The Terra Madre Communities are working towards building 1000 Gardens in Africa. Partnering with 25 African countries there are 730 communities already signed on for fundraising money for these gardens; 642 communities already have gardens up and running so now we just need to fill in the rest to meet this goal by Carlo Petrini’s date: Terra Madre 2012.

This is a project that Slow Food Edmonton has wanted to get up and running for a while now so it feels great to finally be setting things in motion.

We will be having a vote on which African country we would like to support once funds are raised. The Edmonton convivium will be choosing from countries in the Sahel region of Africa which is in much need of these types of programs right now.

These gardens are aiming to get communities back into the practice of farming in through promoting biodiversity and in a sustainable way.  Slow Food International volunteers work to promote the utilization of traditional practices in Africa before they are lost and to promote many small scale farms as opposed to large single crop farming.So many African countries are dependent upon Maize.  But in drought, this can easily spell disaster.  As we are passionate about the right to good, clean, and fair food for everyone locally, we and Slow Food International is now working at this goal for the world.