Slow Food News & STORIES
SFYN USA Launches Reading Club and Discusses Environmental Justice
Image courtesy of Amelia Keleher.Written by the SFYN Communications Team (Amelia Keleher, Maddy Duval, and Sara Blomquist) America was built on the preferential treatment of white people — 395 years...
The Next Covid-19 Aid Package
Written by Alejandra Cleves (Fellow), Caitlin Balagula (Fellow), Ed Yowell (Chair), SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group The following letter was recently sent by Executive Director Anna Mulé to...
Meet the Elberta Peach, the Masumoto Farm Adopt-a-Tree project and Joni’s Peach Cake!
Peter Ruddock is the president of Slow Food California and co-chair of the California Ark of Taste Committee. He spends much of his time working on food policy issues, acting as the coordinator of...
SFYN USA Leader Alice D’Orlando on Community-Building & Climate Change During COVID-19
SFYN Chicago Joins Climate March, 2019. Images courtesy of Alice D’Orlando.Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) Sitting around a table with people and enjoying something...
Elizabeth Quintero on Food Autonomy, Education, & Innovation in Our Food System
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “When I was very little, I loved chocolate.” Elizabeth began. “And when you’re like six years old, and you find out that chocolate comes from...
Make Bitters with Kelly Dressman
Kelly Dressman, Dry Land Distillers alchemist, takes you on a short historical tour of cocktail bitters and how they are used in today's cocktail culture. You’ll also see how she designs and crafts...
Beyond Capitalism: Hermione Zhou Talks Land Justice, Local Food, & Community Organizing
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “Why do people do that? Why do they waste so much of our Earth’s resources?” These were the questions on Hermione Zhou’s mind when she talked...
Cacao and Community in the Chocó with Slow Food Ecuador
Join us for a conversation with community members, cacao farmers and cooks in the Chocó forest of Ecuador, where the biodiversity rivals that of the Amazon! We begin the session with an...
Cocktail Culture with the Cocktail Bandits
The Cocktail Bandits have pioneered a movement based on entertaining and educating consumers on the craft cocktail industry. The duo has travelled internationally to gain libation knowledge of...
Fish Head Soup with Melanie Brown
Melanie Brown joined her multi-generational family of Bristol Bay commercial fishermen when she was 10, spending summers fishing for sockeye salmon with her great-grandparents in Bristol Bay. You...
Food Writing, Restaurants, and Why We Need to Have Deeper Conversations About Food: An Interview with Soleil Ho
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) Soleil Ho is a powerful storyteller whose work pushes readers, listeners, and eaters to reflect and ask important questions about food, race,...
Back to School During the Pandemic (and a Homework Assignment for You)
Written by Alejandra Cleves Morales (Intern), Cynthia Walters and Margaret Read (Member), Ed Yowell (Chair), SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee A Spring Semester Like No Other There is...