The woman who launched the US farmers market movement is in Australia to stir things up ahead of the G20, with supermarket monopolies, fancy chefs and school meals in her sights
Food is a political issue for Alice Waters. Ive always thought of it that way, she says. Its not Australias cuisine or sights that have finally lured the 70-year-old chef, author and food activist to Australia but a political event on a global stage.
Brisbanes upcoming G20 conference is the catalyst for Waters first visit to the country, where she will speak at both the Sydney Opera House and the Athenaeum theatre in Melbourne about the value of slow food in a fast food world.
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