A few weeks ago, we received two fascinating letters from Slow Food member Gwen Meyer, who along with her husband, John Neumeister of Cattail Creek Lamb, was a 2004 and 2006 Terra Madre conference delegate. In 2002, Gwen founded Friends of Kenya Schools and Wildlife, a group which provides educational supplies to rural Kenyan schools, [...]

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In 2003, with the help of the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Piedmonte, Slow Food embarked on an unusual project: founding a school. The University of Gastronomic Sciences (Universita degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche) extends the mission of Slow Food by teaching a new generation of students to become leaders in the production, distribution and [...]

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