The Slow Food Movement was founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986. The Slow Food Movement is an international association that promotes food and wine culture and defends food and agricultural biodiversity internationally. The Slow Food Movement opposes the homogenisation of tastes and protects local gastronomic traditions. The Slow Food Movement creates Convivia (Condotte in Italy) which organise tastings, dinners, food tourism and food and cooking courses. These events also offer a discount for Slow Food Members. More than 800 Convivia are active in 50 countries including 400 in Italy alone.
The Slow Food Movement has approximately 83,000 members worldwide. The Movement has offices in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, America, France, Japan, and Great Britain.
Slow Food has taken off in Australia in recent years. There are a number of convivia:
4cs In Canberra - Australian Capital Territory
Adelaide & Barossa Valley - South Australia
Adelaide Hills - South Australia
Bathurst - New South Wales
Blue Mountains - New South Wales
Brisbane - Queensland
Byron Bay - New South Wales
Central Victoria - Victoria
Coffs Harbour - New South Wales
Cradle Coast - Tasmania
Darwin And Top End - Northern Territory
Gippsland - Victoria
Gnowangerup - Western Australia
Gold Coast - Queensland
Harbour City - New South Wales
Hobart - Tasmania
Hunter Valley - New South Wales
Melbourne - Victoria
Mildura - Victoria
Mornington Peninsula - Victoria
Noosa - Queensland
Orange - New South Wales
Perth - Western Australia
Slow Food Ballarat - Victoria
Slow Food Fremantle - Western Australia
South West Victoria - Victoria
Southern Highlands - New South Wales
Stradbroke Island - Queensland
Sydney - New South Wales
West Gippsland - Victoria
Yarra Valley/Healesville - Victoria
31 in total around the country with every state and territory represented.
Australian events include the Annual Slow Food Congress and A Taste of Slow.
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