And will combined Dalin town to build the country's first "Slow City”.

Nanhua University Tourism Department director Zhen-Yin Chen and Department of Biotechnology and Natural director Yue-Jiao Ye together during this summer to learn the birthplace of “Slow Food” Italy.

They will slow food, slow travel, slow living the concept of integration into curriculum design and workshops. In addition, the combination of local governments to build the country's first Dalin town both healthy eating and traveling slow city to promote environmental sustainability, so that residents have encountered have a healthy life.

In recent years, successive outbreaks of food safety problems, so people began to care about the true face of the food, but also to let everyone know "eat local, eat seasonal" importance. Therefore, the market began to label food packaging and peasant origin information, more and more consumers begin to "Origin tourism" and even brought freshly plucked from the tourism local ingredients.

Therefore, the origin of food and farmers began labeling information on the packaging in the store, but also more and more consumers begin to "Origin tourism" and even brought freshly plucked from the tourism local ingredients. This shows that the long-ignored "food education" in Taiwan, now has reached a critical moment in transition.

This is different from fast food, slow food advocate is back to the table to enjoy the food, retaining the traditional food culture, protection of promoting local cuisine, the development of local tourism. depth travel, local cuisine, harmony with nature for healthy, natural / ecological healing, slow food / health, etc. in line with the concept of Nanhua University. Therefore, the two departments will work together for years the introduction of foreign slow food, slow travel, slow living concepts incorporated in the curriculum design and workshops in the future, and to promote the concept to students, catering tourism operators and the public in Taiwan.

Nanhua University President Dr. Cong-Ming Lin not only endorsed the "slow" philosophy, but also said that the future will combine the features of the school to develop seniors health, promote environmental sustainable development concepts and plans to build a theme for the body and soul of LOHAS teaching building.

Ph.D Zhen-Yin Chen and Ph.D Yue-Jiao Ye visited in the summer in the field of Slow Food Italy is renowned “University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo” and IFSE culinary school “Italian Food Style Education”. To Visit their dining teaching equipment, food tasting classroom and teaching methods, but also to discuss the future teachers, students collaborate, exchange visits possibilities. Additionally, preliminary planning for next year spring, Slow Food organized a three-day international seminar.

They also visited the birthplace of Italian Slow City Puebla (Bra)、Oviedo and Slow Food International Association (International Slow Food Association) to learn from "Origin combination Tourism" mode. Hope in the future to cooperate with the establishment of "Slow Food Slow Travel Credit Program" for students through natural farming or health food and other knowledge, to learn more about food from farm to table process, and thus the development of a caring land, food and towns as the starting point tourism. While the establishment of the school teachers' professional development community to promote slow food, slow travel, slow living and environmental sustainability concepts. Combining local governments to create a healthy slow city in the future.

Dalin Township mayor Zhen-Yu Huang points out that "slow city" concept is Dalin has been promoting and effort, including low-carb diet, environmental green building, and to encourage non-toxic organic agricultural products, hoping to develop a "slow" and healthy lives.

Nanhua University, the University of Gastronomic Sciences is expected to become the first partner in the Asian University University of South China will become the international association Slow Food "Taiwan South Division."

Early, Nanhua University to encourage students to eat more vegan, as long as 30 yuan special launch healthy vegan eat promotions.

Future, Nanhua University is planned for body and soul of LOHAS teaching building, used of the concept of planning greenhouse plant factory, campus restaurant will use the ground ingredients. The possibility of international cooperation for the future, it will create a slow food、slow travel、slow living and slow city center.

Italian Development 'slow' culture have years of experience, coupled with world-famous Italian food and beverage, there are a lot worth learning and cooperation of the Department of Taiwan.

ROC representative office in Italy since been ambassador Tai-Shuo Gao that his support and assistance to enable Nanhua University visited Italy relevant agencies and the city quite well.Ambassador Gao’s said that the representative will be happy to assist in the academic visit, also hope to the future in order to promote exchanges between the two countries. Allow more on slow food, slow travel, slow living and slow city interested schools, institutions, public investment in Taiwan to bring more healthy food culture.