Slow Food International is a global, grassroots organisation with supporters in 150 countries that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to the community and the environment.  A nonprofit, member-supported association, with charitable educational programmes, Slow Food was formed in Italy in 1989 by Carlo Petrini to counter the rise of fast food and fast life.

Slow Food UK

Slow Food UK supports a network of 50 local volunteer-led groups throughout the UK who promote and enjoy the Slow Food way of life within their communities, organising a range of events for their local members.  Over the course of the year Slow Food UK will connect with over 30,000 people via membership communities and educational programmes.

Slow Food UK encourage people to choose nutritious food, from sustainable, local sources which tastes great through the national educational programmes that they manage: Slow Food Baby (nutritionally develop babiesâ taste buds), The Taste Adventure (children exploring food via their five senses), Slow Food on Campus (university and college students â creating tomorrowâ s leaders in developing our food system), Slow Food Wisdom (rediscovering British food traditions and recipes) and The Ark of Taste (safeguarding endangered and traditional foods).  For more information visit www.slowfood.org.uk

Slowfood UK also run The Taste Space retail shop in Nealâ s Yard, London which opened in June 2011 â the first of its kind for the Slow Food organisation.  It is a great opportunity for you to drop by to see some of the unique foods produced by Slow Food UK members and learn more about Slow Food UK.