Product Description

This book describes 1,600 Food Communities in 150 countries: from the hatahata fishermen of Kitaura in Japan to the raisin producers of Herat in Afghanistan; from Ethiopian forest coffee pickers to Mexican vanilla growers. Farmers, shepherds, fishermen, pork butchers, vine-dressers...all people who embody a new idea of agriculture based on taste quality, sustainability and social justice. All they demand is fertile soil, clean seas, sufficient water and the free circulation of information, knowledge and produce. Of these communities, 300 are Slow Food Presidia, developed worldwide to save food products in real danger of extinction.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #718537 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 768 pages

About the Author
Since 1989, the publications of Slow Food Editore have sought to describe the philosophy of the Slow Food movement: from the extolment of pleasure to the development of taste to the protection of biodiversity. The company's books and periodicals aim to raise the profile of quality food and wine production, to safeguard endangered artisan specialties, vegetable species and animal breeds, to inform and educate consumers and to promote clean, sustainable agriculture and a new idea of gastronomy.