Slow Movement News
Turkish fast food: Real food fast
The definition of ‘fast food’ according to the Wikipedia is food cooked in build and in advance, kept warm or re-heated to order....
Slow Food in collaboration with the region of Liguria, has just finished celebr4ating the event Slow Fish 2007. It was a great success with 42,000 visitors, a much higher number than expected. ...
National Sea Change Task Force urges more flood studies
ABC Wed Jul 11 07 The Mayor of Maroochy Shire on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Joe Natoli, says it could be another 12 months before the CSIRO is able to undertake a flood modelling study in the Sunshine Coast region because the research body is under-funded. ...
Treechangers change country culture
An influx of treechangers into a rural community can keep population levels steady but it can change the needs and expectations within the community. ...
Farmer Cooperatives and Groups - Making the Connection
Farmers often enter the Slow Movement by forming farmers groups or cooperatives that enable them to make a connection to consumers and to the marketplace. A farmer operating by him- or herself in the marketplace does not have as much success as farmers in a group. Farmers doing it alone is a relatively recent phenomenon. The history of agriculture shows that for as long as people have engaged in agriculture, farming has been at least partially collective in nature.
Small-scale farmers benefit from farmers groups, cooperatives and networks, by which they can help each other not only through marketing advantages, but also through the exchange of knowledge and experiences, and through the increased bargaining power in the purchase of inputs.
Consumers also benefit when farmers form groups. From the base of a group or cooperative, farmers can provide a better service to consumers, restaurants, markets and other retailers. Their connections to community are increased.