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Mouths Water. Earth Smiles.
Orient, N.Y.
As founders of the Eastern Long Island chapter of Slow Food, we were pleased to read Eric Schlosser's "Slow Food for Thought" [Sept. 22]. We are fortunate to live in an area where sustainable and fair agriculture and mariculture are thriving. Our farms and vineyards are small, family owned and operated; the workers are well paid, and their labor is valued. Local eggs, cheese, mushrooms, ducks, chickens, bison and venison are readily available. Oyster farmers, baymen, lobstermen and fishermen sell their seafood to an eager market. Wendell Berry's maxim "Eating is an agricultural act" is our mantra. We were devotees of slow food before we ever heard of it. We believe eating well is the cheapest luxury.
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