Italy's "Slow Down the City" campaign was initiated by the mayor of a small Italian town. The campaign has also extended to the preservation of traditional vineyards threatened by multinational firms and industrialized farms, and restaurants have refused to accept "fast-food culture," insisting on maintaining their original regional cuisines. Seventy Italian cities have already joined the campaign.
義大利的「慢拍城市」運動由格力弗市市長──沙都尼尼發起，除了獲得當地民眾的支持，起而保護傳統葡萄園免於受跨國企業與工業化農場的威脅；餐館拒絕快餐文化，堅持故鄉菜的風味外，義大利已陸續有七十個城市加入該運動。