More information will be forthcoming about the Slow Food Movement, but very briefly…..this movement was started in Italy in 1986 by a small group led by Carlo Petrini basically as a reaction, a protest, to the opening of McDonald’s in Rome. It was the beginning of a small revolution which today is growing in strength and numbers.
The New York Times Sunday Businss section on March 22, 2009 ran an article entitled “Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?”
I would say yes it is, and just in the nick of time……The Slow Food mission is to, “slow down, to know where one’s food comes from, to preserve the taste of real food”. To achieve this the Slow Food movement promotes agricultural biodiversity, sustainable farming, local producers and heritage foodways. The more that we incorporate this mission and ideals in our society the more we will enjoy far reaching benefits, environmentally, in our health and in creating communities where people once again know each other and have more care and concern for their neighbors-not just nearby but globally as well.
There is nothing wrong with living in the modern world, it affords us many benefits, but we must retain our humanity in order for us survive as humans.
Looking forward to sharing more about Slow Food, and hearing from you as well……
This is wonderful! I’m excited to see this being made manifest. Here in South Carolina it is depressing for me because there is just one tiny natural food store, no restaurants that serve organic and the produce from the farmers are laden with chemicals. Coming from Sedona where fresh organic was so readily available, made it a hard transition. I love seeing this type of grass roots organization… it gives me hope for this area and makes me ponder the part I can play in changing things here.
You might enjoy this video about the SF Farmer’s Market. Tried to capture the essence and the grooviness, though before move to Railyards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_wWBG00X5I
Thank you so much for this video. Yes, it had another feeling before the Railyards, and this definitely captured that. I remember the market from about 10 years ago and that too had a completely different feel to it….but at least it lives on.
This is a fantastic recipe idea. I can see that you can make a gourmet breakfast or snack
out of a simple and seemingly mundane, yet healthy,item such as oatmeal. Bring it on!
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About corn…sad truth is the hope for keeping heirloom var. clean from GMO is about nill. Why…HUGE problem with corn pollen traveling in the air. We are on the West Coast and it is not uncommon for pollution control folks monitoring samples to find GMO pollen from China. It literally drops from the sky. What is a farmer to do?
I actually tried this and it is truly delicious and fresh!! Would love more recipes! I am passing this on to my friends to try. Thank you!!
Thanks for a wonderfully lucid explanation of what goes on in a CFL light bulb –
and the dramatic contrast they offer to traditional incandescents in $$$ and energy savings.
With all the publicity around CFL’s, I didn’t realize how little I actually knew about them!
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I’m guessing slow travel is a combination of “stay-cationing” (vacationing locally), earth-friendly transportation in general, and visiting places off the beaten track, i.e. Lonely Planet vs. Frommer’s.
Yes Sally you have it just about right.
When I coined the phrase Slow Travel I had not yet heard of “stay-cationing” but vacationing locally was definitely part of the concept. I envisioned vacationing closer to home, rather than automatically planning a far-away holiday. Creating an interest and knowledge of what was closer to home for all of us…after all there are probably people who actually do vacation somewhere close to where all of us live. Imagine what is within a 100 mile radius of where we live, a 200 mile radius and then perhaps a 300 mile radius. And how about traveling in a more sustainable way? train, bus, or maybe even a bike?
Also to make these trips slower…in many ways. Not being in such a rush to start, and while traveling-how about enjoying the journey and then really taking the time once you arrive to dig in a bit deeper to wherever you may be. What do the locals do on the weekend? what is the history of where you are, who lives there?
I think that we Americans tend to be in a bit of a rush in general and if we can just slow down a bit there is so much beauty around us and fascinating places to visit.
Thanks for your interest and input.
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I admit, I have not been on this webpage in a long time… however it was another joy to see It is such an important topic and ignored by so many, even professionals. I thank you to help making people more aware of possible issues.
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thanks for all of your comments….hope to see you back soon.
very good, thankss
Hey Michelle,
This is Jarod from Silk. We actually offer both Organic and Natural soymilk options. And all our beans (natural and organic) are North American sourced and GMO-free. Please check out our website for more details.
http://www.silksoymilk.com/products
Hi Jarod,
Great to hear from you. I have a few questions:
What does N. American sourced mean? are they grown in the US?
You say that even the “natural” soybeans are GMO free. Is there any independent testing to support this claim?
Would love to continue this dialogue since these are such an important issues-with soybeans being one of the main GMO crops and of course consumers needing to know what they are really buying.
Thanks for your reply and hopefully more info to come.
Michelle