Terra Madre Fund
Slow Food Vancouver: Terra Madre Fund Campaign
Air miles and air points are being requested in addition to financial contributions to send our delegates to Terra Madre.
The local delegates to Terra Madre 2010 have been confirmed. Congratulations to:
Andrea Carlson, Bishops Restaurant
Mark Bomford, Director, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
Christopher Hergesheimer, Grain Chain Project, Flour Peddler, Urban Grain CSA Coordinator
Holger Schwichtenberg, Holberg Dairy Farm
Amy Suess, Skeeter Farm (CSA)
Heather Pritchard, Community Farm Director (FarmFolk/CityFolk) and Glorious Garnish Organics
Jordan Maynard, Southlands Farm, Vancouver (CSA)
Jeremy Pitchford, Glen Valley Organic Farm Co-operative
Dawn Morrison, B.C. Food Systems Network – Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Joanne MacKinnon, Slow Food Vancouver Convivium Leader
At the conference, all expenses are covered. Delegates need to pay their airfare. However, some of our delegates are not in a financial position to do so and need help with air mile or air point donations.
Get in touch with our delegates to assist directly or in touch with .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Slow Food Vancouver and FarmFolk/CityFolk are in partnership raising funds for our delegates.
Terra Madre is an international conference involving food producers, cooks, educators, and students who are united by a common goal of global sustainability in food. To reach this goal you can assist by donating to the Terra Madre Fund. Email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or Donate Online Now
"Because of the industrialized food system, smaller farmers are getting pushed to the periphery. Terra Madre encouraged all small farmers not to give up and stressed the importance of our efforts.”
Debra Amrein-Boyes, Farmhouse Natural Cheeses 2008 Terra Madre participant
More than 5,000 representatives from the worldwide Terra Madre network will meet in Turin, Italy for the fourth time this October 21 to 25. The five-day meeting will bring together food communities, cooks, academics, youth and musicians from all over the world, who are united in a desire to promote sustainable local food production in harmony with the environment while respecting knowledge handed down over the generations.
A new feature of Terra Madre 2010 will be a focus on cultural and linguistic diversities - in recognition of the need to defend minority ethnic groups and indigenous languages, and with an appreciation of the value of oral traditions and memory. At the opening ceremony, representatives of indigenous communities from all continents across the world will speak to the audience in their native languages.
An entire day will be dedicated to examining eight crucial issues for the future of agriculture and the planet (from biodiversity to renewable energies and education to traditional knowledge). Also, communities will meet in national and regional sessions.
