2 page paper 11.10.09

Allyson Keaton

11/10/09

Slow Food Movement Tea Infusers

While researching the Slow Food Movement I learned that it was created to promote good, clean, and fair food. It’s a way of living and a way of eating. The Slow Food Movement is a grassroots movement, in which thousands of people around the world link pleasure with food and a commitment to community and their environment. This program helps Americans become more aware of social, economic, and environmental impacts of food choices we make every day. It also reconnects Americans with people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils, and waters that produce our food. People believe that through education and knowledgeable programs people will be brought together to create a lasting change. The Slow Food Movement also practices the connection between people, their food, and the people who grow it. They believe in quality and pleasure in the food we eat.

From Plate to Planet is when members of the Slow Food Movement celebrate the beautiful bounty of food that is available, they work together to strengthen the connection between the food on our plates and the health of our planet. They raise public awareness, make local foods more accessible, and work hard with seasonal foods. They also work hard caring for the land and protecting biodiversity. The members of the Slow Food Movement enjoy identifying, promoting, and protecting fruits, vegetables, grains, animals, wild foods, and cooking traditions. They advocate for farmers and artisans, who grow, produce, sell, prepare, and serve wholesome food. Finally, they also love promoting celebration of food as pleasure, culture, and community.

I really enjoyed researching the Slow Food Movement it helped me become more aware of my surroundings and what I decide to put into my body. I’m totally all for organic; its just a very pretty penny. I enjoyed learning about the whole concept of the Slow Food Movement, I realize now that not everything comes so easily. People have to work hard to get a beautiful, healthy, organic product and it won’t happen the first time around.

I still live at home and whenever my mom can she will go to the local Sunday market and pick up fruits and vegetables for the week. They’re so much richer and juicier than some of the ones we buy at the supermarket. But they’re more expensive, but its worth it, my mom gets what she has been planning on making and the consumers get to live a healthier life. We enjoy buying locally free-range chickens and their eggs from a local farm up in Havre de Grace. They taste like no other kind of chicken or egg I’ve ever had before, plus they’re made with lots and lots of love! It’s enjoyable to know that we are supporting a local family, a local farmer, and a local friend.