The Slow Food movement was founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy as a resistance movement to combat fast food. Carlo Petrini (born June 22, 1949) born in the Province of Cuneo in the commune Bra in Italy, is the founder of the International Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly It claims to preserve the cultural cuisine and the associated food plants and seeds, domestic animals, and farming within an ecoregion. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Cuisine (from French cuisine, "cooking culinary art kitchen" ultimately from Latin coquere, "to cook" is a specific set Food is any substance usually composed primarily of Carbohydrates Fats water and/or Proteins that can be eaten or drunk by an Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or " It was the first established part of the broader Slow movement. The Slow Movement is a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace The movement has since expanded globally to over 83,000 members in 122 countries.

Contents 1 Slow Food organization 1.1 Objectives 1.2 Impact 2 Criticism 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links

Slow Food organization

Slow Food began in Italy with the foundation of its forerunner organization, Arcigola, in 1986. ^[1] The Slow Food organization spawned by the movement has expanded to include over 83,000 members with chapters in over 122 countries. The Slow Movement is a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace All totaled, 800 local convivia chapters exist. 360 convivia in Italy — to which the name condotta (singular) / condotte (plural) applies — are composed of 35,000 members, along with 450 other regional chapters around the world. The organizational structure is decentralized: each convivium has a leader who is responsible for promoting local artisans, local farmers, and local flavors through regional events such as Taste Workshops, wine tastings, and farmers' markets.

Offices have been opened in Switzerland (1995), Germany (1998), New York City (2000), France (2003), Japan (2005), and most recently in the United Kingdom. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The City of New York This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The head offices are located in Bra, near the famous city of Turin, northern Italy. Bra is a town and commune (population 29169 of the Cuneo province in the north-west Italian region of Piedmont. Numerous publications are put out by the organization, in several languages. In the US, the Snail is the quarterly of choice, while Slow Food puts out literature in several other European nations. Recent efforts at publicity include the world's largest food and wine fair, the Salone del Gusto, a biennial cheese fair in Bra called Cheese, the Genoan fish festival called SlowFish, and Turin's Terra Madre ("Mother Earth") world meeting of food communities. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Terra Madre is a network of food communities, each committed to producing quality food in a responsible sustainable way

In 2004 Slow Food opened a University of Gastronomic Sciences^[2] at Pollenzo, in Piedmont, and Colorno, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. University of Gastronomic Science is an academic institution that has two campuses in Northern Italy. The ancient town of Pollentia on the left bank of the Tanaro is known today as Pollenzo, a Frazione of Bra in the Province Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Colorno is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 90 km northwest of Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Carlo Petrini and Massimo Montanari are the leading figures in the creation of the University, whose goal is to promote awareness of good food and nutrition. Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision to cells and Organisms of the materials necessary (in the form of food to support

Objectives

The Slow Food movement incorporates a series of objectives within its mission, including:

• forming and sustaining seed banks to preserve heirloom varieties in cooperation with local food systems
• developing an "ark of taste" for each ecoregion, where local culinary traditions and foods are celebrated
• preserving and promoting local and traditional food products, along with their lore and preparation
• organizing small-scale processing (including facilities for slaughtering and short run products)
• organizing celebrations of local cuisine within regions (for example, the Feast of Fields held in some cities in Canada)
• promoting "taste education"
• educating consumers about the risks of fast food
• educating citizens about the drawbacks of commercial agribusiness and factory farms
• educating citizens about the risks of monoculture and reliance on too few genomes or varieties
• developing various political programs to preserve family farms
• lobbying for the inclusion of organic farming concerns within agricultural policy
• lobbying against government funding of genetic engineering
• lobbying against the use of pesticides
• teaching gardening skills to students and prisoners
• encouraging ethical buying in local marketplaces

From time to time, Slow Food intervenes directly in market transactions; for example, Slow Food was able to preserve four varieties of native American turkey by ordering 4,000 of their eggs and commissioning their raising and slaughtering and delivery to market. An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, or (especially in the UK) heirloom vegetable is a Cultivar that was commonly grown during earlier periods An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or " Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly In Agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term that refers to the various Businesses involved in Food production including Farming, Seed Factory farming is the practice of raising Farm animals in confinement at high stocking density where a farm operates as a Factory &mdash a practice typical in Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing one single crop over a wide area In classical genetics the genome of a Diploid Organism including Eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a Gamete, thereby A family farm is a farm owned and operated by a family and passed down from Generation to generation Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation Agricultural policy describes a set of laws relating to domestic Agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used to kill a pest. Gardening is the practice of growing Plants for their attractive flowers or foliage and Vegetables or Fruits for consumption The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Ethical consumerism is buying products and services that are made ethically. A turkey is either of two extant Species of large Birds in the Genus Meleagris native to North America.

Impact

It is difficult to gauge the extent of the success of the Slow Food movement, considering that the organization itself is still very young. The current grassroots nature of Slow Food is such that few people in Europe and especially the United States are aware of it. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Statistics show that Europe, and Germany in particular, is a much bigger consumer of organics than the US. Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional Pesticides artificial Fertilizers ^[3] Slow Food has contributed to the growing awareness of health concerns in Europe, as evidenced by this fact, but on society as a whole, Slow Food has had little effect. An example of this is the fact that tourists visit Slow Food restaurants more than locals, but Slow Food and its sister movements are still young. In an effort to spread the ideals of anti-fast food, Slow Food has targeted the youth of the nations in primary and secondary schools. Volunteers help build structural frameworks for school gardens and put on workshops to introduce the new generation to the art of farming.

Criticism

Critics of the organization have charged it with being elitist, as it discourages cheaper alternative methods of growing or preparing food. Elitism is the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the Elite &mdash a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities intellect Slow Food responds by claiming to be working towards local production and consumption which will exploit "best practices" of science and professions worldwide but ultimately prove cheaper due to less reliance on transport and energy and chemical and technology intensive methods.

These arguments parallel those of the anti-globalization movement, Greenpeace and green parties against global export of monocultured foodstuffs, especially GMOs. " Anti-globalization " is a term that encompasses a number of related ideas Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 A Green party' or ecologist party is a formally organized Political party based on the principles of Green politics. This article is about organisms which have been genetically modified A central point related to these arguments is that transport prices are artificially low because the true cost of fuel (including the protection of shipping lanes and military interventions around the world) are not factored into the price of goods, and are instead paid for indirectly through personal taxes.

See also

• Cittaslow
• Eco-syndicalism
• Local food
• Nutrition
• Slow company
• Slow Movement
• Terra Madre
• Slow design

References

Further reading

• Oxford Companion to Food, Slow Food an Excerpt. Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2007-03-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth

External links

• Slow Food official website, including links to subsidiary national websites.

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