What is "slow food," anyway?

​Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating.

The Slow Food movement spans the globe. There are more than 100,000 members working for good, clean and fair food in more 160 countries. It all started with one person in Italy -- Carlo Petrini -- who was concerned about the rise of fast food culture in 1986.

Petrini was alarmed by how modern, industrialized food production was causing thousands of food varieties and traditions to disappear. Soon, more concerned citizens wanted to remind people of their plate’s connection to the planet, and to highlight alternatives to industrial foods and farming -- slowing down to remember the roots of food and our primal tie to it.

The ideas of Slow Food have spread from Italy around the world, including the United States. The U.S. alone has more than 150 chapters, representing over 6,000 people, with more members coming to the table all the time. Kansas City is one of those chapters. 

To learn more about Slow Food USA, click here.