Date
2012.10.26
Lee Suk-woo (L), mayor of South Korean city Namyangju, shakes hands with Carlo Petrini, leader of the Italy-based Slow Food movement, after holding a ceremony in Turin, Italy, on Oct. 25, 2012, to sign a memorandum of understanding on the selection of the South Korean city as the host of the international body's food festival for Asia and Oceania, known as Asio Gusto.
Slow Food, founded in 1986
to promote traditional as an alternative to fast food, strives to preserve
traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds and
livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem.