The mission of Slow Food Southeast Washington is to raise awareness of the diverse local foods that flourish in the rich soils
deposited by ice age floods, long, warm sunny days, and cool nights and the magic of irrigation in the desert; to honor the
tradition of table and kitchen as the heart of living well, to instill in current and future generations the importance of
consuming locally-produced food; and to celebrate the emergence of a world-class wine-growing region.