ALBC wins Slow Food honors.

COUNTRYSIDE: I was pleased to see your article on the Slow Food Movement in the latest issue of COUNTRYSIDE. While the emphasis in your article is on the techniques of regional slow food preparation, ultimately the issue must include the resources from which slow food is prepared: the plants and animals which provide the raw materials. These have been selected and developed over centuries in many regions of the world.

In America, since we are nearly all immigrants, we have brought these food producers from all over the world and have almost forgotten the regionalism that created them. Still the genetic resources of these plants and animals are a treasure to preserve. Slow Foods International recognized the value of that diversity by awarding 13 prizes this year to individuals and organizations working to conserve and promote that biodiversity. I am proud to say that American Livestock Breeds Conservancy was one so honored, and the only award recipient from the United States.

I continue to grab COUNTRYSIDE as one of my first periodicals to read. Keep up the good work. -- Donald E. Bixby, DVM, Executive Director, American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, PO Box 477, Pittsboro, NC 27312, [phone] FAX [phone]