The Revival Pt. 21: Slow Food Movement

Stephen Schneider explains the history of Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food Movement which started in the 1970s in Bra, Italy. Petrini’s movement started as way to preserve the local culture and utilize the natural resources and produce “clean” unindustrialized food. According to Schneider, Petrini argues that all food should be good, clean and fair. In other words, the Slow Food advocates contend that food should be economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable without compromising the taste and quality. Schneider explains Petrini’s view of “slowing down” in the consumption of our food. He encourages consumers to eat with someone instead of eating on the run, to engage in conversation, and to savor your food, as well as your thought.


Schneider, Stephen. (2008) Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement. College English 70.4, 384-401.

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Stephen Schneider explains the history of Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food Movement which started in the 1970s in Bra, Italy. Petrini’s movement started as way to preserve the local culture and utilize the natural resources and produce “clean” unindustrialized food. According to Schneider, Petrini argues that all food should be good, clean and fair. In other words, the Slow Food advocates contend that food should be economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable without compromising the taste and quality. Schneider explains Petrini’s view of “slowing down” in the consumption of our food. He encourages consumers to eat with someone instead of eating on the run, to engage in conversation, and to savor your food, as well as your thought.


Schneider, Stephen. (2008) Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement. College English 70.4, 384-401.