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Our OFFICIAL Recognition as an Earth Market by the Slow Food International Foundation of Biodiversity will take place on JULY 21, with Earth Markets Head, Gigi Frassanito. This will continue to make Greenville Greener, and we hope you will celebrate with us.
Greenville's Earth Market will become the first of its kind in the United States to receive the official designation. Only 19 Earth Markets currently exist worldwide. They are located in Italy, Austria, Isreal, Latvia, Lebanon, Spain, and Romania.
Greenville's Earth Market will become the first of its kind in the United States to receive the official designation. Only 19 Earth Markets currently exist worldwide. They are located in Italy, Austria, Isreal, Latvia, Lebanon, Spain, and Romania.
Columbia's 701 Farmer's Market is similar. It sells only locally grown produce and was started in 2009 at at City Roots. Lots of restaurants around town buy and prepare only local produce. South Carolinians should want to be green because the state's rich agrarian history.
Columbia's 701 Farmer's Market is similar. It sells only locally grown produce and was started in 2009 at at City Roots. Lots of restaurants around town buy and prepare only local produce. South Carolinians should want to be green because the state's rich agrarian history.
City Roots held its second annual tomato festival yesterday.
A fun Tasty Tomato Festival at City Roots - Life & Style - TheState.com (http://www.thestate.com/2011/07/18/1901895/a-fun-tasty-tomato-festival-at.html - broken link)
That's nice & all, but.... What does that have to do with Greenville's attaining this status?
Greenville's Earth Market will become the first of its kind in the United States to receive the official designation. Only 19 Earth Markets currently exist worldwide. They are located in Italy, Austria, Isreal, Latvia, Lebanon, Spain, and Romania.
I don't really understand why it's impressive that Greenville is getting the first "Earth Market" in the U.S. There are already places in the U.S. that have well established and impressive local organic markets. Asheville is one with their "Foodtopian" and "Slow Food" organizations.
They have multiple farmers markets selling local organic produce and 250 independent restaurants, tons of which are farm-to-table. The restaurants there have been working for years to create a farmer/restaurant network.
The real news is that Greenville will finally have something of substance in the local food/organic food area. I have always wondered why an area like Greenville with lots of good land on the outskirts and a healthy population would be so slow to embrace the local food/organic food trend.
I don't really understand why it's impressive that Greenville is getting the first "Earth Market" in the U.S. There are already places in the U.S. that have well established and impressive local organic markets. Asheville is one with their "Foodtopian" and "Slow Food" organizations.
They have multiple farmers markets selling local organic produce and 250 independent restaurants, tons of which are farm-to-table. The restaurants there have been working for years to create a farmer/restaurant network.
The real news is that Greenville will finally have something of substance in the local food/organic food area. I have always wondered why an area like Greenville with lots of good land on the outskirts and a healthy population would be so slow to embrace the local food/organic food trend.
Perhaps you didn't read the previous posts fully. Greenville embraced the slow foods movement years ago as well. Greenville has numerous farm to table restaurants, a growing number of local organic farms, etc, etc. What is "impressive" is the fact that this is "Earth Markets". If you know about Earth Markets, you understand why.
Perhaps you didn't read the previous posts fully. Greenville embraced the slow foods movement years ago as well. Greenville has numerous farm to table restaurants, a growing number of local organic farms, etc, etc. What is "impressive" is the fact that this is "Earth Markets". If you know about Earth Markets, you understand why.
What are these numerous farm-to-table restaurants? I asked that on a different thread awhile back and only got American Grocery as an answer. I can't afford to eat at that restaurant very often.
That's nice & all, but.... What does that have to do with Greenville's attaining this status?
I was thinking this thread was in the SC forum when I posted in it. I think I made that mistake because I had just read a thread about SC's green economy in the SC forum that talked only about Greenville's role in it. My apologies. That said, any city that bombards its populace on Saturday morning with local produce all over town at community-based farmer's markets because of the slow food movement, should have caught the attention of Earth Markets by now, and I will have to say that the multitude of community farmer's markets has been present in Columbia for at least five years if not nearly 10. But congratulations, Greenville.
What are these numerous farm-to-table restaurants? I asked that on a different thread awhile back and only got American Grocery as an answer. I can't afford to eat at that restaurant very often.
Would love to know the answer to this myself!
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