FUTURE LEADERS OF A SLOW FOOD NATION GATHER FOR AN EAT-IN AT SAN FRANCISCO'S DOLORES PARK
In Conjunction with Outstanding in the Field, an All-Day Youth Celebration and Demonstration to Support a New, Sustainable Food System to Take Place on Labor Day
San Francisco, CA (August 13, 2008)-On Labor Day, Monday, September 1, Slow Food Nation and Outstanding in the Field (Link to www.outstandinginthefield.com) will partner to bring together 250 students and young farmers, cooks, food artisans, activists and eaters for an Eat-In at one long, curving table in San Francisco's Dolores Park. This extraordinary event serves to demonstrate that changing the way we eat can be simple, joyous and accessible to everyone. It closes six days of activities for Youth Food Movement participants at Slow Food Nation, the largest celebration of food in America.
The Eat-In is an opportunity for the generation of young people inheriting the food system to share stories, break bread and plant the seeds for a future that will bring good, clean, fair food to everyone. Participants will form teams to pick up produce from local markets on Saturday and Sunday, then take the farm-fresh ingredients back to private and professional kitchens across the city, where up-and-coming chefs will lead the groups in preparing food together.
