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What about the producers?

This article touches on a variety of important issues - thank you.

A point not focused on though was how Slow Food Nation and the Taste Pavilions highlighted and celebrated the work of small and sustainable food producers in the US.  In the Taste Pavilions honey makers from Missouri, cattle ranchers from the Southeast, and cheese makers from northern CA  - among many others - were honored for their work and dedication to creating an agricultural system that strives to feed people healthy food while not harming the land.  Many of these producers are not getting rich from their efforts that help lead the way to a healthier food system, and honoring their livelihoods is one of many important aspects to strengthening the movement.

Philpotts writes that "the event came off like a dreamer with his head in the clouds, disconnected from the struggle in the streets."  Slow Food does need to broaden its base.  This is true.  I agree that Slow Food should "'act as an ally' to groups seeking to create socially just and sustainable food systems in low-income areas."  Let's not let this point distract from the work Slow Food Nation did and Slow Food USA is doing to honor the work of rural food producers and farmers - those who also face a constant "struggle" in the fields and on the farms. On Slow Food Nation was magnificent in many ways, but overshot its mandate posted 1 year, 2 months ago 17 Responses