Slow Food News & STORIES
The Summer Slow Food Box
The Summer Slow Food Box contains 4 hand-crafted items from the Slow Food Ark of Taste. It includes the highly celebrated Jimmy Red Cornmeal, Black Tepary Beans, cold pressed Benne Oil, and...
Wally Graeber Reminds Us to Show Gratitude & Patience
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) Growing up in a small town of 5,000 people in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Wally Graeber’s concept of good food used to entail going to a bar and...
“Farming Should Be the Richest Trade on Earth”: An Interview with Isa Jamira
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “When I learned that the earth was hurting, in second grade, I panicked,” Isa said. At the time, she wanted to take care of the environment...
Sara Jean Whelan Finds Hope & Joy as an Activist, Farmer, and SFYN Leader
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) Sara Jean Whelan is a self-described “mission-driven activist and businesswoman.” She began farming at the age of eighteen and went on to...
Te’Lario Watkins II: Farmer, Activist, Businessman, Youth Leader
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “All kids should have enough food to eat to learn and grow.” At age 12, Te’Lario Watkins II is already a farmer, food activist, successful...
EIJ Action Steps from Slow Food USA
In early June, we asked the entire Slow Food USA network to define six action points to renew our commitment to becoming an antiracist organization. As the national office, we also have work to do...
The Bay and the Mine
Written by Daniel Leipow The Bay Bristol Bay is home to a pristine and thriving ecosystem. Its fishery produces 47% of the value of Alaska’s salmon harvest and is the world’s most productive Sockeye...
A History of Southern Food with Chef Kevin Mitchell
Conversations around southern food have been met with passion and debate. Oftentimes, the holders of these traditions are overlooked. Chef Kevin Mitchell, C.E.C, C.F.S.E, M.A, examines the stories...
SFYN: No Food Justice Without Racial Justice
Written by Sara Blomquist (SFYN USA Communications Team), Madison Duval (SFYN USA Communications Team), Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team), Lucy Morrison (SFYN USA Communications...
Black Lives Matter: An Open Letter to the Slow Food Community
As protesters take to the streets across the country demanding justice, we are reminded, once again, that oppression is systemic. We are committed to making Slow Food USA an anti-racist organization that authentically pursues good, clean and fair food for all.
Heirloom Cocktails with Dry Land Distillers
Learn how to choose and enjoy authentic Slow Spirits and create fantastic cocktails at home from the team at Dry Land Distillers. You’ll go on a virtual stroll through an award-winning craft...
H-2A Farmworker Rights and Covid-19
May 29, 2020 Alejandra Cleves, InternEd Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee Foreign hired farmworkers, primarily from Mexico, are the backbone of U.S. agriculture. We depend...