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Slow Fish: Finding My Tribe

Feb 20, 2020 | Event, Slow Fish

Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day.— E.B. Whiteby Amanda Swinimer, BSc+ Marine Biology, Dakini Tidal...

Slow Wine: Why It Matters and the US Tour

Feb 14, 2020 | Event, Slow Wine

By Daniel Leipow, Slow Food USA Editorial Intern Whether you eat to live or live to eat, a glass of wine helps many of us tap into the most savory bits of life. This simple but omnipresent appeal...

Slow Fish: Not Your Usual Conference

Feb 10, 2020 | Event, Slow Fish

by Kendall Dix, graduate student in Food and Agriculture Policy, Vermont Law School Slow Fish is the most dynamic professional gathering I’ve been to as a guy with an office job. At the risk...

Swimming On: the North America Slow Fish gathering from 2016 to 2020

Feb 3, 2020 | Event, Slow Fish

by Colles Stowell, President of One Fish Foundation and Slow Fish Core Planning Team The inaugural Slow Fish event in North America took place in New Orleans in 2016. It was an enormous first step,...

The 2020 democratic presidential candidates on food issues

Jan 24, 2020 | Current Event, News, Policy, Take Action

by Alana Williams This year’s Presidential race is already intense. Democrats seem focused on finding a candidate “electable” enough to challenge sitting President Trump, and with so many vying for...

Food in the Workplace with Slow Food South Bay

Jan 14, 2020 | Event, Slow Food Chapters in Action

written by By Britt Bensen with Kim Marinucci Acker, Slow Food South Bay On a beautiful fall Saturday in Northern California, three dozen guests descended upon Hidden Villa, a teaching farm in Los...

Slow Food Leaders: Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino

Dec 18, 2019 | Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

Right now, we have to choose a side that we are honoring. We need to stand up to massive corporations who are homogenizing food and make sure that culture has a voice. Working on a global level with food activists, indigenous or not, relationships develop and we are stronger together.

Slow Food Leaders: Jin-Ya Huang

Dec 11, 2019 | Cooking, Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

“It’s not just cooking. We are starting a revolution, and the ladies [from Break Bread Break Borders] who cook are my chosen sisters. In creating job opportunities, we are amplifying voices that don’t usually get heard and celebrating women. They practice English and talk to people from all spaces in life. Their community is not just their physical neighbors. We are building community and celebrating differences too.”

Slow Food Leaders: Taylor Pate

Dec 11, 2019 | Cooking, Farms and Farming, Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

“Our regional, local food system is based on this movement. I think that’s pretty incredible. The ethos of the organization exists beyond the organization itself… Slow Food chapters are the body of what Slow Food USA is doing. People have a keen interest now in understanding their food, especially because of climate change. Food goes well beyond just diet.”

Slow Food Leaders: Aretta Begay

Dec 10, 2019 | Farms and Farming, Slow Food Leaders, Slow Meat

Everyone should be mindful of the history of food. So many American foods stem from wild edible native American foods.