ESTIA, the International EcoPeace Community’s 9th Annual Conference, titled “Slow Food, A Model for Sustainable & Healthy Living,” took place Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center in 2012. The program included an introduction to “slow food,” and discussions on slow food and its health benefits, how gardens can slow us down, slow food and the culture of the table as a model for the nation, and food policy – incorporating the slow food model into the Maine economy at state and community levels. It was the last time that I saw Russell Libby , Executive Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assoc. and he spoke as part of the Food Policy Panel.
One of the speakers I was not familiar with was Fabio Parasecoli, PhD, is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Food Studies at The New School in New York City and cooperating
professor at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, Polenzo, Italy. His topic was
“Slow Food and the Culture of the Table: a Viable Model for the US?”
His work explores the intersections among food, media, and politics.
Among his recent publications: Food Culture in Italy (2004), The
Introduction to Culinary Cultures in Europe (The Council of Europe,
2005) and Bite me! Food in Popular Culture (2008). He is general editor
with Peter Scholliers of a six-volume Cultural History of Food (2012).
He spoke about Italian food culture and he presented some issues with the EU food policies. I need to read some of his books.
He has a YT video
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