Schneider, Stephen. (2008) Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement. College English 70.4, 384-401.
In Stephen Schneider's article, Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement, Schneider explains what the Slow Food Movement is and how he believes in founder Carlo Petrini's original findings. Petrini tries to make producers and consumers more aware of a slower, back to basics type of lifestyle, where gastronomy relies on foods being grown and consumed locally. He's trying to preserve cultures from the effects of industrialization and globalization. Petrini says there "is a set of strong principles that guarantee the quality of food and food production." These principles are food that's good, clean, and fair. Good food is food that is produced for maximum flavor and taste while creating links to specific geographic regions. Clean food is food that's sustainable and works toward environmental preservation. Lastly, fair food is food production that's fair all around, where all involved from farmers to consumers are treated fairly. Being fair is being socially conscious. Schneider also says that Slow Food fights for the naturalness of things such as food on the table, watching it being prepared, and enjoying good, clean, fair food as a way to reject industrial agriculture. This is one way for people to take control back against big companies, and a way to fight the machine of globalization. He says that we have the control to "slow things down", whether it be food production or our fast paced lives. Slow Food was ahead of its time thirty years ago during the 1970's.
In Stephen Schneider's article, Good, Clean, Fair: The Rhetoric of the Slow Food Movement, Schneider explains what the Slow Food Movement is and how he believes in founder Carlo Petrini's original findings. Petrini tries to make producers and consumers more aware of a slower, back to basics type of lifestyle, where gastronomy relies on foods being grown and consumed locally. He's trying to preserve cultures from the effects of industrialization and globalization. Petrini says there "is a set of strong principles that guarantee the quality of food and food production." These principles are food that's good, clean, and fair. Good food is food that is produced for maximum flavor and taste while creating links to specific geographic regions. Clean food is food that's sustainable and works toward environmental preservation. Lastly, fair food is food production that's fair all around, where all involved from farmers to consumers are treated fairly. Being fair is being socially conscious. Schneider also says that Slow Food fights for the naturalness of things such as food on the table, watching it being prepared, and enjoying good, clean, fair food as a way to reject industrial agriculture. This is one way for people to take control back against big companies, and a way to fight the machine of globalization. He says that we have the control to "slow things down", whether it be food production or our fast paced lives. Slow Food was ahead of its time thirty years ago during the 1970's.
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