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	Ark of Taste

bignosemousie

5-8-2007 6:03 PM

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slow food, food, biodiversity, agriculture, farming, environment, science

bignosemousie says:

The Ark of Taste is a project of the Slow Food Foundation. Its goal is to reintroduce forgotten foods, so that they do not go extinct. Large scale agrobusiness really threatens the existence of thousands of plant types, as well as animal species. Really interesting website with lots of information.

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5-8-2007 6:05 PM

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