Slow Food on Campus AICASD Introduction

It's official! The Art Institute of California, San Diego now has a chapter for Slow Food USA; recognized as Slow Food AI San Diego. Kudos to our President Jeremy Ison for all of his hard work to get this chapter started, and to all of the wonderful, charismatic students who have contributed as well.

Slow Food on Campus AISD recently hosted a 'Meet and Greet' in the Palette restaurant on campus in Mission Valley to try to get students and faculty from other major's other than culinary involved in the movement. The turn-out was encouraging, and it seems that the tight-knit group of students who have embraced slow food may soon be expanding. Our chapter has some ambitious plans for the future incuding a school garden completely run and maintained by the students, as well as other activities involving the San Diego community. As young culinarians and artists alike, our vision for Slow Food on Campus is not only to spread the word, but also to show the movement in a light which will appeal to the younger generations. During a couple of our meetings the question "what is slow food to you" has been tossed around, and some words and phrases that have come up are: sustainability, supporting local farmers, supporting the local economy, urban farming, no sprays no chemicals, a lifestyle, the opposite of fast food, a push/movement to bring it back to the basics, roots, awareness of where our food comes from, and so on and so forth.

There are a great many dedicated and amazing people not just in our community, but everywhere who want to share a bounty of knowledge with us as students, visionaries, and average people who want not to wait for something to happen, but want to instigate change. It has been and will continue to be an incredible experience to work with people with so much creative brilliance and passion for such a cause.

Welcome to Slow Food on Campus AICASD, we look forward to what the future may bring.