Terra Madre 2008

It is with much excitement I share with you part of a recent letter I received...

Dear Food Producer,

Greetings and Congratulations! We are very pleased to offer you a delegate spot at Terra Madre 2008.

Terra Madre offers a unique opportunity to spend five days with producers, cooks, educators, and students from 150 countries, attend workshops on your areas of interest and participate in the Salone del Gusto, the world’s largest artisan food marketplace. For more information on Salone del Gusto, visit the website at www.salonedelgusto.com. The English version will be up and running any day now.

Terra Madre 2008 event dates: October 23-27. For more information, visit www.terramadre2008.org.

Needless to say I am very excited as well as honored to represent our regional food community and Slow Food Huron Valley. October is a ways off and I have a lot of farm work and local food event work to do before then but I'm sure I'll have more to say about this before, during (I hope), and after. Right now I think I'd be remiss if I didn't thank Slow Food Huron Valley who will be sponsoring me by covering airfare. Please consider being a volunteer and/or attendee at SFHV's Terra Madre 2008 Fundraiser - slated to be "a wonderful evening of enjoying slow food among the vines of a local winery, with several guest chefs serving dinner to approximately 150 guests" on Sunday, August 10th from 5-8:30pm. More information at SFHV events page.