Spannocchia Symposium I Slideshow - Food, Landscape & Community in Tuscany and New England

In February 2009, the Spannocchia Foundation began a new and gratifying way to actualize its mission, by fulfilling a long-held vision of providing a cross-cultural exchange called the Spannocchia Symposium. The inaugural symposium gathering focused on the issue of sustainable local food systems and how they play an integral role in maintaining rural culture and landscape in both Tuscany and New England. Thirty-one farmers, chefs, agricultural educators, food writers, food policy experts and young leaders from New England travelled to the Tenuta di Spannocchia to join their Tuscan counterparts for four dynamic days of presentations, conversation, farm and market tours, and group meals featuring local and seasonal products. Participant feedback on the Symposium was overwhelmingly positive, with many ideas generated to sustain the connection between the stakeholders of both regions.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• sustainability
• cross-cultural symposium
• rural culture maintenance
• sustainable local food systems
• sustainable farming
• Tuscany
• New England