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Slow Food began in Italy with the founding of its forerunner organization, Arcigola, in 1986 [6] to resist the opening of a McDonald's near the Spanish Steps in Rome. [7] In 1989, the founding manifesto of the international Slow Food movement was signed in Paris, France, by delegates from 15 countries. [8] [9]
The slow movement is a cultural movement which advocates slowing down the pace of human life. It emerged from the slow food movement, and Carlo Petrini's 1986 protest against the opening of a McDonald's restaurant in the Piazza di Spagna, Rome. [2] [3] Geir Berthelsen's The World Institute of Slowness [4] presented a vision in 1999 for a "slow ...
Slow living is a lifestyle which encourages a slower approach to aspects of everyday life, [1] involving completing tasks at a leisurely pace. [2] The origins of this lifestyle are linked to the Italian slow food movement, which emphasised traditional food production techniques in response to the emerging popularity of fast food during the ...
When choosing where to eat, you balance a variety desires: taste, price, quality, nutrition, and time it takes to get food in your mouth. While fast food typically falls short on several of those ...
The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of endangered heritage foods which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement. The Ark is designed to preserve at-risk foods that are sustainably produced, unique in taste, and part of a distinct ecoregion.
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Carlo Petrini, AKA "Carlìn", (born 22 June 1949) is an Italian activist, author, and founder of the International Slow Food Movement, and Terra Madre festivals. Early life and activist career [ edit ]
Since 2002, Waters has served as a vice president of Slow Food International, an organization dedicated to preserving local food traditions, protecting biodiversity, promoting small-scale quality products around the world. [36] She was drawn to the Slow Food movement because of its work in passing food knowledge and traditions to future ...