Slow Food Catching on Fast

The Slow Food movement is catching on fast. According to Goldie Caughlan, writing in Sound Consumer, publication of Puget Consumers Co-op (PCC), the movement is a protest against “the onslaught of homogenized, corporatized, industrialized and banal foodstuffs.”

Already there are some 500 chapters in over 45 countries with more than 60,000 members, Caughlan writes. The Slow Food website says Slow Food USA promotes “ecologically sound food production; the revival of the kitchen and the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community; the invigoration and proliferation of regional, seasonal culinary traditions; and living a slower and more harmonius rhythm of life.”

A good start in living the Slow Food life is to shop at local farmers’ markets and at stores like PCC. Buying locally produced foods helps farmers earn a living wage, helps them preserve their farms, supports ecologically sound farming, and avoids the environmentally damaging long-distance transportation of foodstuffs.

To find out more go to the international site at www.slowfood.com or go to www.slowfoodnorthwest.org