JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Slow Food in the Tetons’ Farm-to-Fork Festival was a huge success. Market vendors reported record individual sales, and the market as a whole generated a total of $22,629 in direct to farm/vendor sales.
Mark Bittman’s keynote address called for a change to the global, industrialized food system and a focus on good, clean and fair food system methods and resources.
Panel discussions brought a new educational dimension to this year’s event. Reclaiming Ancestral Shoshone Food was led by four community leaders and elders from the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes. The New Generation of Food Producers and was led by guests from CWC’s Alpine Science Institute, a farmer from Teton Valley, Idaho, a Summit Innovations School science teacher, and the communications director for Slow Food USA.
Some 500 free locally-sourced community lunches were provided at little to no cost thanks to donations from local producers and chefs and a fantastic team of volunteers who helped with the preparations and delivery.
