Videos: Slow Food

Videos Related to the Slow Food Movement

In 1986, Italian Carlo Petrini began what is now the Slow Food movement, in response to plans of a McDonald's opening in Rome. The organization, which uses a snail as its logo, has grown worldwide. More information can be found at Wikipedia and at the Slow Food International and Slow Food USA sites.

29 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Anya Fernald, Corby Kummer, Raj Patel, Carlo Petrini, Vandana Shiva. Moderator: Michael Pollan.
1. Slow Food Nation Introduction (1 min, 12 sec), 2. Moderator Introduction (7 min, 41 sec), 3. Defining the World Food Crisis (3 min, 45 sec), 4. The Media (1 min, 55 sec), 5. The Crisis vs. The Pseudo Crisis (3 min 33 sec), 6. Rising Biofuel Subsidies / Role of Food in Life (5 min, 16 sec), 7. The Politics of Food (2 min, 30 sec), 8. Misconceptions About GMOs (7 min, 13 sec), 9. The Damage of Corporations Like Monsanto (8 min, 59 sec), 10. Diversifying Food Technology (6 min, 33 sec), 11. Virtuous Globalization (6 min, 3 sec), 12. Eliminating Subsidies / Free Trade is Forced Trade (5 min, 17 sec), 13. Petrini: What Consumers Can Do (4 min, 55 sec), 14. Patel: What Consumers Can Do (2 min, 46 sec), 15. Kummer: What Consumers Can Do (1 min, 15 sec), 16. Shiva: What Consumers Can Do (3 min, 55 sec)

Building a New Food System

29 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Paula Jones, AG Kawamura, Andrew Kimbrell, Marion Nestle.
1. Slow Food Nation Introduction (1 min, 54 sec), 2. AG Kawamura (1 min, 43 sec), 3. Andrew Kimbrell (1 min, 8 sec), 4. Marion Nestle (1 min, 26 sec), 5. Paula Jones (1 min, 12 sec), 6. Necessary Change for Sustainable Food in California (2 min, 53 sec), 7. Bay Area and a More Sustainable Agricultural Linkage (1 min, 45 sec), 8. The American Food System (2 min, 55 sec), 9. Moving to Fix Our Tragically Broken Food System (4 min, 51 sec), 10. Education So Important (5 min, 00 sec), 11. Missing Policies/Failure of Leadership (2 min, 27 sec), 12. Poverty, Food and Local Government (2 min, 43 sec), 13. Sustainable Versus Organic (5 min, 15 sec), 14. Climate Change and Agriculture Policies (4 min, 48 sec), 15. The Farm Bill (1 min, 19 sec), 16. Menu Labeling (2 min, 40 sec), 17. Knowledge of Land (4 min, 11 sec), 18. Menu Labeling- One Small Step (3 min, 50 sec), 19. How Agriculture Can Fit Into Society (6 min, 6 sec), 20. Differences of Opinion in Kawamura (2 min, 10 sec), 21. World Hunger (2 min, 11 sec), 22. Protecting Our Land and Waterways (2 min, 27 sec), 23. Systemic Change and Adequate Education (4 min, 36 sec), 24. Short term and Long Term Solutions- Election Laws, Wall Street (1 min, 51 sec), 25. Solutions-Moving to Ecological Economics (2 min, 15 sec), 26. Solutions- Leading By Example (3 min, 24 sec), 27. Getting Young People Into Agriculture (5 min, 41 sec)

