Ecofair • May 3–4, 2008
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Deborah Madison, is board member of Seed Saver Exchange and Southwest Grassfed Livestock Alliance, Slow Food Convivium co-leader, author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen, Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen, and Local Flavors (to be released in May 2008). Her talk is titled, “From Taste of Summer, to EcoFair and The Emergence of Local Flavors.” More about Deborah Madison at deborahmadison.com
Kurt Michael Friese, proprietor and chef of Iowa City's Devotay, member of the board of directors of Slow Food USA, editor-in-chief Edible Iowa River Valley, Iowa Source columnist "The Cook's Garden,", columnist for the Iowa Cita Press-Citizen, correspondent for Grist.org, author of Slow Food in the Heartland: A Cook's Journey, which is being published by Ice Cube Press in August. His talk is titled, “Conviviality is its Own Reward.”
Sherri Brooks Vinton, New York/New Jersey Regional Governor Slow Food USA and co-author of Real Food Revival discusses her concept of Real Food. Her talk is titled, “Reclaim the Food Chain: The Eater’s Role in the Real Food Movement.”
Detra Dettmann (Pathfinders Resource Conservation & Development and Buy Fresh, Buy Local) will be a member of a panel discussing the common grounds between local, artisanal, and slow foods as well as the effect of current legislation on our available fresh food markets.
Lonnie Gamble is a partner in Abundance Ecovillage in Fairfield, Iowa, a development of 25 homes where power is generated by solar and wind on site, water comes from rain catchment, and edible, useful, and beautiful plants fill the landscape. He is also developing permaculture farms in Iowa and Hawaii. He is on the teaching staff for permaculture courses at La Akea Gardens in Puna, East Hawaii, Bullock Brothers Farm in Orcas Island Washington, and Maharishi University of Management.
Riki Saltzman, Iowa Arts Council Folklife Coordinator, presents Iowa place-based food stories and the traditions of foods. Her talk is , “Iowa Place-Based Foods.”
For information on attending the event or becoming a vendor or sponsor please email ecofair@mum.edu