Good News!

So, the project that we're working on - called Granai della Memoria - or granaries of memory - is an actual, honest-to-goodness research project.  Consequently, we have to go through the process of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval at Ohio Wesleyan for the project.  The students and I talked a little bit about this a few weeks ago, but I recently submitted our materials to get that process started, and we're already approved!

Great news for the students, and for our project!

The project itself was conceived at the Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (University of Gastronomic Sciences - UNISG) in Pollenzo, Italy.  So, I know that you're wondering, "just what is a Gastronome?" As you can see (by clicking on the link), my friends at UNISG have you covered.  UNISG was begun by Carlo Petrini and his colleagues, who also founded Slow Food.  Not familiar with Slow Food?  Here is a great resource to get you up to speed.

If you'd like to know more about the broader Granai project, please click here.  Slow Food USA is also doing something kind of similar, called Stories from a Slow Food Nation.

We've been pretty heavily involved in Slow Food principles already, and a portion of our class will be traveling to Cleveland in a few weeks and getting to know folks from Slow Food Northern Ohio, as well as some students from Case Western Reserve University who have recently started the process of forming an on-campus chapter of Slow Food.  Very exciting stuff - and certainly more updates will be coming.

Cordiali saluti da 9B Pfeiffer (warm greetings from 9B Pfeiffer - my office)...

Tra poco (More soon)-

CF