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Torino, Italy Will Host Terra Madre 2006
Torino, Italy is host to Terra Madre a world meeting of food communities. It is anticipated that 5,000 sustainable food producers, chefs, and university representatives from over 150 countries on 5 continents representing 1600 food communities will attend this years meeting. One thousand cooks will attend and 200 universities will be represented.
The Slow Food movements Terre Madre event will run from October 26 through October 30, 2006 in Torino, Italy. Slow Food is a non-profit, environmental and food friendly association founded in 1989 in response to the fast food and fast life culture that exists in much of the world today. Terra Madre is held every two years.
The Slow Food movement is reviving local food traditions and generating new interest in the food that people eat. The movement is encouraging people to learn where their food comes from, think about how it tastes and contemplate how our food choices affect the world as a whole.
Slow Food is particularly devoted to protecting food biodiversity and helping producers in developing countries.
Terra Madre is an event that brings together representatives of food communities that produce good, clean and fair food in a responsible and sustainable way. At Terra Madre 2004 in Turin, 5,000 such small-scale food producers from all over the world met to share information, ideas and solutions to the challenges of their work.
Terra Madre 2006 will focus on:
•Networks: Specifically, strengthening the network of food
communities, cooks and universities and establishing communication
channels within in this network.
•Agro-Ecology: Agriculture that respects the environment
•Market Access: Finding new outlets for small-scale producers who face strong competition from industrial producers.
Workshops, farm stays, and shared meals will allow attendees to discuss methods of production, marketing, and processing. All Terra Madre delegates will also have the opportunity to attend Slow Food's Salone del Gusto, the world's largest marketplace of artisanal food products, which will be held concurrently with Terra Madre.
There are a number of books with slow food information and recipes. Though not technically a slow food cookbook the following embraces the basic concepts of the slow food movement. The author provides 10 recipes from each region in Italy.
For more information on the slow food movement itself look at the following book by the founder of the Slow Food movement in Italy.
Posted by Jackie on October 24, 2006
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