Slow Food News & STORIES
Black Lives Matter: an Open Letter to Slow Food Leaders
As protesters take to the streets across the country demanding justice, we are reminded, once again, that oppression is systemic. We are committed to making Slow Food USA an anti-racist organization that authentically pursues good, clean and fair food for all.
H-2A Farmworker Rights and Covid-19
May 29, 2020 Alejandra Cleves, InternEd Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee Foreign hired farmworkers, primarily from Mexico, are the backbone of U.S. agriculture. We depend...
National Resilience Fund Round One grantees
We are excited to announce the first round of National Resilience Fund grants to 23 initiatives around the country! The fund is designed to give direct financial support to vital businesses and...
Food after Covid-19: Opportunities for Equity, Inclusion and Justice
(Scroll down to watch the recorded conversation.) On May 21, Chanowk Yisrael and Jim Embry joined Charity Kenyon, co-chair of Slow Food’s Equity, Inclusion and Justice Working Group, to discuss ways...
Food & Farm Policy: Bills to Support Right Now
Ask your Senators to co-sponsor these bills! Find your senator's contact info here.Use this script for an email to your Senator: Dear Senator ____, My name is ____. I am a constituent and a...
The Importance of Community Resilience in Crisis
Written by Lynsey Horne, Slow Food SW Washington At this point, there is not a soul in the world who hasn’t heard of COVID-19. The novel coronavirus has taken the international community by storm in...
Saving the Wild Salmon: Bristol Bay Contends with Pebble Mine Proposal
May 12, 2020 Stephanie Armstrong, Intern,Ed Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group Save What You Love – Bristol Bay This story and call-to-action is about a salmon ecosystem...
More Questions than Answers about Covid-19 Relief for Small-Scale Farmers in Local and Regional Markets
May 4, 2020 Ed Yowell, Chair, & Stephanie Armstrong, Intern, SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group On March 27, the bipartisan, two trillion-dollar Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic...
Fairness for Undocumented Farm and Food Chain Workers during and after Covid-19
Alejandra Cleves, InternStephanie Armstrong, Intern,Ed Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group April 20, 2020 Covid-19 is drawing new attention to old food and farming fault lines...
Feeding Scattered Students: How Kids Get Meals while Schools are Closed
written by Stephanie Armstrong (SFUSA policy Intern), Ed Yowell (SFUSA policy Chair) and the SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group Missing Meals With more than 130,000 schools closed, districts...
Safety Protocols for Farmers’ Markets During COVID-19
written by Stephanie Armstrong (SFUSA policy Intern), Ed Yowell (SFUSA policy Chair) and the SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group Farmers markets are a vital part of local farm and food...
FOOD AND AG IN THE CARES ACT
written by Stephanie Armstrong (SFUSA policy Intern), Ed Yowell (SFUSA policy Chair) and the SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group On March 27, the bipartisan, two trillion-dollar, Coronavirus...