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Objective 3.C
Re-link city and country through existing events that bring country to city and city to the country.

Proposed Places to Start for 2008:
1.    Connect Slow Food Convivia and Farmers Market Associations with County Fair management in six counties to create a local food and farm focus area.  This area will display the bounty of local produce, and teach residents about the urban and rural efforts in the area to create a sustainable food system.
2.    Encourage all CA County Fair managers to attend Slow Food Nation in the fall of 08.

Potential Future Actions 2009-2012:
3.    Bring the “culture” back into agriculture by supporting food- and farming - based art festivals in a different County each year. Involve families, and particularly youth, in these activities.  Seek funding from the National Endowment of the Arts to support this traveling festival.  
4.    Link farms and Future Farmers of America, California Conservation Corps, school garden efforts, Master Gardeners in an effort to feature locally grown produce and educate about sustainability and food systems.
5.    Expand Placer County Agricultural Marketing Program to six other regions.  
6.    Create educational materials geared toward youth, that highlight the food system and ways youth can make eating delicious food fun!  Disseminate them at farmers markets and festivals.  
7.    Work to “green” the County Fairs throughout CA.
8.    Develop educational materials and event ideas for use by farmers market associations throughout the state.  Encourage more farmers markets to be event oriented and develop new regional food system partnerships by co-hosting regional events.
9.    Create a statewide Harvest Day that highlights community gardens, edible landscapes, harvest festivals and CSA’s and raises awareness of food systems.  
 
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