Good, clean, fair- that's what our food should be. Americans rely on the food industry to produce and distribute our food in this manner, yet it seems that none of those three descriptions accurately depict the products that reach consumers. In the slow food movement article, Schneider explains, "These three terms help mediate the dialogues between scientific and traditional knowledge; rather than simply valorizing one side over the other, Slow Food advocates insist that both science and tradition have a part to play in preserving food that is good to eat and good to think." It's a community effort that needs to be addressed by consumers nationwide.
I found that one of the most interesting discussions involved the literal aspect of slowing down to actually consider what we are eating. Similarly to trusting the medical system, Americans need to pause sometimes and question what is actually happening in the industry. Schneider summarizes this idea by saying, "Understood in its simplest form, the
act of slowing down forces us to ask how fast we need to live our lives. By questioning our devotion to speed, we already short-circuit the logic that supports fast food and the fast life." If everyone put even a fraction of their time to thinking about where their food comes from, the movement would be greatly supported.
Since Petrini developed the Slow Food Movement as a cultural movement, the odds are greater of realistically tackling this dilemma. Between the power in numbers and persuasion of rhetoric, the movement can progress even further. Schneider notes, "Petrini’s desire to build a broader community of destiny among these groups speaks to organization’s focus on building collective identities that can then exert social, economic, and political power." The Slow Food Movement can be successful in addressing the problems of the food industry, along with providing the example of strength in upcoming cultural movements. After all, it's only right in The Land of Opportuntity.
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