Slow Food Miami is the local chapter of Slow Food USA and the International Slow Food Association. Slow Food Miami is an eco-gastronomic organization that supports a bio-diverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage foodways and rediscovery of the pleasures of the table. Our local members are passionate about good food and seek to promote the aspects of the Slow Food movement that are unique to Miami. The Miami Convivium celebrates our South Florida local tropical fruits and seafood with theme dinners and fun events. Slow Food Miami brings together Miamiams who love good food, embrace Miami's diverse culinary traditions, promote locally produced food and to educate and celebrate our local food traditions.  FOOD INC OPENS JUNE 19 In the new movie Food, Inc., filmmaker
Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from
the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is
now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American
farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant
soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness
for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread
obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma)
along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farm's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joe Salatin, Food,
Inc. reveals surprising -- and often shocking truths -- about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation
and where we are going from here. For more details & to watch a trailer
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Celebrating Taste, Tradition and
Sustainability in the New World
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Why join Slow Food Miami? The Miami Convivium is a vibrant community of over 150 active members who love good food and wine and appreciate the multi-cultural influences of our local cuisine. In addition to the many social and culinary benefits of Slow Food Miami membership, our organization is also a “movement”. The goal of Slow Food is to encourage a future of good, clean and fair food. Click to see our upcoming events!!
History of the Slow Food Movement
In 1986, McDonald's opened in Rome's Piazza di Spagna. For Dr. Carlo Petrini and a group of
friends interested in gastronomy, it was time to act. Their concerted protest took the shape of a 'Slow Food' movement. Slowly
(of course!) but surely since then, Slow Food has been sweeping the globe, and now boasts 85,000 members in 50 countries,
organized into more than 700 local groups!
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