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Slow Food
The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in Piazza di Spagna, the beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was tragic that many people today live too quickly SIT ) down for a proper meal and only eat mass-produced fast food. He decided TRY ) to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food Movement. Although he didn’t succeed in BAN ) McDonald’s from Piazza di Spagna, slow food has become a global organization and now has more than 80,000 members in over a hundred countries.TAKE ) time to enjoy the food that they eat”, says Fiona Richmond of Slow Food UK.EAT ) local and regional food, USE ) shops and markets and DINE ) out in small family restaurants. Says Richmond, “There is nothing more satisfying than RELAX ) around a table with friends. The pleasure of EAT ) quality food should be celebrated.
Slow Cities
The idea of “Cittaslow ” or “Slow Cities ” was inspired by the Slow Food movement and was started by the mayor of the Italian town of Greve in Tuscany. The aim of Slow Cities is MAKE ) our towns places where people enjoy LIVE ) and WORK ), and where they value and protect the things that make the town different. Towns which are interested in BECOME ) a slow city must reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas and build pedestrian zones.JOIN ) the movement and it has spread to other countries all over the world.HAVE ) a community life in the town, so people don’t come home from work, shut their doors and that’s it.