Slow Food News & STORIES
Fighting Food Apartheid in Kentucky
As we begin to come together this summer to cook, eat and celebrate, Slow Food Bluegrass in Louisville, Kentucky is hosting their second annual Ark of Taste Dinner. The dinner, prepared by local chefs, and featuring ingredients both locally sourced and from the Ark of Taste catalogue, is a fundraiser event for Black Market KY, a local market with an incredible mission.Â
Join our 2021 network-wide read-along: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
We’re doing it again. Join the Slow Food USA Slow Books curators (Tammy, Katie, Cedar and Margaret) for our second annual network-wide read-along. We’re encouraging local chapters and interested...
Our recommendations for advancing racial justice and equity at the USDA
Slow Food USA's Farm and Food Policy working group responded to the US Department of Agriculture's call for feedback on how it can enhance racial equity and justice across the department. Please...
Learning my CBDs
photos and editorial by Kelly Franson, Slow Food Youth Network  Strolling down a sun-kissed street lined with a vibrant variety of vendors selling everything from fresh kale to pickled eggs to...
Slow Weekends: NYC Edition
by Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA editorial intern Slow Weekends is a travel series from Slow Food USA that highlights businesses that have been awarded the Snail of Approval award. This...
Black Farmer Fund is closing the racial wealth gap in agriculture
by Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA editorial intern “If you eat food, you are part of our ecosystem,” stated Onika Abraham, Black Farmer Fund Board Member and moderator of the Black Farmer Fund...
Kelp Wanted: Eat Seaweed to Save the World
by Makala Bach, Slow Food Youth Network It’s a warm day. Actually, it’s a hot day that’s hotter than it should be because of climate change. You escape the heat by exploring a nearby forest that...
Turning Food Waste Into Garden Gold in Southeast Missouri
Slow Food Southeast Missouri hit the ground running when they joined the Slow Food family this past spring. Our newest chapter started, in their words, “in an effort to encourage and connect small farmers to consumers in our region.” By creating a chapter, they are building a community dedicated to the Slow Food mission of good, clean and fair food, but they are also building some physical spaces as well…
Slow Books: Summer Recommendations
The Slow Books curators have hand-picked recommended readings to add to your summer reading list! Below you’ll find a list of books that pair well with the issues that we’re talking about and celebrating each month at Slow Food.
Slow Food Live recap: Immigrant Farm and Food Chain Workers
by Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA editorial intern Farmers and hired farmworkers are essential workers. Our food chain depends on the labor of immigrants, many of whom are undocumented. The Slow...
Time to Rebuild the Slow Food Table
The Slow Food movement began with the vision that food should be good, clean and fair for all. The economic push for speed, growth and profit in our world has created unsustainable food systems,...
Slow Food USA launches BIPOC Affinity Group
Slow Food USA is creating space for continued conversations about building a movement rooted in antiracism and anti-oppression and strengthening our commitment to equity, inclusion, and justice...