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Yellow Cabbage Collards
Historians tend to agree that collards made their way to the United States through the preparations of immigrants from Britain. They were grown in the gardens and plantations of early settlers, but...
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...
Sugar Hubbard Squash
"Dale and I joined Slow Food after [a friend] entered our Sugar Hubbard Squash into the Ark of Taste. Dales' family had been growing squash since the early 1900s. This variety has been since the...
White Sonora Wheat
“Here’s another very old wheat, dating to the time before wheat was 'improved.' First brought to Arizona and the Southwest by Spanish missionaries in 1691, the “soft” grains are rounded and pale...
Jacob’s Cattle Bean
"Shelling beans were a quintessential foundation of Native American agriculture. Jacob's Cattle shelling beans are one of hundreds of heirloom shelling bean varieties that are native to North...
Cherokee Purple Tomato
“An old Cherokee Indian heirloom, pre-1890 variety; beautiful, deep, dusky purple-pink color, superb sweet flavor, and very-large-sized fruit. Try this one for real old-time tomato flavor. Our...
Chimayó Chile
Much as a wine forges its flavor against the hardships and through the abundances of its environment, the flavor of a chile pepper is a reflection of the conditions in which it was grown. The...
School Food in Crisis During the Pandemic
by Stephanie Armstrong and the SFUSA Food & Farm Policy Working Group Keeping School Food Open When Schools are Closed The USDA financially supports the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the...
How Farmers’ Markets are Contending with COVID-19
by Stephanie Armstrong and the SFUSA Food & Farm Policy Working Group Some farmers markets will continue to show up while others shut down for the time being. Regions choosing to keep markets...
COVID-19 and the Slow Food Community
The worldwide situation has changed completely over the last couple of weeks and we now face one of the biggest global crises of the last 70 years due to COVID-19. Many Slow Food leaders, staff and...