Neither option was acceptable to DeNittis. And so at the end of November, Il Mondo Vecchio will close its doors. The response to the news was immediate -- and outraged.
See also: - Il Mondo Vecchio will close at the end of November, ceasing its sausage and salumni production - Il Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis on fat sausages, scrawny chicken feet and breasts - Whole hog hoedown with Il Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis: the piggy food porn
Says Denverfoodrebel:
Governor Hickenlooper, Colorado Representatives, Colorado Senators: pull your heads out of the sand and HELP! We are all trying to create JOBS, COMMUNITY, and to keep more money LOCAL. HELP by creating a pathway for artisan producers to ply their trade unburdened by onerous and irrelevant laws rules and policies created BY and FOR mega-producers and giant processors. Let the people choose what the wish to eat.
FDA and USDA: you are a blunt instrument; institutionally inelegant and unintelligent. Our laws support your brutish intervention in our lives--arbitrarily dictating what we can and cannot eat.
This is such a shame on so many levels.
If you are not outraged, you're not paying attention.
Something must be done.
What should be done to support independent, artisanal ventures like Il Mondo Vecchio? Post your thoughts below, or join the conversation already under way here.
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