Slow Food is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. It was founded in 1989 in Italy.
Our network of dedicated volunteer members around the country organise events and activities to promote and share the Slow Food ethos including taste workshops, farm visits, social meals, film screenings, markets and festivals, educational projects and much more.
We work to raise awareness about the sustainability and social justice issues surrounding the food we eat. We do that by working hand in hand with our members who are in local geographic groups.
Slow Food in the UK campaigns on a number of current issues affecting our food system. We encourage our network to join us in our activities, and support other groups who share our causes.
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Slow Food UK Forgotten Foods Wheel
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Here at Slow Food UK, one of our missions is to get traditional British food, lovingly made by artisan producers, back on the table through our Forgotten Foods programme. So we tasked ourselves with creating something innovative, eye-catching and engaging, to showcase the programme – which supports a variety of top-quality British food that is in danger of going out of production – at food events and festivals.
The result is the ‘Slow Food UK Forgotten Foods Roulette Table’, which we showcased with great success at this year’s prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards. The table, designed and built by Central St Martins Alumni The Decorators, highlights the critical ‘eat it or lose it’ position of some of these Forgotten Foods, while encouraging guests to sample a wide variety of top-quality produce.
Check out this time lapse film of our Slow Food UK Roulette wheel in action!