About Slow Food

Slow Food U.S.A. oversees Slow Food activities in North America, including the support and promotion of the activities of 150 local chapters, or "convivium," that carry out the Slow Food mission on a local level. Each convivium advocates sustainability and bio-diversity through educational events and public outreach that promote the appreciation and consumption of seasonal and local foods and the support of those who produce them.

Good. Clean. Fair. These are the words Slow Food’s founder Carlo Petrini uses to describe his vision of our food system. As a supporter of Slow Food, you will be advocating the importance of respecting traditional knowledge and taste, providing farmers with fair wages, and attending to the needs of the land. You will celebrate our diverse cultures and communities, and appreciate the art of a care.

In the name of productivity, Fast Life has changed our way of being and threatens our environment and our landscapes. Slow Food is now the only truly progressive answer. That is what real culture is all about: developing taste rather than demeaning it. And what better way to set about this than an international exchange of experiences, knowledge, projects.

 

Slow Food SF

Address: Slow Food San Francisco

210 Littlefield Ave.

S. San Francisco, CA 94080

Telephone 650.589.SLOW