Slow Food movement

The history of Slow Food is politically related to the Italian left, and the Slow Food organization is dedicated to cultural politics. The movement is set within Italian post-war culture and politics. Arcigola, Slow Food’s first incarnation was emerged in Arci, which was the entertaining and cultural organization of the Italian Communist Party. Arcigola which means “arch-tester”, was apprehended as an eco-gastronomical wing of Arci in 1983, and was formally established in 1986 after Petrini and Arcigola protested the opening of the fast food restaurant McDonald’s by circulating the English phrase ‘slow food’. The phrase became so popular that it constitutes the name of the movement.