İzmir Village-Koop Union President Neptün Soyer made tarhana soup with mastic in the talk of Local If Yeriz, held within the scope of HORECA Fair – 3rd International Hotel Equipment, Hospitality Accommodation Technologies and Out-of-Home Consumption Fair. Neptün Soyer said, “If we can continue the products we produce with the slogan of 'good, fair clean food', we will be able to keep our pastures alive. As Slow Foodists with good, fair, clean food, this is our motto at Terra Madre Anadolu İzmir 2022, which we will hold in September, 'If we are local, we eat'. Terra Madre Anadolu İzmir 2022 will be a big gastronomy fair where small producers will be supported”.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerContinuing to work in line with the vision of İzmir, the city of fairs, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality continues to host fairs. HORECA Fair – 3rd International Hotel Equipment, Hospitality and Accommodation Technologies and Out-of-Home Consumption Fair, organized by GL Platform Fuarcılık at Fuar İzmir, hosts interviews and workshops. In the talk on “We Eat If We Are Local” held within the scope of the fair program, İzmir Village-Koop Union President Neptün Soyer and Emergency Health Association for All President Exp. Dr. Ülkümen Rodoplu made gummy tarhana soup, which is one of the important products of the peninsula region. GL Platform Fairs General Manager Gül Ceylan, İZFAŞ General Manager Canan Karaosmanoğlu Buyer, Writer Nedim Atilla, cooks, producers and citizens followed the conversation, which was organized with the support of the Turkish Cooks Federation and the Izmir Cooks Association.
Neptune Soyer: “Good, fair and clean food”
Expressing that whether the foods eaten during the pandemic period are healthy or not, İzmir Village-Koop Union President Neptün Soyer said, “As Slow Foodists, there are three words we collect in our snail logo; good, fair, clean food. Why it is good, it is important that it was produced on time. Why is it clean, we need to pay attention to the poison we take with medicine while producing. That's why we put clean food next to good. When we say fair food, it is like being produced both as producers and with fair services and input costs. At the same time, the consumer should buy fairly. This is our motto at Terra Madre Anadolu İzmir 2022, which we will hold in September as Slow Foodists with good, fair, clean food, 'If we are local, we eat'. Terra Madre Anadolu İzmir 2022 will be a big gastronomy fair where small producers will be supported. It will be held in Izmir in Turkey for the first time outside of Italy. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç SoyerWith Terra Madre Anadolu İzmir 2022, which will be held in line with the vision of İzmir, the city of fairs, the values of small producers will come together in İzmir.”
“We want them to prefer small producers”
Stating that healthy agriculture is very important besides recipe and handcraft, Neptün Soyer said, “We, as cooks, producers and consumers, need to be in contact with each other. We want small cafes, restaurants and hotels to prefer small producers like us. It is your choice that will empower you. If we can continue the products we produce with the slogan of 'good, fair clean food', we will be able to keep our pastures alive. As İzmir Village-Koop Union, one of our goals is to keep the pastures alive. In order to ensure the existence of the equipment here, in order for this fair to be held again, we need to pay attention to our stomach and health. We, small producers, small hotels, cafes, cooks have to meet for healthy food. Our President Tunç SoyerTerra Madre Anadolu İzmir 2022, which will be organized in line with the vision of İzmir, the city of fairs, will be a big meeting for both small producers and healthy food.”
Rodoplu: “We do not question what we eat”
The President of the Emergency Health Association for All, Dr. Dr. Ülkümen Rodoplu said, “What we eat is very important, what kind of mobile phones we are buying and changing, we do research, we examine, we look, which one is more suitable, affordable and safe. But we do not question what we eat. Whatever comes before us. We buy what we find in the market, in the market… If we show the sensitivity we show when buying a mobile phone, when entering my stomach, when choosing foods that will serve our body, which is extremely important for our health, then that will begin.” Rodoplu warned the participants in the field not to get sick and said, “Health in Turkey has become increasingly privatized. If you have money, you can get good service. Don't be sick for tarhana soup," he said. In his speech, Rodoplu also emphasized the importance of local nutrition and reminded that local products will meet in 2022 in Terra Madre Anadolu İzmir.
Writer Nedim Atilla said, “We will meet at Terra Madre in September. Slow Food has another very valuable organization called Ark of Taste Flavor Range or Noah's Warehouse. There are 5 products from all over the world. There are 700 products from Turkey in this project. You are very lucky. Gum tarhana is one of the products protected by the World Food Organization.
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