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  There was a real educational point missed here...

  I agree with a large part of this article and do think that Slow Food Nation missed a couple of points but you have missed some too. Mainly that the Victory garden that you say is, "a bit of a farce" was actually partially planted and harvested by some organizations that you have failed to mention that are bringing "good, clean, fair food" to the impoverished people of the Bay Area.

  Organizations like City Slicker Farms, which raise money and use volunteer human-power to plant farms in the backyards of impoverished family's in the Oakland Area thus giving them--for free by the way--"good, clean, fair food." San Francisco Victory Gardens was also involved which is an education program that aims to demonstrate and teach people about how to grow their own food in urban areas.

  This garden wasn't about the money that it cost the city. It was about the idea that you can plant in the city, yes they used huge funds, but the people that planted it usually do it on a smaller scale. School children and families came to plant the garden and harvest it and it has given hundreds of pounds of food to local food banks.

  It wasn't just about the big money, sure it was a stunt, but behind the stunt is the real life and completely attainable heart of the Slow Food movement.On Slow Food Nation was magnificent in many ways, but overshot its mandate posted 1 year, 2 months ago 17 Responses