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In Saturday’s edition of The Globe and Mail, (in the Globe T.O. section, natch), Sasha Chapman wrote about Slow Food Toronto’s latest coup: the “eco-gastronomic” organization had organized a sumptuous, Slow Food feast at Hart House, and the Ayatollah of the Slow Food movement, Carlo Petrini, was flying to our fair city—from Italy—to attend. But not everyone was equally impressed. In a letter to the editor in Monday's Globe and Mail, Kim Solga of London, Ontario, wrote: "According to Sasha Chapman, the Do It Slow Banchetto dinner 'is open to anyone with $150 to spare.' In other words: Slow-cooked, healthy, locally sourced food is available only to the wealthy among us. That's sustainability for you."

The food we eat, and the sources thereof, have become the subjects of increasing attention over the past few years. In an attempt to bring farmers and the people they feed closer together, Slow Food Toronto hosted its second annual Farm-to-Home Fair at the Gladstone this past Saturday. Local farmers and food producers came out in force for some agricultural show-and-tell, and local eaters (that's us) came to learn more about the importance of buying from sustainable, Toronto-area farms. Torontoist departed with two dozen pastured, laid-this-week eggs, and also a bit of insight into our local food culture.