Slow Movement and food. Turkish fast food: Real food fast The definition of fast food according to the Wikipedia is food cooked in build and in advance, kept warm or re-heated to order.... Slow Fish a great success Slow Food in collaboration with the region of Liguria, has just finished celebr4ating the event Slow Fish 2007. It was a great success with 42,000 visitors, a much higher number than expected. ...
National Sea Change Task Force urges more flood studies ABC Wed Jul 11 07 The Mayor of Maroochy Shire on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Joe Natoli, says it could be another 12 months before the CSIRO is able to undertake a flood modelling study in the Sunshine Coast region because the research body is under-funded. ... Treechangers change country culture An influx of treechangers into a rural community can keep population levels steady but it can change the needs and expectations within the community. ...
More News... Our connection to our food is as important as the food itself. Slow connection. Slow Food. Slow Food is an international movement founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It was the first established part of the broader Slow Movement. The movement has since expanded globally to over 100,000 members in 150 countries.[1] Its goals of sustainable foods and promotion of local small businesses are paralleled by a political agenda directed against globalization of agricultural products.
Slow Food organization[edit] Slow Food began in Italy with the founding of its forerunner organization, Arcigola, in 1986[2] to resist the opening of a McDonald's near the Spanish Steps in Rome. [citation needed] In 1989, the founding manifesto of the international Slow Food movement was signed in Paris, France by delegates from 15 countries.[3] Objectives[edit] National movements[edit] Slow Food USA[edit] Slow Food UK[edit] Slow Food USA. Slow Food USA (6) Slow Food Marin-Petaluma (5)