The big event taking place over this Labor Day Weekend in San Francisco, is Slow Food Nation. You can taste your way through an afternoon of locally grown, sustainable delicacies, as Slow Food celebrates a sustainable food system can produce healthy and delicious food for everyone in San Francisco, and far beyond. The event features the Taste Pavilions, chef demonstrations, a major conference on food values, social justice and the environment, an urban farm, a rockin’ music festival and workshops, forums, films and interactive exhibits.

Slow Food Nation will transform San Francisco’s Civic Center and Fort Mason into a farmers’ market, an urban victory garden and marketplace showcasing local and sustainable, local food growers and artisanal producers featuring fresh, seasonal produce and foods. For more information visit Civic Center Plaza into an urban garden, farmers’ market, and an outdoor food bazaar showcasing local and sustainable food growers, including wine, cheese, olive oils, breads and honeys, and is located directly in front of City Hall, at the heart of downtown San Francisco. For more information, please visit Slow Food Nation.