SLOW FOOD

Why the name Slow Food?

It’s an ironic way of saying no to fast food.

This resistance movement was born in the north part of Italy in 1986 and it’s created by Carlo Petrini in response to the opening of a McDonald's in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. It’s a nonprofit organization. Slow Food now counts members in more than 50 countries.

Why the snail symbol?

The snail was chosen because it moves slowly and calmly eats its way through life.

The Slow Food movement promotes methods that have a low impact on the environment and reducing the use of pesticides with organic techniques agriculture, besides, it works to ensure that they are “good, clean and fair”. This movement is against to the genetically modified organisms

What is Slow Food’s position on meat consumption?

Slow Food believes that responsible meat consumption means eating less meat, only eating meat from animals that have been raised with a high quality of life and paying a fair price for meat.

For more information go to: http://www.slowfood.com/ or http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/definitions/slow-food-movement