SLO Slow Food San Luis Obispo is the local Convivium (chapter) of the Slow Food Movement,   Slow Food is a worldwide non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization  of more than 80,000 people that supports  a biodiverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage foodways, and a rediscovery of the pleasures of the table.  Carlo Petrini Founded Slow Food in 1986 in response to the opening of a McDonald’s in Rome’s historic Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps).  Since then Slow Food has grown into an international movement with more than 80,000 members in 100 countries. 

We believe that eating is an agricultural act in that each of us had a choice to maintain good, clean and responsible food supply channels through our personal decisions to buy local, seasonal and respobsibly produced ingredients, and by sharing the results with others.

The world has become fast paced where individuality is diminished. As a result, the choices available to each of us in every facet of our lives are being reduced to accommodate the speed in which the world is moving.  Slow Food strives to respect the human need to enjoy our lives by slowing down and rehumanizing ourselves, starting with the most pleasurable aspects of life; eating and interacting with our fellow human companions.  

For more information about Slow Food, visit the Slow Food USA Website. To find out more about how to slow your life down, click here.

Activities:

Seasonal Potlucks: providing a chance to enjoy and share the local bounty of each season and our food traditions in an outdoor setting and to meet new friends.

Workshops: preserving vanishing food traditions by instructing others on methods of preparation, and the use of traditional ingredients.

 Visits to local food producers: to make the connection with locally available ingredients and to foster an appreciation for where our food comes from.

Seminars and Presentations: to present important viewpoints regarding the quality, the consequences, and impact on our environment that our personal food choices have.

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Ten things you can do right now to slow down and appreciate the pleasures of the table…

· Learn about which foods are in season in your area and try to build your diet around them

· Shop at local Farmer’s Markets and support local producers who use sustainable practices.

· Support food stores and restaurants that buy locally grown, sustainably raised/ produced/ grown products.

· Learn to cook and if you have children at home, teach them to cook too.  Then eat together.

· Plant a vegetable garden – at your home or in a community garden space.

· Plant heirloom fruits and vegetables, seek out heirloom and indigenous foods and save seeds for next year’s planting.

· Join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program.

· Buy products that are fairly traded to guarantee farmers and food industry workers a living wage and an acceptable quality of life.

· Become engaged politically to advocate for pure food and sustainable food systems.

· Click here to Join Slow Food!

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Kathleen deChadenedes: Leader

Jim Gerakaris—Co-leader: 

Karen Morgan—Email List Coordinator:

Or write us by “SNAIL” mail at

P.O. Box 1293

Paso Robles, CA 93447

Coming Soon!

· Updated Calendar of events

· Snail of Approval choices of San Luis Obispo County

· Updated Farm to School page for San Luis Obispo County