A New, Fair New Food System

29 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Greg Asbed, Lucas Benitez, Maricela Morales, Jose Padilla, Augustin Ramirez. Moderator: Eric Schlosser.
1. Introduction (4 min, 42 sec), 2. Workers in the Food Industry (3 min, 25 sec), 3. Justice for Farmworkers in Slow Food Movement (3 min, 9 sec), 4. Background of California Farmworkers (7 min, 00 sec), 5. Dangerous Working Conditions on Farms (6 min, 16 sec), 6. Heat Stress Deaths (5 min, 33 sec), 7. Mission of Slow Food Nation (00 min, 56 sec), 8. Low Wages in Dairy Farms (3 min, 39 sec), 9. Sexual Exploitation of Farmworker Women (4 min, 59 sec), 10. Shack Living Conditions (7 min, 33 sec), 11. Immokalee, Florida (4 min, 32 sec), 12. Low Pay for Farmworkers (5 min, 29 sec), 13. Organizing Efforts in Florida (4 min, 59 sec), 14. Price Pressures on Farms (3 min, 50 sec), 15. Agreements Guaranteeing Workers (5 min, 20 sec), 16. Including Workers in Sustainable Food Movement (3 min, 48 sec), 17. Beginnings in Napa (2 min, 48 sec), 18. Blue Diamond Almond Growers (4 min, 35 sec), 19. Union Success (2 min, 10 sec), 20. Solidarity for Justice (3 min, 9 sec), 21. Steps to Achieve Fair Food (6 min, 23 sec)

Re-Localizing Food

29 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Dan Barber, Winona LaDuke, Gary Nabhan, Michael Pollan. Moderator: James Oseland.
1. Introduction (6 min, 17 sec), 2. The Historical Path to De-localized Food (3 min, 20 sec), 3. The Problems with the Modern Food System (3 min, 5 sec), 4. The Cultural Benefits of Eating Locally (2 min, 3 sec), 5. Using an Old System with New Technology (4 min, 46 sec), 6. The Benefits of Slaughtering Locally (1 min, 41 sec), 7. International Farming and the Fossil Fuel Cost (4 min, 35 sec), 8. The Pros and Cons of Genetic Modification (5 min, 15 sec), 9. Chain Stores and the Downside of Efficiency (5 min, 26 sec), 10. Sysco and the Growing Demand for Local Food (2 min, 58 sec), 11. The Effect of Government Regulation on the Re-localization Movement (5 min, 15 sec), 12. The Local Food Movement in the 2008 Election (2 min, 30 sec), 13. Dealing with the Cost of Local Food (7 min, 2 sec), 14. Looking Abroad for Techniques (6 min, 48 sec), 15. Dealing with the Limitations of Eating Locally (7 min, 39 sec), 16. Q (00 min 19 sec), 17. Q1: Making Local Food Accessible to Everyone (5 min, 52 sec), 18. Q2: Certifying Food as Local (1 min, 20 sec), 19. Q3: The Importance of Soil (4 min, 48 sec), 20. Q5: The Future of Re-localization (6 min, 37 sec)

Climate Change and Food

30 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Aaron (Ari) Bernstein, Patrick Holden, Wes Jackson, Anna Lappe, Carl Pope. Moderator: Mark Hertsgaard.
1. Moderator Introduction: Remembering Hurricane Katrina (5 min, 1 sec), 2. Temperature and Crop Yields (3 min, 53 sec), 3. Precipitation in the Great Plains (2 min, 9 sec), 4. Farmer Awareness (4 min, 20 sec), 5. European Farmer Awareness (2 min 16 sec), 6. Uncertainty of Science of Climate Change (4 min, 54 sec), 7. Threat of Thunder Storms and Soil Erosion0 (3 min, 54 sec), 8. Threat of Biotech Propaganda (4 min, 3 sec), 9. Creating New Partnerships (3 min, 4 sec), 10. Power of Self-Interest - Fossil Fuel Depletion (6 min, 34 sec), 11. Short Terms Problems Will Lead to Long Term Solutions (8 min, 52 sec), 12. Role of Agriculture in Climate Change (5 min, 41 sec), 13. The Challenge of Emerging Markets (4 min, 46 sec), 14. Organic Farming Meeting Food Yield Needs (5 min, 28 sec), 15. The Role of Meat Production (3 min, 43 sec), 16. Organic Meat Production in England (3 min, 19 sec), 17. Role of Home Gardens (4 min, 4 sec), 18. Where Does Environmental Justice Fit? (1 min, 49 sec), 19. The Farm Bill (2 min, 16 sec)

