Start Date: Fri, August 29 2008 End Date: Mon, September 1 2008 View Remaining Dates San Francisco, CA
The inaugural Slow Food Nation will take place in San Francisco on Labor Day weekend 2008, a time when produce is at its peak.
The event, a major project of Slow Food USA, has received the support of Mayor Gavin Newsom's office and the Fort Mason Foundation
and will be held in partnership with both the City of San Francisco and Fort Mason Center.
Slow Food Nation will celebrate, explore, and educate about food that is delicious, ecologically sustainable and socially just
"furthering...good, clean and fair food" according to Slow Food founder and visionary, Carlo Petrini. Slow Food Nation is expected
to attract tens of thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds.
Slow Food Nation will show how food and agriculture are interwoven with the larger issues of the environment, health, education,
creating community, the global economy and long-term sustainability. It will include tastings, forums, workshops, films, exhibits,
music and talks by such luminaries as Eric Schlosser, Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Alice Waters, Vandana Shiva,
and Carlo Petrini, as well as hundreds of the most respected farmers and food artisans from across the country.
Venue: Civic Center and the Fort Mason Center
For more information contact: info@slowfoodnation.org
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