The Slow Food NECI convivium is an extra-curricular student group at the New England Culinary Institute. We are a chapter of Slow Food USA, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting and celebrating the food traditions of North America through programs and activities dedicated to Taste Education, Defending Biodiversity and Building Food Communities. The international Slow Food movement has a simple goal: good, clean, and fair food for all people.
The movement was begun in 1986 by Carlo Petrini as a response to the opening of a McDonald’s in Piazza Spagna in Rome. The movement now exists in over 50 countries, and has more than 80,000 members and supporters.
Convivium Officers:
Faculty Adviser – Executive Chef Tom Bivins
President – Jenny Jones
Vice-President – Shelagh Smith
Treasurer – Paul D’Avino
Secretary – Christa Des Jardins
Social Liaison – Max Provost