Edible Education

30 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Anya Fernald, Van Jones, Craig McNamara, Josh Viertel, Alice Waters. Moderator: Katrina Heron.
1. Introduction (6 min, 54 sec), 2. Where to Focus Edible Education (4 min, 23 sec), 3. Beginning with Children (5 min, 50 sec), 4. School Lunch Programs Teach Bad Habits (7 min, 18 sec), 5. Total Overhaul of School Food Needed (5 min, 55 sec), 6. California Agricultural Vision (7 min, 15 sec), 7. Structural Barriers to Change (4 min, 15 sec), 8. Opportunities to Shake Things Up (5 min, 41 sec), 9. Policy Problems (5 min, 54 sec), 10. Teaching Self-Esteem Through Gardening (3 min, 2 sec), 11. How to Instill Pride in Farming and Food Service (5 min, 43 sec), 12. Green Collar Economy (5 min, 35 sec), 13. Integration of Movements (4 min, 7 sec), 14. Shifting from Values to Rights (5 min, 38 sec), 15. Collective Solutions (2 min, 55 sec)

Closing 1 of 2

30 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Vandana Shiva, Alice Waters. Moderator: Corby Kummer.
1. Moderator Introduction (7 min, 51 sec), 2. Wendell Berry: Deconstructing the Idea of Pleasure (5 min, 24 sec), 3. Scaling Down Our Carbon Foot-Print (3 min, 21 sec), 4. Wendell Berry Rereading Preamble (1 min, 51 sec), 5. Local Adaptation (5 min, 39 sec), 6. Eric Schlosser: Revival of Food Culture (3 min, 5 sec), 7. Lack of Focus on Human Rights (4 min, 33 sec), 8. Carlo Petrini: Social Injustice (6 min, 50 sec), 9. Rethinking the Definition of Slow Food (5 min, 49 sec), 10. Differing Views of Heaven and Hell (3 min, 5 sec), 11. Vandana Shiva: Nutritional Apartheid (5 min, 4 sec), 12. Food as Social and Ecological Justice (4 min, 1 sec), 13. Examples of AgriBusiness Food Programs (4 min, 27 sec), 14. Alice Waters: Learning Through Doing (7 min, 00 sec), 15. American Slow Food Wishlist (13 min, 16 sec)

Closing 2 of 2

30 August 2008 at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Vandana Shiva, Alice Waters. Moderator: Corby Kummer.
1. Slow Food Nation Wish List Cont. (4 min, 12 sec), 2. Role of Food in Upcoming Election (4 min, 43 sec), 3. A Sun Food Agenda (6 min, 40 sec), 4. Michael Pollan: Declaration for Healthy Food And Agriculture (4 min, 5 sec), 5. Vandana Shiva: Increasing Biodiversity / Keeping Agribusiness Out (6 min, 23 sec), 6. Eric Schlosser: Broaden the Movement (1 min, 58 sec), 7. Wendell Berry: The Cooperative Principle (10 min, 11 sec), 8. Alice Waters: Optimism from the Ground Up (3 min, 11 sec), 9. Carlo Petrini: Becoming Co-producers (6 min, 33 sec), 10. Becoming Less of a Consumer (3 min, 26 sec), 11. Closing Remarks (1 min, 50 sec)

Alexander Rose and Carlo Petrini: Why Time?

"Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini and Long Now Foundation director Alexander Rose discuss the need to slow down and think long term in a culture that increasingly demands us to live at a frenetic pace." This was held 4 May 2008 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Shireen Pasha, Carlo Petrini, Alexander Rose.

