Slow Food
Slow Food USA
Slow Food USA envisions a world in which all people have access to food that is good for them, good for the people who grow it and good for the planet. Slow Food USA is a nonprofit membership organization that seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. Headquartered in New York City, Slow Food USA has more than 16,000 members and 200 local chapters in 47 states. Its members comprise a network of culinary professionals, food enthusiasts, food producers, educators and students. Slow Food USA and its chapters produce educational events and conduct public outreach that promote regional foods and food producers; advocate sustainability and biodiversity; make direct connections between consumers and their food source; and celebrate the pleasure of food prepared with quality ingredients and shared around a convivial table. National programs include Slow Food in Schools and Slow Food on Campus, Ark of Taste and Presidia, and Renewing America’s Food Traditions. www.slowfoodusa.org
Slow Food
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Slow Food has over 80,000 members in 100 countries. Its headquarters are in Bra, Italy. Slow Food organizes large-scale biennial events, including Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto, as well as publishing books on food and wine, running the University of Gastronomic Sciences and supporting the growth of the movement around the world. www.slowfood.com