SLOW Food Australia has partnered publisher Vogue Entertaining and Travel to recognise producers working to preserve Australian food heritage and traditions. Slow Food Australia chairman Leonie Furber says the award – which will be part of the VE+T produce awards from 2010 – reflects the spirit and principles of Slow Food. ‘It will be made to an individual, group or community in food or agriculture working towards the preservation, continuation or reintroduction of threatened produce and farming practices.’ she said. ‘The award celebrates biodiversity, sustainability and gastronomic traditions. I think it is a very natural fit.’
Producers who, in the past, have been recognised by Vogue for their heritage work include Diggers Seeds in Victoria, for its committment to preserving heirloom seeds; Eden Valley bio-dynamic flour in Western Australia, for its conservation of traditional milling methods and use of an heirloom wheat cultivar; and Tasmania’s Spring Bay Seafoods, which in 2009 was recognised for its work in developing fish hatcheries. The partnership between Slow Food Australia and Vogue was announced at a lunch in Sydney on 19 Oct 2009.
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Vogue 2009 Produce Awards PDF
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