allorca’s food is one of the island’s pure pleasures and few can resist the hearty dishes served up in rustic terracotta bowls. Yet in recent decades the long tradition of farming has come under threat from mass-produced imports, with many local products almost disappearing completely. Thankfully a new wave of interest has arisen and today the Slow Food Movement in Mallorca is gaining momentum. The term ‘Slow Food’ doesn’t mean gentle-paced caracoles (snails)…although you’re more than likely to find those on many Mallorcan restaurant menus! The Slow Food Movement was in fact started in 1986 by the Italian Carlo Petrini, who wanted to promote an alternative to the fast food craze that was sweeping the World. With his leadership the movement - which today has over 100,000 members in 150 countries - aims to promote locally produced food and traditional agricultural and gastronomic styles. In short, good food sustainably produced or “eco-gastronomy” as Carlo Petrini put it. In Mallorca there is great support for Slow Food, with chefs, farmers, fishermen, bakers and artisans bringing organic locally-grown products back into mainstream daily life. Fish and shellfish are being more responsibly sourced from the waters around t ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????9?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????5?????????????????????????????????????????????????I????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????A???? ???A?????????????????????????????????????????????????5??????????????????????????=???????????????????5?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????L??(+?Z?Q?????????5????????????????????????()????????????????M??????????????????Q?????????e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????5???????????????I???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]????????????????????????????????????I???????????????????????5??????????????????????????????????????????????????????a?????????????e=?????d??????????????????????()%?e?????????)Q???????????????????????????????????5???????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????5???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????9???????????I?????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????5???????
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