Slow Food International (SFI), a non-profit organization promoting "good, clean and fair" food, will hold its Asian conference in South Korea this week, the head of the organization said Tuesday.
The conference, along with an event to promote traditional Korean dishes and the organization's movement, will be held in the city of Namyangju, just east of Seoul, from Wednesday through Sunday, bringing together representatives from 15 countries in the region.
The second slow food conference to be held in South Korea will help establish a network of people interested in producing and consuming clean and healthy food in the region, according to Paolo di Croce, executive-director of Slow Food International.
"It is very important we work to change the food (production and consumption) system at the local level ... because the big challenge here is to have a food system where everyone can have access to good, clean and fair food," he told a press conference here in Seoul.
The organization currently has some 100,000 members in 150 countries around the world.
The SFI began in the late 1980s as a movement against the opening of McDonald's restaurants, the iconic symbol of the fast food industry, in Italy, according to Croce.
The organization, by its nature, works to promote clean, healthy food, but now also works to create a connection between consumers and farmers who produce what he called "fair" products.
"Too many farmers around the world do not earn enough for the job they do, and too often as consumers we are obliged to pay too expensive a price to buy food," Croce said.
"It is very important that we work to change the food system at the local level, but we are in a global system so it's important to think local but also think global. One very good example of what we are doing globally will happen here in the next few days."
The conference, along with an event to promote traditional Korean dishes and the organization's movement, will be held in the city of Namyangju, just east of Seoul, from Wednesday through Sunday, bringing together representatives from 15 countries in the region.
The second slow food conference to be held in South Korea will help establish a network of people interested in producing and consuming clean and healthy food in the region, according to Paolo di Croce, executive-director of Slow Food International.
"It is very important we work to change the food (production and consumption) system at the local level ... because the big challenge here is to have a food system where everyone can have access to good, clean and fair food," he told a press conference here in Seoul.
The organization currently has some 100,000 members in 150 countries around the world.
The SFI began in the late 1980s as a movement against the opening of McDonald's restaurants, the iconic symbol of the fast food industry, in Italy, according to Croce.
The organization, by its nature, works to promote clean, healthy food, but now also works to create a connection between consumers and farmers who produce what he called "fair" products.
"Too many farmers around the world do not earn enough for the job they do, and too often as consumers we are obliged to pay too expensive a price to buy food," Croce said.
"It is very important that we work to change the food system at the local level, but we are in a global system so it's important to think local but also think global. One very good example of what we are doing globally will happen here in the next few days."
Source : Yonhap !
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