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For the past several years people have become more health conscious, thus learning about the true benefits of eating organic foods. Besides the long-term health benefits of changing your eating style to include foods that are organically grown, there are also health benefits that deal directly with specific food related diseases. Since the introduction of processed foods to the Western world, the annual rate of consumers who are affected by food-borne illnesses and pathogens has risen significantly. Diseases such as e-coli and salmonella are seen much more frequently since the introduction of processed foods. These illnesses are no longer confined to meat products. Fruits and vegetables are being found with pathogens that cause serious illness in consumers. This is also true in other parts of the world. When newly processed foods are introduced, consumers begin to notice a sharp increase in the number of people who are affected by food-related illnesses.

Touted as the largest celebration of food in America. Slow Food USA's subsidiary Slow Food Nation, was created to organize the first-ever American collaborative gathering to unite the growing sustainable food movement and introduce thousands of people to food that is good, clean and fair.

The first annual event of Slow Food Nation takes place on Labor Day 2008 in San Francisco (August 29th - September 1st).

Slow Food Nation is dedicated to creating a framework for deeper environmental connection to our food and aims to inspire and empower Americans to build a food system that is sustainable, healthy and delicious.

Slow Food USA is a part of the International Slow Food Movement.

Most people will not be able to afford to pay someone to design, plant and develop a garden for them year round. I feel as though this is cheating somehow because when you think of a 'garden' or when I think of a garden, I imagine that it is maintained by the homeowner, that it is a personal connection between man and earth. But if you think about farms that sell their crops to stores or community supported agriculture, then this is not so far fetched. People who could afford it have always had personal gardeners.

July 22, 2008
A Locally Grown Diet With Fuss but No Muss
By KIM SEVERSON

Eating locally raised food is a growing trend. But who has time to get to the farmer’s market, let alone plant a garden?

That is where Trevor Paque comes in. For a fee, Mr. Paque, who lives in San Francisco, will build an organic garden in your backyard, weed it weekly and even harvest the bounty, gently placing a box of vegetables on the back porch when he leaves.