How did you get involved?
I’ve always been interested in ecology and food.
My family brought me up to be really interested in making my own food and going out and recognising edible plants in the wild. We lived on a council estate but we had a big garden, so dad had us growing our own vegetables. We had our own little patch each.Our neighbours would call us ‘The Addams Family’!
In university, I was volunteering for ‘The Ecologist’ magazine and they arranged for me to work at a stand at the ‘Organic Food Festival’ in 2003. I was sharing the stand with a woman called Sue from Slow Food Bristol.
Who do you promote locally?
Creative Co-op, Yum Share (www.yumshare.co.uk)
Does slow food have connections with other larger organisations?
- Eden project
- Rocket Gardens – gardens for schools.
- Cusgarne Organic Farm
How is The Slow food movement promoting its message in the local area?
- Through events, such as EatIns: 'respectful anarchy'. A gathering of people in a very public place to enjoy local food.
- Website (http://youthfoodmovementuk.squarespace.com/)
- Facebook group (YFM )
How are local Events with Slow Food Funded?
All self-generated or sponsored.
How many people work for the organisation?
It’s all volunteers. But they are so passionate.
Why are they so passionate?
I think what it is, food has been owned by celebrity chefs and it’s been un-touchable and quite elite. The food and the producers. That’s, to me, the more interesting part.
There’s a different generation of chefs coming through but I also think making chefs such celebrities automatically makes ordinary people feel that being able to cook is something quite unattainable.
That’s what the Youth Food Movement is all about, making people realise that they have the power and also the purchasing power that the general public have:
If more people buy good, clean and fair food (that’s our Slow Food mantra) then it will come down in price, smaller producers will survive.
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