Slow Soup Drive: A Response to Covid-19 19 February 2021
Slow Soup Drive to tackle food waste, malnutrition and food security.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that there are many who do not have adequate access to wholesome food, especially families with low or no income. The truth is, however, that this need was there even before COVID-19 appeared.
As a response, the
Slow Soup Drive was born in April 2020, organized by Slow Food Barbados, to tackle the issues of food waste, malnutrition and food security, by providing persons and families in need with hot, wholesome, nutritious and hearty soups, predominantly being made with local ingredients. This was developed on a backdrop of donations in the form of tuna tins, crackers, soft drinks, rice and pasta – almost all imported and of low nutritional value. The Slow Soup Drive pushed its community initiative that extra step further by sourcing its fresh ingredients from local farmers and actu