Food Communities

Terra Madre is a network of food communities, each committed to producing quality food in a responsible, sustainable way. Terra Madre 2006 focuses on the relationships between food communities, cooks, and universities, their respective roles and specialized knowledge within the food world and the ways they can work together to make good, clean and fair food possible.
http://www.terramadre2006.org

Slow Food: The founding father of the Slow Food Movement, Carlo Petrini, recognized in1986 that the industrialization of food was standardizing taste and leading to the annihilation of thousands of food varieties and flavors. Concerned that the world was quickly reaching a point of no return, he wanted to reach out to consumers and demonstrate to them that they have choices over fast food and supermarket homogenization.
Today the organization is active in 50 countries and has a worldwide membership of over 80,000.
http://www.slowfood.com

Slow Food USA: Slow Food U.S.A. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America. By reviving the pleasures of the table, Slow Food U.S.A. believes that our food heritage can be saved. http://www.slowfoodusa.org

Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Chatham County Center
Growing Small Farms Website:http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms
Post Office Box 279Pittsboro, NC 27312
Email: debbie_roos@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919.542.8202 Fax: 919.542.8246