Terra Madre conference reveals Slow Food at crossroads

Around the Oval Lingotto, the massive sports complex built to host some of the events at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the buses were moving at a glacial pace. But last week it was 6,000 farmers, fishermen and food artisans from more than 132 countries that had descended upon the halls of the Palasport Olimpico, and they were here to discuss the future of the world's food supply. This was the Terra Madre conference -- a gathering of those who swear by the Slow Food International manifesto -- held every two years in conjunction with the Salone del Gusto, the largest artisanal food fair in the world.

By Ann Le

November 5, 2008