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Slow Food Russian River Community Apple Press: 2019 Report

Nov 19, 2019 | Event, Slow Food Chapters in Action

by Paula Shatkin, Paula Downing and Bob Burke To paraphrase Joe Namath, “We can’t wait for next season, because we get better every year.” The 2019 apple season at the Community Apple Press has come to a close and what a banner season it was. We manage to improve our...

Exploring New Mexico Chiles with Slow Food Santa Fe

Nov 19, 2019 | Event, Recipe, Slow Food Chapters in Action

New Mexico takes its chile very seriously.

California Wildfires and a Prayer for Land Stewardship

Oct 29, 2019 | Current Event, Farms and Farming, News, Take Action

I cannot help but mourn the the arrogance of modern people who disregard the ways in which the indigenous ancestors of this land walked; amnesia of how this land has been stewarded for over a millennia upon the oak savanna and foothill forests.

Disco Pickle in PDX

Oct 25, 2019 | Event, Slow Food Chapters in Action

words by Jana Fay Ragsdale photo by Rachael Mahlandt —Portland, OR Slow Food Portland, in collaboration with the Portland Farmers Market and Cook First Portland held three chef-led quick-pickling events at Portland area farmers markets over the course of two weekends...

Slow Food USA celebrates World Food Day with microgrants to gardens

Oct 15, 2019 | Event, Farms and Farming, Slow Food Chapters in Action

Slow Food knows that true change starts at home, and that's why we're supporting our chapters and school garden leaders to celebrate World Food Day with events and projects that celebrate the central themes of the day: zero hunger and access to healthy food for all.

Mimi Edelman — Biodiversity Snailblazer 2019

Sep 26, 2019 | Biodiversity, Snailblazer/Snail of Approval

Denisa Livingston — Food Justice Snailblazer

Sep 25, 2019 | Food Justice, Snailblazer/Snail of Approval

The Slow Food International team caught up with Denisa Livingston of Slow Food Turtle Island for an interview at Terra Madre in 2018.

Chanowk Yisrael

Sep 18, 2019 | Farms and Farming

—Sacramento, California 2016 SFUSA: Tell me about your work. Chanowk Yisrael: I’m teaching people the secrets of the universe. I got involved in Slow Food with Charity. I'm on the board of Slow Food Sacramento. I was a delegate to Terra Madre in last year. Good,...

More Time for Lunch: An Op ed

Sep 12, 2019 | Policy

The school lunchroom does not have to serve up pressure and create food waste. It’s time to bring pleasure to food for our school kids and make sure they all have the energy to learn. When my son and your daughter have more time for lunch, we’ll build healthy communities and wonderful memories.

A Good, Clean and Fair Child Nutrition Reauthorization

Aug 6, 2019 | Policy

We are long overdue for a CNR that builds upon the successes of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, and restores subsequent rollbacks made by the last Congress and present Administration.