tagged w/ Slow Food
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Il Presidente di Slow Food Internazionale Carlo Petrini presenta la colorata pubblicazione che racconta la storia delle nostre attività in tutto il mondo. Scaricabile gratuitamente online In queste pagine leggerete della realtà di Slow Food in ogni continente, attraverso le comunità di Terra Madre, le esperienze in difesa della biodiversità e dell’educazione alimentare e al gusto.Il Presidente di Slow Food Internazionale Carlo Petrini presenta la colorata... more
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Dal 16 al 19 settembre a Bra (Cn) torna Cheese, manifestazione internazionale a cadenza biennale organizzata da Città di Bra e Slow Food Italia. Giunto all’ottava edizione, l’evento dedicato alle forme del latte ha dato il via a una rete internazionale di casari e artigiani che ogni due anni si incontrano per presentare prodotti, incontrare i co-produttori, discutere vecchie e nuove sfide del mestiere, confrontarsi su normative e prospettive offerte dal mercato.Dal 16 al 19 settembre a Bra (Cn) torna Cheese, manifestazione internazionale a... more
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This video was published by the TubeTruthers. Birke Baehr (age 11) presents a honest, compelling overview of the issues faced by the United States' industrial farming complex, while remaining positive and progressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvVZwJbs54c&feature=player_embedded
This boy is a little heroThis video was published by the TubeTruthers. Birke Baehr (age 11) presents a honest,... more
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By downloading ShopSavvy, a free smartphone application, consumers can scan the GS1 barcode and instantly link with the grower’s profile, website, production practices and a map of the farm -- right at the point of purchase.
http://www.thegrower.org/readnews.php?id=7p1t2o4x6k5tBy downloading ShopSavvy, a free smartphone application, consumers can scan the GS1... more
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It used to be that the only places to find produce produced in Paris was in the city’s gourmet food stores or in the stalls of the local street markets. But the Slow Food movement has brought about a desire for more locally farmed products, from produce to meat to grains.It used to be that the only places to find produce produced in Paris was in the... more
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After seeing our recent interview with Colin Beavan about his No Impact Project, my friend Dara sent me an email link from gourmet magazine (of all places) about W. Hodding Carter's extreme frugality series. (she told me she thought his initiative was way cooler in her humble opinion). In the intro to the series Carter confesses the state of his finances and how he and his family have been living outside of their means. As a result, they are forced to return to a "little house on the prairy" existence, where they are making their own candles, canning Cod, and other back to earth activities that you do when you are saving money.
Now is the moment when I should step in and mock this, right?
Truth be told, I have no desire to. (I'm secretly craving a dose of this experience myself.) When the green movement began the media mantra was to show people there was a way to care for the environment and address sustainability issues without giving up the creature comforts of their current life style. And so the great green spending spree began. The message was, "you can keep spending, but use your dollar to vote for the sustainability practices that support your belief system."
But is "extreme frugality" the latest emerging trend? Have we come to a place where we understand that (gasp) resources are limited: and the limited resources in our wallet could be the best metaphor to understand the limited resources on the planet?
As it turns out, while in the middle of writing this post I hopped on over to my personal email account to check in how many love letters I have received today (the answer is none btw), but what I did encounter was an email from my sister-in-law about a new initiative that launched today called "slow money." Frankly, after spending 10 minutes on their site I wasn't entirely sure of what they are up to but it has something to do with a grass roots effort to create a new economy and support sustainable agriculture and involves donating $5. Here's what they have to say:
The perfect combo about slow food, slow money and local sustainable foodsystems, this “Thrive, Don’t Just Survive” set is a loaded, how-to guide on destressing, eating healthier with less, the missing links to achieving healthy immune and eco-systems, personal and planetary transformation, and Feeding Ourselves, No Matter What!
Ok...so they say things come in threes....what do you think? Has "green" turned a new corner? Are we entering into the age of self reliance and frugality? (Meanwhile, I'm going to head on over to the library and check out a few of the Little House on Prairie books, and start studying...)
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[Dmritard96] built this automated watering system to keep his garden growing while he’s out-of-town. It uses rain barrels, which capture and store rainwater, as a source. These barrels provide very low water pressure so he’s added a battery-powered pump along with a solar array for recharging. Don’t worry, if the rain barrels run dry there’s a float sensor that will switch the system over to city water and stave off those wilted leaves.[Dmritard96] built this automated watering system to keep his garden growing while... more
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~y2009m12d1-SF-Slow-Foods-3rd-Annual-Slow-Crab--Oyster-Festival-Dec-5
Not fast but slow and Crab and Oysters and stuff too. 3rd annual and at a hungry price ($65 General ). Eat your heart out SF, isn't that what you do best?
Saturday, Dec. 5th
6pm-9pm.
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House
953 De Haro Street, San Francisco~y2009m12d1-SF-Slow-Foods-3rd-Annual-Slow-Crab--Oyster-Festival-Dec-5
Not fast but... more
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