Slow Food Nation was an event organized by Slow Food USA, which celebrates slow

Slow Food

Slow Food is an international movement founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It was the first established part of...

 and sustainable

Sustainable agriculture

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 foods. One of the largest food events in U.S. history, Slow Food Nation attracted an estimated audience of more than 50,000 people. Held over the Labor Day

Labor Day

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 weekend from August 29, 2008 to September 1, the majority of the event took place in either San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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's Civic Center

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 or Fort Mason Center. Slow Food Nation's founder is influential chef

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 and author Alice Waters

Alice Waters

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. In addition to a specially-created "victory garden

Victory garden

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" in front of San Francisco City Hall

San Francisco City Hall

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, a marketplace, tastings, photo exhibits http://gayeton.com/gayeton_photowork.html, and other events, Slow Food Nation featured panels led by food luminaries such as Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan

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 and Eric Schlosser

Eric Schlosser

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, as well as the founder of Slow Food: Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini

Carlo Petrini , born in the province of Cuneo in the commune of Bra in Italy, is the founder of the International Slow Food Movement...

.

External links

• slowfoodnation.org, official site
• Slow Food Nation, YouTube
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• photo pool on Flickr
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