Jan Walsh, a writer at Birmingham Magazine, explains the evolving of the Slow Food Movement in Birmingham with the article, "Local Flavor". The Slow Food Movement has been around for awhile but it has recently become popular in Birmingham. It was started by Frank and Pardis Stitt. Their goal was to overcome the unhealthy and fattening fried foods of the South. It actually originated in Italy in 1986, when Carlo Petrini realized that the industrialization of food was unhealthy and made the food lose flavor. Slow food is the absolute complete opposite of fast food. "It is not ordered through a microphone to a
faceless menu board with a loud voice anxious to add fries or super-size," (Walsh). Slow food is grown or produced locally and arrives fresh, full of flavor. The movement originated in Italy and it is produced locally and arrives fresh to various restaurants. Today the movement is active in 50 countries and has over 80,000 members. In Birmingham, the members of this movement try to reach out to the public by having educational events to promote the importance of slow food. They also promotes the local growers. Frank Stitt, the creator, uses the produce from Snow Bend's Farm in his restaurants around the Birmingham area.
I really like the concept of slow food. My family and friends eat more fast food than we should and I know that it's really bad for the body. Eating locally grown food, would most likely taste a lot better than fast food. I watch the Food Network sometimes and the food always looks so delicious. Eating completely organic food would have benefits like having more energy and being a healthy weight. I'm pretty sure that most people would like to know where their food came from and it would comforting to now that it's healthier too. Maybe, if everyone ate better, the fast food industry would realize that putting healthier options on the menu would be a good idea. This idea of eating better could eliminate many diseases and problems in people's everyday life.
Walsh, Jan. "Local Flavor." Birmingham Magazine 12 Mar. 2007: 255. Web. 25 Mar 2010.
