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The Oregonian
March 10, 2009
By Laura McCandlish
Slow Food moves faster on social activism
The movement once slighted as elitist now allies itself with such groups as farmworkers
Vineyard tours, first-press olive oil tastings, multi-course truffle feasts. These are the events that come to mind when many people think of the foodie organization called Slow Food, the one with the little snail as its logo. Fabulous, perhaps, but focused solely on gourmet — and some might say elitist — pursuits.
While that may have been true at some time and for some chapters, Slow Food International, with more than 85,000 members worldwide, says it's on a fast track to change. Struggling to shed its hedonistic image, the parent organization isn't advocating a new direction as much as an old one, looking to its roots that began with a leftist protest in Italy. Armed with bowls of penne, Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini and supporters in 1986 organized a passionate yet unsuccessful demonstration against plans for McDonald's to bring its fast food to the Spanish Steps in Rome.
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