Kirsten McKeel
Section 4
General Information
- In 1986, Carlo Petrini of
- Terra Madre (the first was in 2004) is an international convention in which people (including food producers) gather to strengthen this movement.-
-Today, there are 100,000 members of the movement worldwide, in 1,000 chapters
- There are 200 chapters in the
Philosophy of the Movement
- Food should be enjoyed and celebrated
-Our food should be nutritious for us and impact the 
environment positively
- Healthy, enjoyable food should be available to everyone. Producers of food should be treated fairly (monetarily and socially) for their work.
Education
- Connect people to the source of their food through education
– One initiative of the movement is to create school programs in which children are involved in growing their food
§ Here is a link for a video about “edible schoolyards” http://multimedia.slowfood.it/index.php?method=multimedia&action=zoom&id=24096
– The movement also wants to educate adults about the sources of their food.
§ When we understand the sources of our food, we become co-producers
Why the Slow Food Movement is so Important
- Through education, people become more conscious of all aspects of their food – the
producers, nutritional values, etc.
– In our prevalent culture, we are not mindful of the exact origins or ingredients of our food. This means that we are unaware of suffering, small farms or maltreated animals and workers.
– We eat what is perceived to be convenient, regardless of content, which includes a huge variety of additives, such as pesticides, growth hormones, large amounts of sugar and salt.
- Slow Food is nutritious. So, eating Slow Foods will automatically cut down on many of our society’s health issues, including obesity and diabetes.
-Slow Food practices are better for the environment.
– Local food means no factories or large machinery (less pollution, exhaustion of soil, etc).
– We produce less waste (fewer landfills) because nothing is overproduced or over-consumed.
The Slow Food Movement helps build community.
– Communities work together to co-produce food.
– People connect more during the enjoyable consumption of food
Sources
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2003-11-25-slowfood_x.htm
http://www.slowfoodasheville.org/index.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/30/MNGBRM2HL51.DTL
http://www.sallybernstein.com/food/single-articles/slow_food.htm
This sounds like a great idea! I try to be conscious about what I eat, like where it comes from etc., but it is hard without some help out there.
ReplyDeleteI love the slow food movement and want to join the Asheville group. They are having an heirloom seed exchange at a local bakery in West Asheville and I am going to try to go.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great movement. More and more people need to know the consequences of their bad food habits and this movement seems to be a step in the right direction to educate people about nutrients and better practices with eating.
ReplyDeleteThis is great. I've commented on a few others' papers where I've talked about education. There really should be a "food/nutrition" curriculum in our schools. It's important to know who is growing the food, what nutritional value it has, and how we can grow our own.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to buy foods from locally grown places..I try to do that most of the time.
ReplyDeleteI liked this article because I think that it is important that children do eat healthy food and should know how to eat healthy food. Also Adults should be educated on where their food comes and should get to know the value of their food. The idea of meals being a time of bonding and introducing philosophy in it is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with this with the Slow Food Movement. If movements like these become larger then I feel that the unhealthy food stigma that is associated with America will change.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree I do my best socializing with people while eating during a meal! I connect more if I am starving and drifting my thoughts on where I am going to eat, which happens every Tues/Thurs during my noon time class! After 12:20 I can not focus on a word he says, now if he brought lunch, I would get an A in the class!
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