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National events

web eucalyptus citriodoraSlow Food international president Carlo Petrini at a national convivium leaders' meeting, Sydney 2009. Image: Marie HensleyFreshly-dug potatoes at A Taste of Slow, Melbourne 2006. Image: Anna CleemanDemonstration kitchen garden, A Taste of Slow, Melbourne 2006. Image: Helen Robb

SLOW Food major events in Australia help to promote national awareness of the organisation, its philosophy and work. These include established biennial events such as Slow Food Melbourne’s A Taste of Slow and Slow Food Adelaide and Barossa’s Barossa Slow, and new events that are being developed to extend Slow Food’s national mission.

  • Image: Katrina PutkerA Taste of Slow / Artisan producers, writers, broadcasters and film-makers from across the country gather in Victoria for two weeks every two years to celebrate Slow Food. The event was last held in 2008 and included a two-day market in Melbourne’s Federation Square. Planning is underway for A Taste of Slow 2010 in Gippsland in eastern Victoria.
  • Barossa Slow / The 2009 edition in South Australia’s renowned Barossa Valley between 01-05 Oct conjured ‘traditions and transitions’ – a journey into the culture and customs of one of Australia’s celebrated food and wine regions.
  • Food with latitude / The world’s longest lunch in all national communities bisected by latitude 23º south will follow the sun – on a single day – from Brazil in the east to Namibia in the west, drawing the world’s attention to indigenous food culture, 12 of the world’s biodiversity ‘hotspots’, and the need to sustain the southern hemisphere’s terrestrial and marine food ecosystems
  • Slow wave / A regular congress of marine-reliant national communities, bisected by latitude 23º south, that explores, debates and documents the challenges of environmental and industrial change on marine life and the food communities traditionally sustained by fishing, and seeks to influence governments to take sustainable, remedial action.
  • Terra Australis / An Australian edition of Terra Madre, a national forum for farming and fishing communities, cooks and chefs, students and researchers to build national awareness of the challenges and opportunities of food sustainability and the wonders of ‘small, slow food’, including indigenous food.
  • Terra Oceania / A regional edition of Terra Australis, expanded to include south-western Pacific and south-eastern Indian Ocean island food communities, to enhance awareness of indigenous food traditions and culture and the challenges of environmental change and sustainable farming and fishing.

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