Slow Food Memphis News

NEXT SLOW FOOD GENERAL MEETING
March 1, 10:00 am
Wild Oats (on Poplar) in the community room
Coffee tasting + general meeting
See you there!

Welcome to Slow Food Memphis

Interested in finding out more about Slow Food Memphis? Join us at our general meetings.

Slow Food, founded in 1986, is an international organization whose aim is to protect the pleasures of the table from homogenization of modern fast food and life. Through a variety of initiatives, Slow Food promotes gastronomic culture, developes taste education, conserves agricultural biodiversity and protects traditional foods at risk of extinction.

To learn more about Slow Food, you can visit the main website at www.slowfoodusa.org.

Dear Friend of Slow Food,

Happy Holidays! On behalf of Slow Food Memphis I would like wish you and yours all the very best during the season and throughout the New Year.

2007 was a very exciting and eventful year for us and we have many accomplishments to be proud of. It is because of your enthusiasm and effort that we have been able to act on our mission to advocate the preservation of family farms, promote locally grown food, support our school and community gardens, and work to preserve our regional culinary traditions and to maintain biodiversity.

In this – our first year – our convivium has been fortunate to:

• Participate in our local farmers’ markets in support of their efforts and to gain exposure for the convivium and its activities
• Host a number of events including an evening at the Brooks Museum with John T. Edge and film-maker Joe York and an exceptional dinner featuring Michael and Charline Lenagar of Neola Farms and chef Stephen Hassinger of the Inn at Hunt Phelan
• Organize the first ever Mid-South Farm to Chef Conference in partnership with organizations such as Heifer International, the USDA, the University of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Department of Agriculture
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• Assist local projects such as the Magevney House Kitchen Garden, the Harbor Island Montessori School Garden and at the BRIDGES Center; and
• Enjoy the conviviality of Slow Food with many farmers, producers, members and friends.

2008 will bring many new and exciting opportunities and challenges for us as a group and in January we will begin to organize ideas into action. One of the best things about Slow Food as an organization is that we able to act on many different levels and in many different ways. These are only determined by our local membership – with guidance from Slow Food USA. Your ideas, participation and support will continue to be of the highest value to us as a convivium as we go forward in support of our mission.

Be sure to check our website often for important updates on meetings and events and to learn how you can take a more active role in all of our endeavors and if it is time to renew your membership, or to give a membership as a gift, we hope that you will please consider doing so.

Wishing you and yours the best of holidays and a very happy and slow New Year!

Kjeld Petersen
Convivium Leader