Slow Food Nation Scheduled for Labor Day Weekend in San Francisco

Food & Beverage Close-Up, June 8, 2009

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Slow Food Nation Scheduled for Labor Day Weekend in San Francisco(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

Slow Food Nation, the largest celebration of American food in history, will take place in San Francisco over Labor Day weekend, August 29 to September 1.

Slow Food Nation will bring together tens of thousands to experience an extraordinary range of activities highlighting the connection between plate and planet. The majority of Slow Food Nation's events will be free and open to the public; certain events are ticketed.

"Slow Food Nation will catalyze a huge shift in how Americans perceive and prioritize food. Through the four-day event, we hope to build momentum and demand for an American food system that is safer, healthier and more socially just," said Anya Fernald, Executive Director of Slow Food Nation. "Our founder Alice Waters has set the stage for a delicious revolution through decades of leadership and advocacy and our parent organization, Slow Food U.S.A., has built a wide membership base across America."

Participants will savor food from across the U.S. at Taste, a 50,000 square foot pavilion; meet farmers and producers at a marketplace surrounding a 10,000 square foot newly-planted urban garden in the heart of the City; and learn from visionary speakers. Slow Food Nation will also feature a music festival, workshops, films, dinners, hikes and journeys.

Slow Food Nation is sponsored by Whole Foods Market, Rodale, Saveur magazine, Sunset magazine, Anolon cookware, Medlock Ames winery and Organic Valley Farms. Media sponsors include 7 X 7 magazine, Chow.com, Culinate.com, Edible Communities magazines, Mother Jones magazine, Wine & Spirits magazine, Yelp.com and Meatpaper magazine.Slow Food Nation is a subsidiary non-profit of Slow Food USA and part of the international Slow Food movement. It is dedicated to creating a framework for deeper environmental connection to our food and aims to inspire and empower Americans to build a food system that is sustainable, healthy and delicious.

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