Slow Food News & STORIES
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...
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...
Postponing our Slow Fish 2020 + Slow Food NE Gathering
Dear friends, After careful consideration and discussion with partners, we have decided to bottle up the great energy of Slow Fish + Slow Food Northeast Gathering 2020 and carry it over to 2021 —...
Slow Fish: Finding My People
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
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...