New president Slow Food
Slow Food Netherlands has a new president: Jack Stroeken. He is the successor of Hans van der Molen who completed his 4 year term. Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world who are linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to bioversity, local sourcing, small scale production & diversity in food cultures. Today, we have over 100,000 members joined in 1,500 convivia – our local chapters – worldwide, as well as a network of 2,000 food communities who practice small-scale and sustainable production of quality foods. www.slowfood.nl.
The Dutch Slow Food organization has 3000 members, 20 regional convivia, hundreds of events per year. Key are the fast growing Ark of Taste (100 products) and the rapid development of the Dutch Chefs Alliance (35 chefs). A non-profit member-supported association, Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counter the rise of fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.