Slow Food home | About us | Foundation | Editore | Sloweb | Press Office | Store     Sloweb     Home | Sloweek | Voices from the Slow world | Slow Talk | News | Watch & Listen             Farm Fresh 06 Aug 08 - Slow Talk In the upper left-hand corner of the United States, just north of the multicultural food city of Seattle, UNISG master alumna Dana Zemel is helping to connect the people of her home town with locally produced, high-quality lettuces, strawberries, and butter. As part of the non-profit organization Growing Washington, Dana manages the downtown Local Food Exchange in her native city of Bellingham, WA. ‘For me, this is about having better food available for people who live around here. We have amazing fruits and vegetables being produced in Whatcom and Skagit County that just taste so good, and I want it to be easy for people to buy fresh, local food throughout the week.’ Located on Bellingham’s main street, the farm stand is open six days a week and sells a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and locally produced dairy products. It is also part of the highly integrated Growing Washington network (www.growingwashington.org), that includes restaurant sales, a farm-to-cafeteria project, Community Supported Agriculture initiatives, farming education, a food bank farm, and farm coalition programs. The Food Exchange puts into practice the benefit of gastronomic education, connecting consumers with the value of local products through the simple act of eating. On the conviviality front, Dana not only came back from Italy with a passion for good food. She also brought back a husband, Danilo Miglietta from Puglia, who she met during her time in Parma and married earlier this year. For further information about the University of Gastronomic Sciences, click here.   News archive from Terramadre News archive from Slowfood Foundation for Biodiversity News archive from University of Gastronomic Sciences News archive from Watch & Listen           News     Bulgaria - 27 Jul 10     Brotherhood Across the Balkans     A communal desire to support small-scale traditional producers in the face of growing threats from regulations and the food industry united food communities from ten countries across the...           News archive     Italy - 22 Jul 10     Dream Canteens     Slow Food buildings a strong network of schools putting good, clean and fair in the canteen ...     Belgium - 16 Jul 10     A Slow Voice in Policy Reform     Slow Food President Carlo Petrini participates in a public debate conference on Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy ...     Denmark - 14 Jul 10     Convivial Danes     Danish convivial join the country’s largest fair of artisan producers to share the Slow Food message ...     Argentina - 08 Jul 10     Flavors from the Andes to Patagonia     Terra Madre Argentina unites producers, cooks, academics and consumers in Buenos Aires ...     Macedonia - 02 Jul 10     Preserving Figs and a Gastronomic Heritage     The Wild Fig Slatko Presidium is created to protect a traditional preserve ...     Croatia - 23 Jun 10     Thank you for Everything, Giani     Farewell to Giani Banich, a friend and dynamic figure in the Slow Food movement ...     Archive previous news   Slow Food 2010 - All rights reserved - P.iva 91008360041 - Powered by Blulab