slow food, definition of

Slow Food describes a movement created “to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world,” as defined on the movement’s website. More broadly, it places an emphasis on local and seasonal produce and an adherence to regional cultures. Its goals also include lobbying against the use of pesticides and genetic engineering of food.

• Chinas first Slow Food Village will promote local foods and traditions
  Rural-urban migration in China is at an all-time high, with experts estimating an influx of 243 million migrants to Chinese cities by 2025. In a bid to combat this wave of migration and raise living standards for farmers, Stefano Boeri Architetti designed...
• Amazing Grove aquaponic ecosystem can grow you a salad every day
  The Ecosystem uses a process called aquaponics, meaning that an aquarium of fish, plants and beneficial microbes work in symbiosis, and reliably provide the nutrients needed to grow herbs, small fruits and vegetables, including lettuces, peppers and...
• 25 prefab eco-suites pop up at ViVood’s adults-only Landscape Hotel in Spain
  Escape the city and rest your head in environmentally friendly luxury at ViVood’s Landscape Hotel in Guadalest, Spain. Nestled in a scenic valley about an hour’s drive from the city of Alicante, this adults-only hotel promises peace and quiet, and...
• 25 prefab eco-lodges pop up at ViVood’s adults-only Landscape Hotel in Spain
  Escape the city and rest your head in environmentally friendly luxury at ViVood’s Landscape Hotel in Guadalest, Spain. Nestled in a scenic valley about an hour’s drive from the city of Alicante, this adults-only hotel promises peace and quiet, and...
• Tiny house builder is using Kickstarter to fund her mobile pottery business
  What can I tell you about being a builder? I can tell you that I love to toss numbers around in my head and figure out how to stretch lines into curves. A stationary nail connected to a string and tied to a pencil sets an easy arc to any piece of wood.