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Slow Food Hawaii camps out in Waipio Valley

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Channel: Big Island Video News · 2012 · News & Politics

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As the Big Island of Hawaii debates the pros and cons of commercial, fast food establishments setting up business in growing island neighborhoods, supporters of the "slow food" movement retreat to Waipio Valley to enjoy traditional cooking.

On June 6th - 7th, Alberta and Jayson Mock Chew opened their Moku Wai taro farm to fellow members of the Slow Food Hawaii organization, for an evening of camping and ono eats. 

The event was a fundraising effort to send Hawaii Island delegates to Terra Madre 2010, the biennial international meeting of the Terra Madre Network - the heart of the slow food movement - in Turin, Italy.

Slow food campers were treated to a tour of the Mock Chew farm, and served a feast prepared in the traditional "slow food" manner. 

The slow food movement is right at home in Waipio Valley, an isolated land that is unlikely to ever contend with fast food chains. With 4 wheel drive vehicles required to climb the steep roads and cross the streams running through the legendary wahi pana, those who call Waipio Valley home are fairly certain there will never be a commercial drive-in in their neighborhood.

In this video, Slow Food Hawaii leader Shelby Floyd talks about the history of the movement and discusses her take on new fast food business coming to Pahoa.

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