Slow Food
There is actually a movement called Slow Food which started in Italy in 1986. Its motto is: ‘Good, clean and fair’. That can mean a lot of things or nothing at all. It is about food and specially the promotion of regional and traditional food. As the name suggests it is a counterpose to the fast food culture that seems to take over the world. The Slow Food movement since its inception has shifted into many other aspects of food: its production, its sustainability, its ethical preparation, its regionality and its protection of indigenous food traditions. That might mean the support of local small cheese makers using raw milk or fishermen landing their catch on the sea front of villages or towns in Europe. It is above all about preserving the culinary traditions in all corners of the world be that recipes of old preparations of local specialities, ancient ways of preserving meat, of making cheese, of making bread and pastry, of cooking and growing vegetables especially heir