Comments on: Slow Food's Ark of Taste Saves Endangered Flavors http://ecosalon.com/slow_food_s_ark_of_taste_saves_endangered_flavors/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sarah I http://ecosalon.com/slow_food_s_ark_of_taste_saves_endangered_flavors/#comment-1561 Sarah I Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:02:40 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/artisan/Slow_Food_s_Ark_of_Taste_Saves_Endangered_Flavors#comment-1561 Fascinating! I knew we'd lost a lot of food diversity but I hadn't realized how much! This reminds me of the markets in Peru, where I would see the strangest fruits and vegetables. True, the climate was more tropical, but there were plenty of temperate and mountain foods that could easily be grown in the climates of the States... and yet they are nowhere to be seen. Let's bring exotic foods back into our own markets!! Fascinating! I knew we’d lost a lot of food diversity but I hadn’t realized how much!

This reminds me of the markets in Peru, where I would see the strangest fruits and vegetables. True, the climate was more tropical, but there were plenty of temperate and mountain foods that could easily be grown in the climates of the States… and yet they are nowhere to be seen.

Let’s bring exotic foods back into our own markets!!

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