1. Introduction (1 min, 12 sec), 2. Our Relationship with Food (4 min, 46 sec), 3. Metabolism of the Earth (6 min, 29 sec), 4. Art Is Fundamental (4 min, 12 sec), 5. Global Food Crisis (4 min, 00 sec), 6. Long Now Foundation (4 min, 5 sec), 7. Thinking Long Term (2 min, 1 sec), 8. Hunger in a World that Overproduces (3 min, 2 sec), 9. Technology in Agriculture (7 min, 31 sec), 10. Heritage and Creativity (6 min, 39 sec), 11. Less Famine in the Past (3 min, 25 sec), 12. Value of Preparing Food (2 min, 00 sec), 13. Beauty of 10,000 Year Clock (2 min, 36 sec), 14. Saving Seeds (6 min, 9 sec), 15. Periodization and Digital World (4 min, 3 sec), 16. Coproducers vs. Consumers (6 min, 42 sec), 17. Long Term Thinking Everyday (3 min, 27 sec)

Fast Food World: Perils and Promises of the Global Food Chain

This lecture was held by University of California, Berkeley on 24 November 2003. Its five speakers are well-known in the Slow Food movement: Michael Pollan (Journalist and Professor, UC Berkeley), Eric Schlosser (author of Fast Food Nation), Carlo Petrini (President and Founder of Slow Food International), Wendell Berry (author of The Unsettling of America), and Vandana Shiva (vice-president of Slow Food and author of Monocultures of the Mind).

Raj Patel Discusses Stuffed and Starved

Raj Patel discusses his book "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System," held 16 May 2008 at Cody's Books, Berkeley, CA. "Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese–both symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. To show how a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj Patel conducts a global investigation. What he uncovers is shocking–the real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the false choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope–in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system. From seed to store to plate, Stuffed and Starved explains the steps to regain control of the global food economy, stop the exploitation of farmers and consumers, and rebalance global sustenance &emdash; Cody's Books"

1. Cody (1 min, 1 sec), 2. Patel Opening (1 min, 13 sec), 3. History of Soy (4 min, 29 sec), 4. Impact of Soy Production on Brazil (2 min, 15 sec), 5. Corporate Food Giants (3 min, 27 sec), 6. Global Markets and Food (3 min, 41 sec), 7. The Indian Farmer Crisis (4 min, 31 sec), 8. Health Inequalities and Diabetes (1 min, 57 sec), 9. Time Bandits: How the World Bank Works (3 min, 47 sec), 10. The Supermarket Racket (2 min, 57 sec), 11. Getting Angered (2 min, 11 sec), 12. Idea of Convenience (3 min, 4 sec), 13. Food and Class Discrimination (3 min, 8 sec), 14. Fast Food Nation (2 min, 22 sec), 15. Need for a Democratic Conversation on Food (3 min, 10 sec), 16. Q (00 min, 10 sec), 17. Q1: Starving in a World of Plenty (00 min, 55 sec), 18. Q2: Getting to a Better World (2 min, 18 sec), 19. Q3: Arrest of Binayak Sen (3 min, 31 sec), 20. Q4: Getting Angered (1 min, 57 sec), 21. Q5: World Bank Ideology (6 min, 19 sec), 22. Q6: Jeffrey Sachs (2 min, 12 sec), 23. Q7: IMF Relevance (5 min, 3 sec), 24. Q8: Buying Local Impact on Third World (4 min, 40 sec), 25. Q9: Growing Local Perimeters (00 min, 58 sec), 26. Q10: Food Crisis and Choice (3 min, 12 sec), 27. Q11: Roadmap to Democratic Conversation (2 min, 36 sec)

