Slow Food

Volunteered to "person" a table for Slow Food at the New Morning Form market at the Sheridan School this morning.

Slow Food was founded in Europe 20 years ago by an Italian, Carlo Petrini, to combat the growing trend to fast food. It supports sustainable and local farming and encourages people to take the time to eat real food.

More than three dozen people signed up for the email list this morning. Many of them had heard of Slow Food or knew somebody in it. Farmer's markets are of course a great place to find people who share the Slow Food values.

I've only just rejoined the DC chapter after letting my membership lapse from a couple of years ago. I'd like to be active and figured volunteering to do this is a good way to get started.

The group is international and claims more than 100,000 members in 132 countries. The Salon de gusto in Turin, a big food fair put on by Slow Food, is supposed to be great fun.