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ARK OF TASTE — SAVING OUR LOCAL FOOD HERITAGE, ONE FOOD AT A TIME WITH SLOW FOOD JENNIFER CASEY, JCASEY@SLOWFOODWISE.ORG BARB HEINEN, BHEINEN@SLOWFOODWISE.ORG

Overview….  Food biodiversity  Local food heritage  Slow Food’s Ark of Taste (AOT)  How to get involved in the AOT to protect and restore our local food heritage — e.g., to seek out, enjoy, grow, cook with, and to identify and submit products to be boarded onto the AOT

Food Biodiversity  Food biodiversity = variation of life forms within the food system.  Essential for good nutrition  Essential global food security

Food Biodiversity Today over 95% of traditionally eaten plant and animal foods have disappeared in the USA — 75% lost globally. 300,000 extinct vegetable varieties alone…in the last century. -FAO LOST REMAIN 60% FOODS World’s Food— Wheat, Rice, Corn

Food Biodiversity  Why losses?  Industrialized food system (monocrops)  Land use changes  Pollution  Climate change  Overharvesting (fishing)

Food Biodiversity “Biodiversity underpins to food security , sustainable livelihoods, ecosystem resilience , coping strategies for climate change, adequate nutritional requirements , insurance for the future ….” -Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, FAO http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/biodiversity_paia/PAR-FAO- book_lr.pdf

Slow Food…. …protects food biodiversity.

What is Slow Food?  Slow Food is a way of eating and living. It is also….  …a global, grassroots organization with over100,000 members in over 150 countries, which links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. --www.slowfood.com

History of Slow Food Founder — Carlo Petrini Slow Food Founded 1989 Slow Food USA in 2000

Vision We envision a world in which all people can access and enjoy food that is good for them, good for those who grow it and good for the planet. -slowfood.com

Good, Clean and Fair GOOD a fresh and flavorsome seasonal diet that satisfies the senses and is part of  our local culture; The pleasures of good food can also help to build community and celebrate culture and regional  diversity. CLEAN food production and consumption that does not harm the environment,  animal welfare or our health; Nutritious food that is as good for the planet as it is for our bodies. It is grown and harvested with  methods that have a positive impact on our local ecosystems and promotes biodiversity. FAIR accessible prices for consumers and fair conditions and pay for small-scale  producers. Food is a universal right. Food that is fair should be accessible to all, regardless of income, and  produced by people who are treated with dignity and justly compensated for their labor. Source: slowfood.com & slowfoodusa.org

What does Slow Food do?  Slow Food defends biodiversity in our food supply, promotes food and taste education and connects sustainable producers to co- producers through events and building networks . Source: slowfood.com

Slow Food: Internationally  Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity  Ark of Taste & Presidia  Terra Madre  Salone del Gusto  Slow Fish & Slow Cheese  University of Gastronomic Sciences  1000 Gardens in Africa  Earth Markets

Slow Food USA Domestic Programs  US Ark of Taste  US Presidia  American Raw Milk Cheese, Cape May Salt Oyster, Makah Ozette Potato, Navajo- Churro Sheep, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple, Wild Rice - Anishinaabeg Manoomin  Slow Food on Campus  US Terra Madre Network  Children and Food  Regional Biodiversity

Slow Food WiSE: Local Programs  Regional Biodiversity : Milwaukee Apple Project, Ark of Taste Grow Out, Beaver Dam Pepper Celebration  Food & Taste Education : Farm Tours, Slow Soup, Slow Socials, Tabling, Cooking Classes, Community Cooks, School Gardens  Networks: SE WI Farm Fresh Atlas, Milwaukee Food Council, Eat Local MKE

Ark of Taste- saving cherished foods, one product at a time http://www.slowfoodfoundation.com/ark Find Ark Products All Over the World!!!  More than 1000

Ark Of Taste The Ark of Taste in the US is a catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction. By promoting and eating Ark products we help ensure they remain in production and on our plates. “ Eat it to Save it.” – Poppy Tooker http://www.slowfoodusa.org/files/files/ark-of- taste-nomination-form2.pdf

Ark of Taste Local Examples (Upper Midwest) National Examples  Beaver Dam Pepper (SFW Amish Deer Tongue lettuce (SFW  Grow Out) Grow Out) Fish pepper   Amish Paste Tomato (SFW Sheepnose pimiento (SFW Grow Grow Out)  Out)  Sheboygan Tomato Aunt Molly’s Husk Tomato (SFW  Grow Out)  Red Wattle Pig (@ Bolzano’s, Bavette) Hidatsa Shield Figure bean  Cape May Salt Oyster  Shagbark Hickory Nuts  Bourbon Red Turkey  Manoomin  Reef Net Salmon Fishing   American Plains Bison Miriliton  Shrub, American Rye 

Ark Of Taste  SFW Grow Out:  6-packs for home gardeners  Beaver Dam Pepper  Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry  Jimmey Nardellos Sweet Italian Frying Pepper  Aunt Ruby’s German Green Tomato  Amish Paste Tomato  Djena Lees Golden Girl Tomato  AOT Harvest Celebration/September  Local Farm Grow Outs>Supply Restaurants  Ark highlighted at SFW events

Ark Of Taste  Milwaukee Apple  Good example of a local candidate for the Ark of Taste  Led to MKE Apple Project

Ark Of Taste  Milwaukee Apple Project  Partnering with orchardists, chefs, conservationists, food activists and eaters alike to bring antique apples back to our tables  Community grow-outs  Promotion of local orchards carrying antique apples, and the chefs & producers featuring them  Building the Milwaukee Apple orchard - a permanent public interactive space for enjoying and learning about biodiversity.  Celebrating & education via tastings and MKE Apple Fest

Ark of Taste Carlo Petrini to Slow Food Network: “…Reinvigorate the catalog of all at -risk local products, varieties and native breeds until we reach 10,000 products.” Because, even with > 1000 products on the Ark of Taste, plant species, breeds, traditional foods remain at risk — 1 disappears every 3 hours.

Ark of Taste Q: How can you help? __________________________ A1: Seek out and enjoy AOT foods! A2: Help us find local products to nominate to the Ark!

Ark of Taste  Anyone can nominate!  Start by talking to local farmers, chefs, gardeners, canners, wildcrafters, producers, food experts in our region …  Ark selects a product , not individual producers http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste  Taste  Product History  Endangered, At Risk, or Underappreciated  Sustainable Harvest or Production  Available in Limited Quantities http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste: Criteria http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

Ark of Taste  Completed nomination form goes to Regional Midwest Ark Committee, Slow Food USA, and International Ark Commission. SFW will help! http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/ark_of_taste

:get involved  Biodiversity Volunteer Opportunities:  Ark of Taste “detective”  MKE Apple Tree Corps  Ark Grow Out  Events — Ark of Taste Celebration, MKE Apple Fest  SFWiSE Contact: Bheinen@slowfoodwise.org  SF Midwest Regional Contact: Jcasey@slowfoodwise.org  SFUSA Contact: megan@slowfoodusa.org For more about SFW and all of our leaders: www.slowfoodwise.org