Vote for the Snail

When you see that little snail logo on a restaurant, school, or grocer you know you've hit good territory.

This means Slow Food. Counteracting fast food. Supporting good, clean, and fair food.

Good: enjoying food created with care from healthy plants and animals

Clean: nutritious food that is as good for the planet as it is for our bodies

Fair: food that should be accessible to all, regardless of income, and produced by people who are treated with dignity and fairly compensated for their labor

Slow Food is an international movement that began in Italy to resist the opening of a McDonald's near the Spanish Steps in Rome. It is still very young (1986) so it's difficult to determine its effect but it currently has over 100,000 members in 132 countries. Recently, its target has been the youth of primary and secondary schools.

I'm sad to say I haven't found a Richmond restaurant that proclaims that little snail but there is a Slow Food RVA group so maybe that mollusk is heading in our direction in the not so distant future.