“Taste, learn, inspire,” is the theme at this year’s first annual Farm to Fork Festival, a food gathering in Jackson Hole, presented by Slow Food in the Tetons. The event will take place at the Teton County Fairgrounds, Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020.
The Farm to Fork Festival is a two day, family friendly event, created to celebrate food, farms and community. Slow Food in the Tetons will be joined by The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Wyoming legislators, and five leaders on the forefront of the slow food movement, for a weekend dedicated to food education, celebration, and inspiration to create a healthier, more sustainable food system.
On Friday evening, the event kicks off with Wyoming food policy and the future of food discussions. Guests will learn about the Food Freedom Act, including recent changes, the role of the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund, and join the policy conversation regarding the future of food in Teton County and Wyoming. On Saturday, leaders of the slow food movement will present reports, and lead discussions on rebuilding local food processing and marketing, Biodynamics and farmland preservation, food freedom, vermicomposting and soil, and food justice and food equity. The day’s presentations will be followed by the final People’s Market of the 2020 season. It’s the last chance to stock up for winter and support local and regional producers. Event goers also have the option to purchase tickets for more than ten workshops taking place at various locations around town, and online, on Saturday.
Slow Foods in the Tetons, a chapter of Slow Food USA, is a non-profit organization based in Jackson that connects the community with local, healthy food. By hosting events and running programs throughout the year, like the year-round farmers market, cooking classes, a community garden, CSA programs, the Slow Food farm stand, and a local food guide, the non-profit makes locally grown food easier to find and celebrates the local food community. The ultimate goal is to increase the amount of food being grown locally, so the community can eat better and healthier while growing the economy and making a more positive impact on the planet.
What is Slow Food? Slow food is the opposite of fast food. It’s not overly processed or shipped in frozen from who knows where to be eaten out of a paper bag in your car or at your desk. Slow Food is delicious and healthy food, grown in a way that is good for our planet, good for our bodies, and accessible to all. Slow food is cooked lovingly so that ingredients and their nutrients shine and it’s eaten amongst family, friends or soon to be friends so that it can be enjoyed.
Slow Food in the Tetons
Food and drinks for the first annual Farm to Fork Festival will be provided by Sweet Cheeks Meats, Bin22, Snake River Brewing, Jackson Hole Stillworks, Trio, and Local. Due to limited seating for Friday evening’s welcome event, and COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, it is advised that you purchase tickets online for the weekends events and workshops.
