Collectively our consumer choices can bring great change to how food is cultivated and produced. To highlight this, Slow Food coined the term co-producer - an individual who goes beyond the passive role of a consumer to take an active interest in who producers our food, their methods, the problems they face and the impact on the world around us. By supporting food producers we become part of the production process and increase our understanding of what a healthier, tastier and more responsible diet means in our region.
To encourage this direct contact between consumers and producers, Slow Food organizes numerous fairs, events and markets to showcase products of excellent gastronomic quality and educate consumers on making good, clean and fair choices by meeting the producers themselves. From the international Salone del Gusto or Cheese events held in Italy, to national events such as Slow Food Nippon in Japan or Eurogusto in France, Slow Food is striving to the build the profile of small producers, and bring them into contact with greater numbers of consumers in order to safeguard their future. Find out more about our major events here.
Many of the events and educational programs organized by Slow Food convivia at the local community level also work towards building connections between consumers, restaurateurs and students with food producers in their region. Find your local convivium and ask them about their upcoming events here.
Slow Food has also created the Earth Markets project to build closer relationships between consumers and producers in a region. These farmers' markets follow a series of Slow Food principles to ensure that good, clean and fair produce is available to communities on a regular basis, and are one of the most convenient and enjoyable ways to strengthen local relationship between eaters and growers. Find out more here: www.earthmarkets.net
