Slow Food
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 17- Harvest Garden Party
Benefit for Teton Farm and Garden
August 18- Best Pie in the Tetons and Chefs on the Square
At the Jackson Farmer’s Market with
the Sustainable Table/Eat Well Guide Road Show
September 8- Old Bill’s Fun Run
Please remember Slow Food in the Tetons when giving to Old Bills. All proceeds raised from Old Bills will go toward establishing a fund for school lunch and wellness programs.
read on for details….
It’s a Harvest Garden Party
Friday, August 17, 2007
5:30-8:30 pm at the Teton Valley Community School Garden
Appetizers, desserts, drumming and dancing are all on the menu.
$25 adults/$15 kids/under 5 free
$5 raffle tickets
Campers who participate Aug 12-17 will be free.
This event is a fundraiser for the Teton Farm and Garden’s “seed to plate community education program” and the Summer Adventure Camp. The party will highlight the skills and passion for sustainable food the campers have cultivated this summer. It is collaboration with Slow Food in the Tetons and is a scheduled stop for the Sustainable Table/Eat Well Guide’s National Tour accross the country in search of the best sustainable farms, food, and chefs.
Tickets are available at the Teton Valley Community School, Cosmic Apple pick-ups, Music on Main (Aug 9), and Erika’s Hula Hoop Booth at Targhee Bluegrass Festival. You can also get a ticket by calling 787.2578 or emailing tetonfarmandgarden@silverstar.com. Garden party attire!
presented by
Slow Food in the Tetons, Teton Farm and Garden
Sustainable Table/Eat Well Guide
Teton Valley Community School Summer Adventure Camp
Saturday, August 18
The Sustainable Table/Eat Well Guide comes to the
Jackson Farmer’s Market on the Town Square
8-11 am
Meet the crew and learn more about sustainablility at the Chef’s Table where Mountain Valley Mushrooms and other local goodies will be preparred for sampling by Jackson Whole Grocer and Beyond Broccoli.
Pie Making Contest
We’re looking for the best pie in the Tetons. This event is open to the public. Please drop off your pie at the Slow Food booth at the Farmer’s Market between 8-10 am with a 3×5 card with your contact information and a recipe. Judging will be based on taste, artistic flair, local/seasonal ingredients, and whatever else the judges deem important! PRIZES include a gift certificate to Jackson Whole Grocer.
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2007 FOOD FUN FOR KIDS IN TETON VALLEY.doc
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Newsletter
What is Slow Food? 
The aim of the international Slow Food movement is to protect the pleasures of the table from the modern homongenization of fast food and fast life. Through a variety of initiatives Slow Food promotes gastronomic culture, taste education, conserves agricultural biodiversity and protects traditional foods at risk of extinction. The movement began in 1986 with a protest of the first opening of McDonalds on the Spanish Stairs in Rome. Today it is 80,000 members strong representing over 100 countries.
Slow Food members are organized into local chapters or “convivia” and work at the grassroots level to carry out the Slow Food mission at the local, national and international level. Slow Food USA oversees the activities of over 140 convivia in North America. Check out slowfoodusa.org to find a convivia near you. Join Today!
Slow Food in the Tetons
Mission Statement
Slow Food in the Tetons is a local chapter of Slow Food International, a non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization that supports a biodiverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage foods, and rediscovery of the pleasures of the table. Slow Food in the Tetons promotes the diverse food traditions of our community in a fun, dynamic way with an abiding concern for our central focus: a slower, more harmonious rhythm of life.
You can partake in the Slow Food mission every time you enjoy these pleasures:
- Trace your food sources
- Visit a farmers’ market
- Join a CSA
- Share a meal with friends and family
- Visit a farm in your area
- Plant seeds or harvest greens for a meal with your children
- Support restaurants who prepare traditional foods
- Start a kitchen garden
- Cook a traditional family recipe
- Learn your local food history
- Buy local, seasonal foods