comes to Nevada County
The Nevada County Slow Food Convivia is part of the international Slow Food organization. “It is a grassroots movement that links the pleasure of eating with a commitment to community and environment.”
Tim Van Wagner from Bluebird Farm was an invited participant at the October 2008 Slow Food Terra Madre.
Every two years, the Terra Madre event convenes thousands of delegates from around the world in Turin, Italy for four days of meetings, workshops and lectures that focus on increasing small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production. More than 700 delegates from the United States participated in Terra Madre 2008, joining over 7000 participants and observers from 153 countries.
The Terra Madre Network brings together food communities, cooks, academics and youth delegates for four days to work towards increasing small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production.
Watch for upcoming events sponsored by the local chapter. And, visit www.slowfoodusa.org or www.slowfood.com for more information about Slow Food.
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