• an international eco-gastronomic, member-supported, non-profit organization
• a movement founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life
• a world network committed to changing the way food is currently produced and consumed
More than 80,000 members in 129 countries that make up 800 convivia, as well as schools, hospitals, institutions and local authorities, together with 1,600 food communities, 5,000 food producers, 1,000 cooks and 400 academics from 150 countries, that represent and participate in Terra Madre
• Defends our right to pleasure
• Promotes good, clean, and fair food
• Supports local food
To do so Slow Food:
• connects producers and co-producers
• educates consumers
• protects biodiversity
• organizes food events
• fosters network-building and exchanges
good
+ clean
+ fair
= sustainable quality food
• Listening for what’s important to people
• Historic Preservation of diverse cultures
• Language barriers are broken
• Cultural differences are celebrated
• Life, Peace, & Existence
• Preservation of life itself
• No words are necessary. It is understood