The Commonwealth Club of California

Slow Food Nation Panel

This was held 21 August 2008 at The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, days before the Slow Food Nation conference, also in San Francisco. Speakers: Anya Fernald, Bill Fujimoto, Sam Mogannam, Naomi Starkman. "Some of the world's most pressing questions about health, culture, the environment, education, social justice and the global economy are all deeply connected to the food we eat and how it is produced. Our panelists will explore ideas and beliefs about how to build a food system that is good, clean and fair"
1. Introduction (6 min, 12 sec), 2. Objective of Slow Food Nation (6 min, 8 sec), 3. Changing Minds About Local Food (4 min, 26 sec), 4. Connection to the Source of Food (8 min, 4 sec), 5. Slow Food and Elitism (6 min, 20 sec), 6. Translating Local Produce to All Communities (4 min, 47 sec), 7. Country of Origin Labels (1 min, 7 sec), 8. Large Retailers (4 min, 36 sec), 9. Challenge of Running Independent Grocery (2 min, 26 sec)

Alice Waters In Conversation with Eric Schlosser

This was held 31 July 2008 at The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, a month before the Slow Food Nation conference, also in San Francisco. Speakers: Anya Fernald, Harold Goldstein, Bertram Lubin, Eric Schlosser, Alice Waters.
1. Moderator Introduction (2 min, 50 sec), 2. Changes in Child Health (2 min, 26 sec), 3. Personal Responsibility vs Public Health (3 min, 57 sec), 4. Slow Food Nation (5 min, 35 sec), 5. Edible Education (6 min 59 sec), 6. Menu Labeling (6 min 23 sec), 7. Preventative Healthcare (1 min, 56 sec), 8. Slow Food Moving Into the Mainstream (3 min, 27 sec), 9. Menu Labeling in Chain Restaurants Only (1 min, 20 sec), 10. Slow Food and Elitism (4 min, 51 sec), 11. Food Pricing (1 min, 42 sec), 12. Improving Physical Education (3 min, 9 sec), 13. Reversing Obesity (2 min, 49 sec), 14. Inspired by the Amish (2 min, 16 sec), 15. Slow Food and Vegetarianism (1 min, 42 sec), 16. Making Ends Meet (2 min, 47 sec), 17. A Healthy Fast Food Restaurant (3 min, 7 sec), 18. Class and Obesity (1 min, 26 sec), 19. Nation and Food Harmony (4 min, 16 sec), 20. 5 Years from Now (4 min, 15 sec)

Privatization of Water

Although this isn't directly connected to Slow Food Nation, it carries similar principles, in that corporations are controlling people's rights to sustenance. This was held 13 August 2008 at The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA. Speakers: Deborah Kaufman, Alan Snitow.
"Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow discuss The Privatization of Water. Drought, global warming, pollution and population growth are making water the oil of the 21st century. Though most water resources and services are in the public domain, corporations hope to profit from water scarcity. Should we let companies take over our future? This program focuses on the clash between public stewardship and private profit in the battle to control our most precious natural resource - The Commonwealth Club of California"

1. Water Video (3 min, 25 sec), 2. Introduction (2 min, 20 sec), 3. Water Privatization in U.S. (7 min, 17 sec), 4. Political Battles (5 min, 33 sec), 5. Public Desire for Control (5 min, 24 sec), 6. Stockton, California (4 min, 41 sec), 7. Bottled Water Industry (9 min, 26 sec), 8. Bolivia (3 min, 7 sec), 9. Desalination and Alternatives (7 min, 36 sec), 10. Q (00 min, 39 sec), 11. Q1: Momentum of Privatization (2 min, 6 sec), 12. Q2: Successful Privatization (2 min, 40 sec), 13. Q3: Corporate Profit Incentive (1 min, 35 sec), 14. Q4: Potential Tax Relief (1 min, 18 sec), 15. Q5: Setting Proper Rates (3 min, 00 sec), 16. Q6: Partnerships (3 min, 2 sec), 17. Q7: Water Laws (3 min, 36 sec), 18. Q8: Regulation (1 min, 19 sec), 19. Q9: Agriculture Use (2 min, 30 sec), 20. Q10: Special Districts (1 min, 4 sec), 21. Q11: Getting Involved (2 min, 40 sec)