Slow Food
Since 2002, Waters has served as a Vice President of Slow Food International, an organization dedicated to preserving local food traditions, protecting biodiversity, promoting small-scale quality products around the world She was drawn to the Slow Food movement because of its work in passing food knowledge and traditions to future generations.
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