Jan 8, 2025 · Started as a protest against fast food and oppressive food systems in Italy in the 1980s, Slow Food is a million-member movement of food activists around the world. Here in the US, we are uniting the joy of food with the pursuit of justice and dismantling oppressive food systems to achieve good, clean and fair food for all.

The Slow Food international movement officially began when delegates from 15 countries endorsed this manifesto, written by founding member Folco Portinari, on December 10, 1989. Our century, which began and has developed under the insignia of industrial civilization, first invented the machine and then took it as its life model.

We’re eager to work alongside all members of the Slow Food community to innovate and expand our three pillars of action; achieve true food justice and racial equity in our network and our world; and make bigger strides toward ensuring good, clean and fair food for all!

The idea of slow food as a counter to the negative impacts of an increasingly globalized industrial food system has grown from a local protest into an international movement. Slow Food International has, for the past 30 years, served as both a catalyst and a hub for that movement.

Slow Food guarantees a better future. Slow Food is an idea that needs plenty of qualified supporters who can help turn this (slow) motion into an international movement, with the little snail as its symbol. Download the Slow Food Manifesto.

Jun 11, 2021 · The Slow Food movement began with the vision that food should be good, clean and fair for all. The economic push for speed, growth and profit in our world has created unsustainable food systems, harried lifestyles, and a planet groaning under the pressure.

The Ark of Taste regional committees mobilize and vet Ark nominations, work with Slow Food International for publication, and encourage educational and professional promotion of biodiversity. We are thankful for their expertise and enthusiasm!

We have over 70 Slow Food USA chapters all across the country taking action to create a food system that works for them and their community. Some chapters emphasize education and school garden programs or supporting farmers markets and CSAs, while others focus on partnerships with community groups or fighting for good food policies.

Five streams of activity flow together into a powerful and intersectional look at the Slow Food movement across the United States: Embracing racial equity and justice, nourishing cultural and biological diversity, increasing access to food and nutrition, mobilizing people and communities, and advancing policies that transform food systems.

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