Summer 2010

We have a fantastic occasion to spend five and a half days in rural Poland this summer at the Invitation of the International Centre for the Protection of Polish Countryside (ICPPC).

Please have a look at the Programme, especially designed for us, it is very “slow food”. To say a few words about the host, ICPPC is the environmental “Nobel Prize” winner “for fighting for the survival of family farms in Poland” (2002). The Goldman Environmental Prize is given annually to grassroots environmental heroes and includes a no-strings-attached award of $125,000. As the largest award of its kind, it has been called the "Nobel Prize for the Environment”.

So, you can go and see it for yourselves: family farmhouses, cheese making, preserving, cow milking and also meet with Polish Slow Food members.

In order for our friends at ICPPC to organise the tour properly, we need to reach a decision on the date and numbers by end of March, latest.

The next meeting of the SF Oxon Book group will take place on Wednesday 24 March at 7.30pm at the Summertown Wine Cafe, South Parade, Summertown.

We will be discussing:

Swindled: From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee - The Dark History of the Food Cheats by Bee Wilson

Even if you have not read the book, but are interested in a convivial discussion of food cheats and counterfeits, please come along.

I look forward seeing old and new members.

Regards,

Liz

Venue: Door74 on Cowley Road, Oxford

The Convivium will hold its AGM from 6:30, followed by dinner at about 7:45. In between, from about 7:15 we would like to discuss with members and guests ideas for Convivium events in 2010.

So, if you would like to come along, please let me know. I will then send you the menu for pre-orders (£16,99 for 2 courses or £19.99 for 3 courses).

In the meantime, if you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to write to me.