Terra Madre Day (www.slowfood.com/terramadreday/) -or Mother Earth Day- took place December 10th, 2009. All over the planet countries big and small and people from all corners hosted and participated in a wide range of actions and activities at the, first ever, Terra Madre Day. It was a day of education, sharing and taking pleasure in the bio-diversity around us. Over 1000 events took place globally which ranged from shopping at local farmer’s markets to community festivals and community meals, demonstration’s, film presentations, picnics, exhibits, workshops, seminars, speakers, rallies, seed exchanges and seed preservation, planting, preserving food and preparing food based on food traditions, slow food and the slow food ark (http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste/) and many, many more.
Terra Madre is an expansive network of food communities that are devoted to producing quality food in a responsible, sustainable way (much like our ancestors did). In Torino, Italy there is a major bi-annual conference put on by Terra Madre intended to nurture discussion and introduce innovative concepts in the field of food, gastronomy, globalization, and economics. The next conference is in October, 2010. Terra Madre Day also celebrates the 20th anniversary (http://www.slowfood.com/terramadreday/pagine/eng/pagina2.lasso?-id_pg=105) of Slow Food ((http://slowfood.com/). It was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life.
Terra Madre Day – or Mother Earth Day- took place December 10th, 2009. All over the planet countries big and small and people from all corners hosted and participated in a wide range of actions and activities at the, first ever, Terra Madre Day.
It was a day of education, sharing and taking pleasure in the bio-diversity around us. Over 1000 events took place globally which ranged from shopping at local farmer’s markets to community festivals and community meals, demonstration’s, film presentations, picnics, Read more
