Terra Madre, an event organized by the Terra Madre Foundation, brings together food producers and workers from around the world, giving them the opportunity to discuss the major themes of food production. Together they share and compare the diverse and complex issues that underlie what “high-quality food” means to them:

• issues of environmental resources and planetary equilibrium
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• aspects of taste
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• worker dignity
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• consumer safety

The Terra Madre network is made up of all those who wish to act to preserve, encourage, and support sustainable food production methods. These methods are based on attention to territory and those distinctive qualities that have permitted the land to retain its fertility over centuries of use. Small producers, lacking the means to create markets even within their own regions, become crushed by subsidy systems that render their working conditions unfair.

Take some time to look around the Terra Madre site, as there are a number of useful links.