This article, written by Maureen Cavanaugh, discusses the importance and impact of the “slow food” movement. This article explains what “slow food” is and what it tries to accomplish. The goal of slow food is to try to distance everyone from the fast food culture. They try to warn people of the risks of fast food while instilling the importance of local foods. They explain how helping local farmers impact our community. The authors do a very good job of painting their side of the story. She has a strong emphasis throughout the article warning us of the life that we could potentially fall into if we continue to live a fast food lifestyle.
The article focuses on the cons of the fast food industry. They explain the potential dangers of a long term fast food lifestyle such as, diabetes, heart attack, and obesity. This raises a good point. Why do we Americans seem to gravitate to fast food when we know the dangers that come with it? When people ask that question they seem to realize that slow food maybe very beneficial. I believe that people are starting to change and that we are starting to see a shift in society. With the outbreak of organic food, I think that are society is starting to realize that a fast food lifestyle is not a healthy way to live.
This article also talks about the importance of social movements. Usually when we think about social or political movements we think about the civil rights movement, or the right to grant women suffrage, or even recently the gay and lesbian movement, but hardly do we ever talk about it in regard to food. The way the author described the importance of slow food made me think that if food is really that important to us, shouldn’t we recognize it as art? I believe so.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/oct/06/slow-food-movement-aims-change-how-we-view-food/
