Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Slow Dinner on March 28 // Local Foods to Celebrate Spring

Elana Gulas is a CreateHere Fellow. With a great love for Slow Food, she brings us this update on an upcoming event.

It’s hard to sum it up in a short blog post, how great, all around the Slow Foods movement is. Started in 1986 in Italy, as a response to McDonalds wanting to open a fast-food restaurant near the Spanish Steps in Rome. The organization has since grown to more than 100,000 members. With the motto of “good, clean, and fair,” Slow Food focuses on the importance of preserving and promoting local food products. 

One of the things that Slow Food is known for is their “Slow Dinners.” On March 28th at 2pm, folks that live in and around the Chattanooga region will have a chance to taste the various flavors from Williams Island Farm and other local growers. For more information and reservations for this this meal and future meals email Avery Patten at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

When: March 28th
What: Lamb & Goat Roast + Children’s Handmade Sweet
Where: Ashland Farm in Flinstone, 124 Patten Place, Flinstone, Georgia 30725
Cost: $8.00 adults, $3.00 children