Before the terms "farm-to-table" or "farm-to-fork" came to be, “slow food” was the watchword. " Slow Food is an international organization that is dedicated to inspiring people to create a better, more fair and more delicious food system," explains Jennifer Casey. She's executive director of the Fondy Food Center and the Wisconsin governor of Slow Food USA. The organization seeks to reverse the effects of industrialization on the food industry and the common drive to live a fast and convenient life. By rediscovering ingredients and flavors of regional cooking, Casey says one of the group's primary goals is to connect people to farmers. "One of the things that slow food does well is to connect the urban with the rural," she says. "A lot of people living in city centers do not grow their own food...Slow Food can, through food and farm tours, connect city dwellers with the folks responsible for bringing us the amazing food that comes into the city." Another important aspect to the
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