ARK OF TASTE SAVING OUR LOCAL FOOD HERITAGE, ONE FOOD AT A TIME WITH SLOW FOOD JENNIFER CASEY, JCASEY@SLOWFOODWISE.ORG BARB HEINEN, BHEINEN@SLOWFOODWISE.ORG
Overview. Food biodiversity Local food heritage Slow Food s Ark of Taste (AOT) How to get involved in the AOT to protect and restore our local food heritage e.g., to seek out, enjoy, grow, cook with, and to identify and submit products to be boarded onto the AOT
Food Biodiversity Food biodiversity = variation of life forms within the food system. Essential for good nutrition Essential global food security
Food Biodiversity Today over 95% of traditionally eaten plant and animal foods have disappeared in the USA 75% lost globally. 300,000 extinct vegetable varieties alone in the last century. -FAO LOST 60% World s Food Wheat, Rice, Corn FOODS REMAIN
Food Biodiversity Why losses? Industrialized food system (monocrops) Land use changes Pollution Climate change Overharvesting (fishing)
Food Biodiversity Biodiversity underpins to food security, sustainable livelihoods, ecosystem resilience, coping strategies for climate change, adequate nutritional requirements, insurance for the future. -Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, FAO http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/biodiversity_paia/par-faobook_lr.pdf
Slow Food. protects food biodiversity.
What is Slow Food? Slow Food is a way of eating and living. It is also. a global, grassroots organization with over100,000 members in over 150 countries, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. --www.slowfood.com
History of Slow Food Founder Carlo Petrini Slow Food Founded 1989 Slow Food USA in 2000
Vision We envision a world in which all people can access and enjoy food that is good for them, good for those who grow it and good for the planet. -slowfood.com
Good, Clean and Fair GOOD a fresh and flavorsome seasonal diet that satisfies the senses and is part of our local culture; The pleasures of good food can also help to build community and celebrate culture and regional diversity. CLEAN food production and consumption that does not harm the environment, animal welfare or our health; Nutritious food that is as good for the planet as it is for our bodies. It is grown and harvested with methods that have a positive impact on our local ecosystems and promotes biodiversity. FAIR accessible prices for consumers and fair conditions and pay for small-scale producers. Food is a universal right. Food that is fair should be accessible to all, regardless of income, and produced by people who are treated with dignity and justly compensated for their labor. Source: slowfood.com & slowfoodusa.org
What does Slow Food do? Slow Food defends biodiversity in our food supply, promotes food and taste education and connects sustainable producers to coproducers through events and building networks. Source: slowfood.com
Slow Food: Internationally Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity Ark of Taste & Presidia Terra Madre Salone del Gusto Slow Fish & Slow Cheese University of Gastronomic Sciences 1000 Gardens in Africa Earth Markets
Slow Food USA Domestic Programs US Ark of Taste US Presidia American Raw Milk Cheese, Cape May Salt Oyster, Makah Ozette Potato, Navajo- Churro Sheep, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple, Wild Rice - Anishinaabeg Manoomin Slow Food on Campus US Terra Madre Network Children and Food Regional Biodiversity
Slow Food WiSE: Local Programs Regional Biodiversity: Milwaukee Apple Project, Ark of Taste Grow Out, Beaver Dam Pepper Celebration Food & Taste Education: Farm Tours, Slow Soup, Slow Socials, Tabling, Cooking Classes, Community Cooks, School Gardens Networks: SE WI Farm Fresh Atlas, Milwaukee Food Council, Eat Local MKE
Ark of Taste-saving cherished foods, one product at a time http://www.slowfoodfoundation.com/ark Find Ark Products All Over the World!!! More than 1000
Ark Of Taste The Ark of Taste in the US is a catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction. By promoting and eating Ark products we help ensure they remain in production and on our plates. Eat it to Save it. Poppy Tooker http://www.slowfoodusa.org/files/files/ark-oftaste-nomination-form2.pdf
Ark of Taste Local Examples (Upper Midwest) National Examples Beaver Dam Pepper (SFW Grow Out) Amish Paste Tomato (SFW Grow Out) Sheboygan Tomato Red Wattle Pig (@ Bolzano s, Bavette) Shagbark Hickory Nuts Manoomin American Plains Bison Amish Deer Tongue lettuce (SFW Grow Out) Fish pepper Sheepnose pimiento (SFW Grow Out) Aunt Molly s Husk Tomato (SFW Grow Out) Hidatsa Shield Figure bean Cape May Salt Oyster Bourbon Red Turkey Reef Net Salmon Fishing Miriliton Shrub, American Rye
Ark Of Taste SFW Grow Out: 6-packs for home gardeners Beaver Dam Pepper Aunt Molly s Ground Cherry Jimmey Nardellos Sweet Italian Frying Pepper Aunt Ruby s German Green Tomato Amish Paste Tomato Djena Lees Golden Girl Tomato AOT Harvest Celebration/September Local Farm Grow Outs>Supply Restaurants Ark highlighted at SFW events
Ark Of Taste Milwaukee Apple Good example of a local candidate for the Ark of Taste Led to MKE Apple Project
Ark Of Taste Milwaukee Apple Project Partnering with orchardists, chefs, conservationists, food activists and eaters alike to bring antique apples back to our tables Community grow-outs Promotion of local orchards carrying antique apples, and the chefs & producers featuring them Building the Milwaukee Apple orchard - a permanent public interactive space for enjoying and learning about biodiversity. Celebrating & education via tastings and MKE Apple Fest
Ark of Taste Carlo Petrini to Slow Food Network: Reinvigorate the catalog of all at-risk local products, varieties and native breeds until we reach 10,000 products. Because, even with > 1000 products on the Ark of Taste, plant species, breeds, traditional foods remain at risk 1 disappears every 3 hours.
Ark of Taste Q: How can you help? A1: Seek out and enjoy AOT foods! A2: Help us find local products to nominate to the Ark!
Ark of Taste Anyone can nominate! Start by talking to local farmers, chefs, gardeners, canners, wildcrafters, producers, food experts in our region Ark selects a product, not individual producers http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste Taste Product History Endangered, At Risk, or Underappreciated Sustainable Harvest or Production Available in Limited Quantities http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
Ark of Taste Completed nomination form goes to Regional Midwest Ark Committee, Slow Food USA, and International Ark Commission. SFW will help! http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste
:get involved Biodiversity Volunteer Opportunities: Ark of Taste detective MKE Apple Tree Corps Ark Grow Out Events Ark of Taste Celebration, MKE Apple Fest SFWiSE Contact: Bheinen@slowfoodwise.org SF Midwest Regional Contact: Jcasey@slowfoodwise.org SFUSA Contact: megan@slowfoodusa.org For more about SFW and all of our leaders: www.slowfoodwise.org