Slow movement

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 138. Chapters: Ark of Taste foods, Cittaslow, American bison, Casu marzu, Pawpaw, Dorset Blue Vinney, American Chestnut, Ludlow, Halloumi, Montreal melon, Slow parenting, Geoduck, Orvieto, Red Fife wheat, Herdwick, Todi, Levanger, Heritage turkey, Diospyros virginiana, Juglans cinerea, Bergamot orange, Trevi, Umbria, Amelanchier alnifolia, Slow Food, Wild rice, Asiago cheese, Araucaria bidwillii, Arapaima, Single-leaf Pinyon, Araucana, Yurlov Crower, Slow reading, Ossabaw Island Hog, Yacón, Mesquite, Génépi, Pineywoods, Fainting goat, Java, Caprino, Stockfish, Muscari, Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, Buckeye, Rhode Island Red, Norton, Carya ovata, Wyandotte, Philippine Native Chicken, Sedgefield, Western Cape, Meyer lemon, Maja squinado, Polish, Navajo-Churro sheep, Terra Madre, Attalea speciosa, Chantecler, Bryndza, Montefalco, Positano, Slow Money, Slow design, Gravenstein, Harrison Cider Apple, Milbenkäse, Sweet sorghum, Astacus astacus, Reblochon, Spanish goat, Milking Devon, Dominique, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Guinea Hog, The Discovery of Slowness, Delaware, Arepa Night, San Marzano tomato, Robiola, Claytonia perfoliata, Kirsch, Plymouth Rock, Spondias tuberosa, Newtown Pippin, Skyr, Brös, Borgo Val di Taro, Sokndal, Phaseolus acutifolius, Bronze, Olympia oyster, Pals, Cherokee purple, Brandywine, Lippia graveolens, Narragansett Turkey, Fiumicino, Carl Honoré, Thelesperma filifolium, New Hampshire, Manx Loaghtan, Mayhaw, Piki, Tunis, Randall Cattle, Bra, Piedmont, Slow Gardening, Oscypek, Valdiguié, Gloucester cheese, Jersey Giant, Argopecten irradians, Prazzo, Bourbon Red, Kalakukko, Cayuga Duck, Cotton Patch Goose, Florida Cracker cattle, Pallone di Gravina, Slow Food Nation, Jersey Royal potato, Begur, Spain, Mortgage Lifter, Sheldon Farms, Royal Palm, Buff, American Buff Goose, Maremmana, Red Wattle, Allium cernuum, Murnau-Werdenfels Cattle, St. Croix sheep, Alaea salt, Lardo, Corriente cattle, Quercus emoryi, American rabbit, Filé powder, Mulefoot, Burlina cow, Maine-Anjou, Slow marketing, Datil pepper, Burrow Hill Cider Farm, Pilgrim Goose, Charbono, Tasso ham, Girgentana Goat, Slate, Pitina, Toma cheese, Bentheim Black Pied, Canadienne cattle, Silver Fox rabbit, Geir Berthelsen, Garganica, In Praise of Slow, Morlacco, Slow Science, Creole cream cheese, Slow Programming, Romagnola, Shottsuru, Tsamarella. Excerpt: The Ark of Taste is an international catalogue of heritage foods in danger of extinction which is maintained by the global Slow Food movement. The Ark is designed to preserve at-risk foods that are sustainably produced, unique in taste, and part of a distinct ecoregion. Contrary to the most literal definition of plant and animal conservation, the Ark of Taste aims to maintain edibles in its purview by actively encouraging their cultivation for consumption. By doing so, Slow Food hopes to promote the growing and eating of foods which are sustainable and preserve biodiversity in the human food chain. Foods included in the list are intended to be "culturally or historically linked to a specific region, locality, ethnicity or traditional production practice", in addition to being rare. Which foods meet these criteria is decided by an adjudicating committee made up of members of the Slow Food non-profit organization; all candidates go through a formal nomination process which includes tastings and identification of producers within the region. Since the foundation ...