Does anyone have any experience with Slow Food International?

Question

I've read about the site, and thier mission statement, but I'm not certain if I want to put down the money for something that is hard tl get involved in beyond donations. I live in western PA

Answer 1

I read up on the slow food web sites and ideas when I run accross them.

Living on a permaculture farm, part of me completely suports them...and part of me does not.

The idea they are putting forth with the slow food, I completely suport.

The links to farmers willing to ship their slow food thousand of miles....well I do NOT support that.  It rather defetes the entire purpose.

Slow food should be purchased locally.

I raise meat goats, and meat rabbits.  I live in Idaho.  I have a booming "farm gate" business.  My customer base grows by about 200% every single year

My goats and rabbits are butchered right here on my farm (legal to do in my state, not in others).  

My animals are not trasported, so do not suffer that serrious stress.  The goats remain with their herd, and their mothers until just a few moments before butchering.

One of the big reasons I got into farming was to raise livestock as humanely as possible.

If as a farmer, you send your "slow food" livestock off to be butchered at a Dept Of Ag certified plant, and then ship the cuts of meat off....well it stops being slow food to my mind.

However if you live someplace where the "slow food" cannot possibly be produced, I have less of a problem with having it shipped to you (but not off season!).

Example:

Winter is the season for oranges.  There no way I could grow oranges here in the mountains.  It's negative 10 degrees (F) outside at the moment.  So if someone wanted to have some slow food oranges shipped to them, I'd have no problem with that.

But wheat, beans, a chicken?  Forget it!  Buy from someone local!

Hope this all made sence.

~Garnet

Homesteading/Farming over 20 years

Answer 2

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