Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. To do that, Slow Food brings together pleasure and responsibility, and makes them inseparable.

We are an eclectic and environmentally conscious group with an insatiable appetite for delicious, fresh, healthy food! If you are interested in learning more about how to make a positive change for yourself, your neighbors, and future generations by choosing the right foods, at the right time, from the right farmer, this is the group for you. Do you want to make friends with great people who have a practical and fun outlook on eating better, helping the environment, bettering our country's ag …

… In addition to wild mushroom collecting (“forays”) MAW (and MAWDC Meetup members) enjoy walking in the woods, cooking wild foods, learning about the science of mycology and related matters, and meeting others with similar interests. You can join the MAWDC Meetup group without being a member of MAW, but if you find this at all interesting, you would enjoy being a member of MAW too. You will be admitted to the MAWDC Meetup group on application after confirming by email response your personal …