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Negroni Week Fund deepens chef and farmer connections in St. Louis

March 18, 2024 // Biodiversity

Artist and Negroni Week Fund grant winner Erin Renee Roberts has been up for the challenge to nurture the beauty of her community in St. Louis and stay close to the land that’s been in her family.

Historical African American tapestries that fit on a spoon

February 20, 2024 // Ark of Taste

This Black History Month, Slow Food USA is celebrating the historic and present-day value of three Ark of Taste crops that are farmed today, have significance for Black communities and promote our mission of good, clean and fair food.

Bringing fishers and chefs together to shift tides toward sustainable seafood

December 21, 2023 // Biodiversity

We teamed up with Slow Fish North America to develop ten programs at six different locations throughout 2023.

Plant a Seed helps school gardens and seed companies thrive

December 14, 2023 // Biodiversity
By Brian Solem, Communications Director MAKE A GIFT TO SLOW FOOD USAPrograms like Plant a Seed thrive because of our donors and members....

Slow Food Live: Exploring the Ark of Taste with Marion Nestle

December 14, 2023 // Biodiversity
Join The Ark of Taste authors David S. Shields and Giselle Kennedy Lord, chef and scholar Kevin Mitchell, and moderator Marion Nestle as...

Slow Food USA and Seed Savers Exchange partnership unveiled on World Soil Day

December 5, 2023 // Biodiversity
By Robin Mosley, Communications and Development Coordinator Slow Food USA’s 2024 Plant a Seed campaign will explore eight different roots...

Slow Food Live presents: Holler for collards in the kitchen

November 6, 2023 // Biodiversity
Join Slow Food USA and the Heirloom Collard Project as we holler for collards in the kitchen! Collard seed champion Chris Smith will be...

Chicory 101: School yourself on this super green group

October 15, 2023 // Ark of Taste
By Mara Welton, Director of Programs I have long loved chicories — those bitter greens, reds and pinks that grace your salad mixes, often...

Seaweed for thought

October 5, 2023 // Biodiversity
By Colles Stowell, Slow Fish Strategist Slow Food USA’s 2023 Plant a Seed campaign focuses on the incredible diversity of greens we can...

Weaving communities together with heirloom beanstalks in California’s East Bay

September 6, 2023 // Biodiversity

In November 2022, Slow Food East Bay shut down a street in West Berkeley and held a sprawling Bean Feed complete with six chefs, three wineries, two aligned nonprofits, one farm and a copious number of bean-centric fun and games.

The Climate Resistant Green: Sea Kale

August 24, 2023 // Ark of Taste
By Mara Welton, Slow Food USA Programs Director John Forti, Maine-based ethnobotanist and former Slow Food chapter leader has explored the...

Nature & Nurture Seeds: The Great Lakes Seed Producer

April 19, 2023 // Biodiversity
By Makiah Josephson, Slow Food USA Communications Coordinator This Great Lakes farm achieves seed innovations for northern climates!...