Reflection on ''Slow Food Movement'' (2nd semester)

As it is inferred from the video, ''slow food movement'' mostly concerns about how to enhance quality of food without damaging resources of the earth. The motto of this movement is ''good,clean,fair food'' and I assure you that it is so close to achieve what is targeted. It aims not only to provide people with reliable food but also to make it possible to prevent cultivation from dying. I agree on such a beneficial idea due to the fact that it can really help us to become concious of what we consume and how it is produced. Firstly, despite developing techniques and increasing awareness, the importance of some basic needs like nutrition are dramatically ignored. We say that we have no enough time for anything and it is waste of time to investigate details of the food we consume. What we miss is that whether it is safe or not directly affects our health.  By this way, slow food meets the needs thanks to its organic and healthy content. Secondly, slow food is in favour of nature during process. Contrary to fast food, production phase of slow food contains organic farming as stated in the video. That is to say, there is no pesticide or hormone that causes harm both to items and our earth. In addition to them, another mission of this movement is preserving and even promoting local food items.In their opinion, people sending fast-food away, gets inclined to more local and traditional cuisine that is among our cultural values. For instance,in each region of Turkey where wide range of food served, people still prefer same kind of fast food items,which goes against the concept of slow food movement that aims to prevent localization from disappearing. On the whole, I support such organization and I’m of the opinion that it must be applied in Turkey,as well.