So, I went to Italy last weekend for the Terra Madre conference, the worlds largest meeting of "food communities" (Farmers, chefs, educators, students, activists, etc.): 6000 delegates from all over the world.
I saw the most incredible-looking people I've ever encountered, the kind of people you see pictures of in magazines.
People were selling food and crafts from all over the world. I bought yarn from Chile.
There were workshops about myriad issues concerning food and agriculture, and hundreds of booths set up of people with their traditional foodstuffs. I saw food I've never seen before (like a cheese with a 4 inch-thick rind, and other cheeses shaped like gourds... now that I think of it, mostly a lot of different cheeses.).
And best of all, I ate ALL WEEKEND LONG.
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