INTERNATIONALCONGRESS OPEN HOUSE

WINE & COFFEE TASTING

International Congress

Salone del Gusto

Terra Madre

Turin, Italy

My Role at SLOW FOOD’S

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS• Attend the Salone del Gusto - Terra Madre • Elect new management bodies & The International Statute• World debate over the Congress’s Policy document “Central Role of Food” • Use document to aid in community growth• Invite each convivium or community to enrich it with its own specific

experience

Conferences at Salone del Gusto

CONFERENCES• Say, Do, Hoe: Practices and Policies for Youth Agriculture• Feeding Cities is Easy• 400 Presidia: A New Model for Agriculture• Slow Food, Daily Food• No Bees No Future

•The Evolution of Food Patents from Field to Table• Animal Welfare: a win win opportunity for animals, farmers and consumers

MASTER OF FOOD – Cooking without Waste• It’s Raining Risolles

Workshops at Salone del Gusto

THEATER OF TASTE• Que Maravilha Quanta Fruta Hoje

• Tour of Brazil’s biodiversity• Dishes that made History: Valentino

Marcattilli’s Uovo in Raviolo• Dishes that made History: Don Alfonso 1890

TASTE WORKSHOPS• From Mountain to Lake: Valtellina Buckwheat

Meets Lake Iseo Smoked Sardines• Farmers, Brewers, Consumers, Unite!

DINNER DATES• A celebration of Two Centuries of

Antica Corona Reale

MEET THE MAKER• The Soil Emergency and the Flavor of the Earth

“Central Role of Food” Policy DocumentFrom Food to:• Soil Fertility

• Health of water

• Health of air

• Defense of biodiversity

• Landscape

• Health

• Knowledge and Memory

• Pleasure, social relations, conviviality and sharing

4 Areas to Take Action

• A return to the land

• Return to farming

• Consumer vs co-producer

• Eating is an agricultural act

4 Areas to Take Action

•The war on waste

• Types of waste – resources, soil, landscape, water, health, energy, food

4 Areas to Take ActionLocal economy and participatory democracy• Preserve bio-diversity, cultural diversity, small scale economies

• Participatory democracy of food choice

4 Areas to Take Action

• Permanent education

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