Wow – what a spectacular event yesterday! Many thanks to those of you who were able to make it – the food was amazing, the sense of community outstanding and the commitment to Slow Food as strong as ever (we signed up 5 new family memberships – over 80 in our convivium now)! We had an amazing lunch of food prepared by many hands (over 70 in attendance yesterday), our program leaders spoke to their events and encouraged volunteerism, Beth Vader educated us about Maple Syrup, we presented our Food Declaration – many signed the pledge, the kids coloured and ran about – it was wonderful!

For those of you we missed – we hope you are well and wanted to let you know what’s going on with Slow Food the County for the balance of 2008. Here is our list of the activities that you can volunteer for – if you are interested please respond to info@slowfoodthecounty.ca and indicate which event(s) you’d like to participate in:

• Spring 2008 - Edible Education Garden (CML Snider School, Wellington) lead by Lorren Leville
• June 21st – Hillier Fish Fry (event lead Jamie Kennedy)
• July 26th – Countypalooza (event lead Richard Karlo)
• Aug 17th – Heirloom Tomato Everything (event lead Tim Noxon & Vicki Emlaw) 
• Sept 28th – Cheese Maker for a Day (event lead Petra Cooper)
• Fall (date TBD) – Goat Farm Experience (event lead Dino Iannuzzi)
• Summer (date TBD) – Bass Fishing Experience (event lead Karin & Michael Potters)
• Nov 1st – Good, Clean & Fair Dinner (event lead Karin Potters and Rebecca LeHeup)

A special thanks to Diane Rheaume, Peter Fleming, Cynthia Peters, Brian Ford, Suzanne Biro, Karin Potters, Jamie Kennedy and Catherine Langlois for pulling together the Pot Luck!