I have been learning a lot about the personal, environmental, communal benefits of buying and eating local and seasonal foods through reading Barbara Kingsolver's book, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle". She often refers to the Slow Food Movement which I had always heard about but never really had checked into. It looks like there is a Sonoma County Chapter......
Here is an excerpt from their website:
"Slow Food USA envisions a future food system that is based on the principles of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability, and social justice – in essence, a food system that is good, clean and fair. We seek to catalyze a broad cultural shift away from the destructive effects of an industrial food system and fast life; toward the regenerative cultural, social and economic benefits of a sustainable food system, regional food traditions, the pleasures of the table, and a slower and more harmonious rhythm of life"
Oh, ok, I get it SLOW food... as opposed to FAST food. Looks interesting. I totally believe in all that. I'll have to read that book- now you have me curious!
ReplyDeleteI had posted a while back a farm here in Petaluma that is open to the public. They grow organic and seasonal... and of course, sell it! I drive by it everytime I take the back roads from Santa Rosa, but have yet to stop... usually because Avery has just fallen asleep by that point in the drive home.
ReplyDeletewww.greenstringfarm.com