Slow Food Piedmont Triad News
March 2007
Slow Food Piedmont Triad Movies for March-April 2007
Winston Salem
The first Slow Food film of 2007 will be shown in Winston Salem at Parkway United Church of Christ, Fellowship Hall, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway (corner of Irving St. and across from Forsyth Tech). Parking lot accessible via Irving St.
Meet-up begins at 7:00 p.m., and the movie will begin at 7:30. Admission is free but we encourage donations to Slow Food to help defray the cost of our programs. Contact Laura Frazier for more info: 336-971-3834.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007: "The Slow Food Revolution"
"Traditional foods are at risk of disappearing forever, as a speed-obsessed world turns increasingly to fast foods. To counter this trend, there is an international gastro-economic movement known as Slow Food. Its aim is to protect traditional culture, the environment and biodiversity by encouraging regional food production. The movement is now active in 45 countries.
"This film travels around the globe to record this phenomenon. Italy is the home of the Slow Food movement and there is a revival of growing such regional foods as Bronte pistachios, Sorrento lemons and the original Neopolitan tomatoes. Towns,like Orvieto, have declared themselves to be "slow cities," free of fast food outlets, neon and noise.
 "In Mexico indigenous farming communities have revived ancient ways, cultivating vanilla beans and the nutritious amaranth. In Australia there is an increasing interest in Aboriginal knowledge of native "bush tucker" and a school program reconnects children to the land and its riches. The Botanical Ark in Queensland grows endangered food from all over the world, saving plants from extinction. Beautifully photographed, Slow Food Revolution is a celebration of the sustainability, seasonality and quality of the earth's bounty."
From www.filmakers.com/indivs/SlowFood.htm.
Greensboro
This year Dabney Sanders and Debby Seabrooke have arranged for two films to be shown at the Green Bean, a locally-owned coffee shop in downtown Greensboro at 341 S. Elm St. We were sorry to lose the large space we had last year with the closing of The Scene, but this year we'll gain the tasty beverages and pastries that the Green Bean has to offer!
We will begin each evening at 7 p.m. for those who would like a social hour to catch up with friends, meet new friends, or take a few moments to meet with Slow Food project partners for updates. Each film will begin at 8 p.m., and there will be discussion about the movie afterwards.
Admission is free but we encourage donations to Slow Food to help defray the cost of our programs. Beverages and snacks will be available for sale by the Green Bean.
Friday, March 30, 2007: "Barbecue is a Noun"
Barbecue is a Noun is the story of some very peculiar men who make a particular kind of barbecue. Their stories unfold in the small towns, strip malls, farms and backyards of North and South Carolina, conjuring insights into fading traditions andrising ambitions. Eccentric, dedicated, and patient to a fault, these men struggle against modernity and uncertain futures as the film unfolds.  Friday, April 27, 2007: "Fast Food Nation"
Inspired by the incendiary bestseller that exposed the hidden facts behind America's fast food industry, Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation traces the birth of an everyday, ordinary burger through a chain of riveting, interlocked human stories. As the film traverses from pristine barbeque smoke labs to the volatile U.S.-Mexican border, it unveils a provocative portrait of all the yearning, ambition, corruption and hope that lies inside what America is biting into.
UNCG Sustainability Film Series
Slow Food encourages you to check out these films sponsored by the UNC Greensboro Sustainability Committee. All are scheduled for Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and they are free to the public. You can find short descriptions on the events page.
- March 22: "Hot Zones,"
Jarrell Hall (in Jackson Library).
- March 29:"The Future of Food," Jarrell Hall, in Jackson Library. If you didn't see this important film in the Slow Food series last year, don't miss it! Discussion afterward will be led by Charlie Headington.
- April 19: "Urban Explosion," Weatherspoon Art Museum Auditorium.
 Mushroom Inoculation and Potluck at Handance Farm, March 24
A repeat event from last year, Pat and Brian Bush invites Slow Food members to learn about shiitake mushroom production by lending a hand with inoculating their logs with mushroom spawn. Explore their farm and relax with foodie friends at a potluck after the logs are finished.
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Lend us a hand inoculating logs with shiitake spawn. Get some hands-on experience and help us get the work done.
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
 Take a tour of Handance Farm and learn more about the Slow Food movement.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Bring a covered dish and join us in a potluck.
Bring a potluck dish to share and folding chair if you like. Utensils and beverages provided. Wear work clothes and comfortable shoes (work gloves optional). Children are welcome at 3 p.m. for a special activity and potluck. Please leave dogs at home.
Rain date: March 31.
Directions: From Greensboro take Church St. Ext. north past Hwy 150 & 158 where it becomes Woolen Store Rd. and T's into Ironworks Rd. Go right, then take the immediate left onto Sandy Cross Rd. Go approx. 2 miles (you'll pass Breckenridge Mobile Home Park on right) and take left onto Baker Crossroad. Go about 200 yards and 2541 is the first house on the right (2-story white house with huge stump in front year, a big holly tree and boxwoods).
 Slow Food Internship Program at Handance Farm
Hands on learning about growing local food
Handance Farm is a small family farm operated by Brian and Pat Bush just outside of Reidsville, NC. (30 minutes from Greensboro). We produce a variety of seasonal crops grown by organic methods , which are sold directly to consumers through a 50 member CSA and at area markets.
We specialize in heirloom plant starts for the garden, lettuce, cut flowers, heirloom tomatoes, greens of all types, heirloom squash and melons. We also raise shiitakes, heritage breed laying hens and turkeys and medicinal herbs.
In our 21 years of farming we have learned a lot and enjoy sharing as we continue to learn. Many of our customers have asked if they can come out and work. Some have, but often drop in help is difficult for us to utilize efficiently. And this job is always too much for just the two of us to keep up with, so we can use all the help we can get.
For 2007 we are announcing a number of Slow Food Internships. This is for those who want to get dirt under their fingernails, improve their gardening skills, actually eat something they grew or harvested, help a small farm keep on growing - reasons to be involved will be varied. Each internship will be individually tailored to your own schedule, to the experience you desire to have and to the needs of the farm. Samples of tasks might be: working a couple of days during planting season helping set transplants in the field; or picking cherry tomatoes one morning a week in July, cutting flowers and making bouquets on friday mornings or even adopting a bed or crop for the season. Or maybe you would like to learn about medicinal herbs, or seed saving, or would enjoy picking five lbs of basil every Friday evening in the summer.
For more information, please contact Pat Bush, Handance Farm, 2541 Bakers Cross Rd., Reidsville NC 27320. Leave a message at 336-951-0811 or email handancen@netscape.net.
Have a suggestion for a name for our convivium newsletter? Send it to lponeill@slowfoodpiedmont.org. Look for the next edition in your e-mailbox in early April.
More Events for 2007
We keep an updated list of events on our events page, but you can get the latest announcements delivered to you by email if you join our listserv. Our listserv is a free way that members can share interesting Slow Food related information. It is secure and we don't share your email with anyone! You can join by emailing us at info@slowfoodpiedmont.org and entering "subscribe" on the subject line.
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