Slow Food presentation letter

Page 1 of 4 Slow Food Grand-Duché, 2015-2016

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The Slow Food approach to agriculture, food production and

gastronomy is based on a quality concept defined by three

interconnected principles: Good, clean and fair:

Good: A fresh and flavoursome, seasonal and local diet that

satisfies our senses and is part of our local culture.

Clean: Food production and consumption that does not harm

the environment, animal welfare or our health.

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Fair: Accessible prices for consumers, and fair conditions and

pay for small-scale producers.

These are the ideas central to the Slow Food Movement, which

was founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini in Bra in the Piedmont

region of Northern Italy, as a response to the “fast life” and fast

food, and to the decline in local food tradition, a decline in

interest in the food we eat, in its origin, in its taste, and in how

our food choices influence the world around us.

Today, Slow Food International, which is a non-profit

association, has more than 100,000 members in its 1,500

convivia around the world. In addition, it has a network of 2,000

food communities making small-scale and sustainable

production of quality foods.







Our convivium, Slow Food Grand-Duché, was started at the

beginning of 2013 with our official launch at the Sofitel

Kirchberg on 23rd

October 2013. We are 10 Slow Food

enthusiasts of various nationalities in the committee, thus truly

reflecting the diversity of the Luxembourgish society.

Since our launch, we have made a variety of activities, e.g.:

Visit to an apple orchard

A lecture on food waste

Visit to a bakery

Workshops in schools (seasonal foods, biodiversity,

seasonal lunchboxes, etc.)

Visit to a brewery

Had a stand at the Marché in Luxembourg city presenting

walnut oil and explaining about food waste

Visit to a wine cave

A dinner around sake

Visit to a fishmonger







For more info on Slow Food Grand-Duché and our activities,

please go to our website http://slowfoodgrand-duche.lu/events/

If any of the above is of interest to you, please consider

becoming a member of Slow Food Grand-Duché. If you are

hesitating because you already feel too busy, know that you will

still support our work and that of Slow Food International if you

become a member allowing them and us to increase the

general awareness and inform about the importance of Good,

Clean and Fair. A membership of Slow Food Grand-Duché

also makes a great gift - even to the person who has

everything! To receive a membership form, please contact us at

[email protected] .




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