Italian Carlo Petrini, the founder of the international Slow Food movement, was invited to North Carolina by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems as a featured speaker for the Farm-to-Fork activities which included a public discussion in Raleigh, an evening reception, and a picnic at Chapel Hill Creamery. Of course we couldn't let Mr. Petrini visit without seeing a local farm, so he toured Peregrine Farm before the afternoon picnic.

Peregrine Farm

Alex Hitt explains Peregrine Farm's cropping system to Carlo Petrini and his guests. NCSU's Nancy Creamer, director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, is shown third from the right.

No-till cover crop field with Haygrove tunnels in background.

Anne Everitt catered the delicious on-farm lunch which featured produce from Peregrine Farm.

Petrini signed copies of his book before he left.

Group shot.