What is Slow Food?
Slow Food is a non-profit association with 100,000 members in 150 countries around the world. Founded by Carlin Petrini in 1986, its goal is to promote good, clean, and fair food worldwide.
Good to eat, for its taste qualities, but also for the identity and emotional values it carries.
Clean because it is produced in an environmentally sustainable way and respectful of the environment.
Fair because it is in line with social equity during production and marketing.
According to Slow Food, we need to return to giving the right value to food, respecting those who produce it, those who eat it, the environment, and taste.
Therefore, Slow Food is committed to:
• defending real food - discover the products protected by Slow Food Presidia, those cataloged by the Ark of Taste, those sold directly by those who produce them in the Earth Markets.
• promoting the right to pleasure: from knowledge, to socializing, to conviviality, to pleasure. Because the more you know, the better you choose, the better you live! Sharing food promotes encounters, dialogues, and the joy of being together. Let yourself be involved in the events that Slow Food organizes every day such as dinners, tastings, or other events near you. And don't miss the major events in the Slow Food network: Cheese, Slow Fish, Salone del Gusto, and Terra Madre.
• spreading gastronomic culture: to go beyond the recipe, because behind a food there are producers, territories, emotions, and knowledge. With your card, you have discounts for Master of Food courses, Slow Food Editore books and guides, events, and "in friendly places".
• educating for the future: the future needs fertile land, plant and animal species, less waste, and more biodiversity, less concrete, and more beauty. If you know the food you eat, you can help the planet. This is what Slow Food promotes in activities with schools and families, and with projects like Orti in Condotta and 1000 Gardens in Africa.
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