SLOW FOOD
The Slow Food movement actually began in Italy in 1986 to resist the opening of a McDonald's near the Spanish steps in Rome.
It is now a major non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization operating to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.
Today, there are over 100,000 members in 132 countries.
The Slow Food Movement Mission includes:
Preserving and promoting local and traditional food products, along with their lore and preparation
Promoting "taste education"
Educating consumers about the risks of fast food
Educating citizens about the drawbacks of commercial agribusiness and factory farms
Lobbying against government funding of genetic engineering
Lobbying against the use of pesticides
Teaching gardening skills to students and prisoners
Encouraging ethical buying in local marketplaces
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SLOW FOOD MEMBERS
For a good look at how fast food has changed the face of our food supply, please see the movie
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Everywhere you turn these days is a reminder to get back to nature. Buy your food from local growers. Consume foods in their natural state. Recycle and use only renewable resources whenever possible. Travel to places preserved by nature where genuine and pure cultures still thrive. Taste the local cuisine. Visit the local food artisan shops. Stroll through the farms and fields and of course, the olive groves and vineyards sampling all of earth's treasures as they are meant to be enjoyed, and have been for centuries.
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Fabulous Opportunity for House Rental in Tuscany!
Rosenclaire House
Vitiana, Tuscany, Italy
 Yes you can afford a villa in Tuscany! And you can experience authentic Italy, where life is still being lived as it has for centuries! Our friend Julie Hampton has a lovely house tucked away in a beautiful hilltop town of Vitiana. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms with a large living room and dining room sporting a table which seats 16 for those great Italian family style dinners!
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Midsummer Recipe
Farro Salad with Fresh Mozzarella and
Vegetables
1 cup of Farro (Spelt)
Marinated artichoke hearts
1/2 celery heart
3 oz of marinated green olives (pitted)
2 oz of diced fresh mozzarella cheese
1/2 green bell pepper
1/2 lb of grape tomatoes
2 fresh green onions
2 red radishes
Capers
1 small bunch of basil
1 tbs. chopped parsley
1 fl oz of balsamic vinegar
2 fl oz of extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt, ground white pepper
Soak the spelt for at least 8 hours. Cook the Spelt in salted water. Simmer for
about 30 minutes. Drain and cool.
Dice all the vegetables, except the tomatoes, radishes and the fresh onions. Cut
the radishes and the onions in small rounds and set aside.
Halve the grape tomatoes. Cut the fresh mozzarella in cubes about 1/3 in.
Whisk separately the vinegar with salt and pepper, add the oil a few tablespoons
at a time to make an homogeneous dressing.
In a bowl mix all the spelt and vegetables, drizzle with the dressing, add the
cheese and decorate with the basil.
 Farro is the Tuscan name for Spelt, a hearty brown wheat grain. Used frequently in medieval times in soups, nowadays being rediscovered for its nutritional value. Spelt contains more essential amino acids than many other types of wheat.
Farro also contains a considerable amount of silicic acid ensuring a good complexion and shiny hair and also reputed to stimulate the mental faculties! Enjoy!
Come visit Chef Giuseppe in Tuscany!
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Lessons of Tuscany at Il Borgo 
- Would you like to stay in the beautiful Tuscan countryside in a lovely recently-renovated apartment complete with modern conveniences?
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- Would you like the option to take classes such as cooking, ceramic painting, photography, wine production and Italian language?
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