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2006 - 2007 Press Releases
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Release Archive
2001-2003 Press Releases
November 1, 2003
HERITAGE TURKEYS GROW IN CALIFORNIA
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS!
In 2003, Slow Food has helped secure 10,000 orders for heritage
turkeys including 2,000 in California.
November 1, 2003
HERITAGE TURKEYS RISE AGAIN!
Slow Food USA is working with 45 heritage breed farmers in
17 states to help sustain breeds of turkey such as the Bourbon
Red, Narragansett, Jersey Buff, American Bronze and Blue Slate.
September 16, 2003
SLOW FOOD USA DESIGNATES OCTOBER,
2003 AS "AMERICAN FARMSTEAD CHEESE MONTH"
Slow Food USA is naming October 2003 as "American Farmstead
Cheese Month." America's cheesemaking tradition is deeply
rooted in our nation's farmsteads, where cheeses are born
of the connection between the land, the animal, and the producer.
June 12, 2003
SLOW FOOD USA CONVIVIA LEADERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY MEET IN VERMONT
From May 30th to June 1st, 2003 delegates from 80 of Slow
Food USA's 110 local chapters (convivia) met in Shelburne,
Vermont at Shelburne Farms for the second National Leader
Congress.
April 23, 2003
SLOW FOOD USA LAUNCHES THE AMERICAN RAW MILK
FARMSTEAD CHEESE CONSORTIUM
Slow Food USA inaugurated the American Raw Milk Farmstead
Cheese Consortium with a cheese tasting and evaluation at
the French Culinary Institute in New York City on Saturday,
April 12.
June 4, 2002
RECLAIMING A LEGACY
Slow Food USA is honored to announce Iroquois White Corn (also
known as Tuscarora White Corn), an ancient heirloom corn grown
by Iroquois Indians, as the newest food to board Ark USA.
AUGUST 1, 2002
SUMMER BOUNTY CELEBRATION
Slow Food U.S.A. and COPIA join together to present a very
special summer celebration at COPIA on Sunday, August 25,
2002, from 10am to 5pm. A walk-around organic produce tasting
in COPIA's South Garden, six exceptional tasting seminars,
a selection of winning short films from the Slow Food Film
Festival and more!
February 5, 2002
EVENT ADVISORY - Traditional
New England Feast
Chef Jasper White, known for his culinary talents using traditional
New England ingredients, will collaborate with Slow Food Boston,
food historian Sandy Oliver and cookbook author/Maine home
cook Karyl Bannister to assemble a 5-course New England feast
February 5th, 2001 at his Summer Shack in Cambridge, MA
November 15, 2001
THE SNAIL PICKS UP THE PACE
Slow Food U.S.A. and Brooklyn Brewery together will donate
more than $2,000 to the New York Police and Fire Widows and
Children's Benefit Fund thanks to money raised at two recent
events celebrating the diversity of U.S. food traditions:
Cheese 2001 and America's Great Regional Breweries.
November 15, 2001
SLOW FOOD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING
Slow Food is proud to announce an agreement with Chelsea Green
Publishing, an independent publisher that specializes in "books
for sustainable living". Chelsea Green will become Slow
Food's publishing partner in North America.
November 15, 2001
SLOW FOOD U.S.A. MOVES TO NEW OFFICES
AT THE FRENCH CULINARY INSTITUTE
On October 15th, Slow Food U.S.A. moved into new, beautiful
offices on the French Culinary Institute campus in downtown
New York City. The days of walking to the post office each
morning are over!
If you've got inquiries or would like to discuss story ideas, upcoming
events, or the movement in general, please contact Kate Evanishyn at kate@slowfoodusa.org or 718.260.8000. |
