Sep 6, 2023 | Biodiversity, Chapter Highlight, Plant A Seed, Slow Beans, Slow Food Chapters, Slow Food Events
In November 2022, Slow Food East Bay shut down a street in West Berkeley and held a sprawling Bean Feed complete with six chefs, three wineries, two aligned nonprofits, one farm and a copious number of bean-centric fun and games.
Aug 24, 2023 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Food and Farming, Plant A Seed, Stories
By Mara Welton, Slow Food USA Programs Director John Forti, Maine-based ethnobotanist and former Slow Food chapter leader has explored the human connection to food through the study of botanical history, storytelling and historical garden curation. He has done this in...
Apr 19, 2023 | Biodiversity, Food and Farming, Plant A Seed, Stories
By Makiah Josephson, Slow Food USA Communications Coordinator This Great Lakes farm achieves seed innovations for northern climates! Nature and Nurture Seeds is a certified organic farm-based company offering heirloom vegetable, flower and herb seeds. This Southeast...
Jan 24, 2023 | Biodiversity, Chapter Highlight, Cooking, Plant A Seed, Slow Beans, Slow Food Chapters
By Makiah Josephson, Slow Food USA Communications Coordinator In celebration of our year-long Plant a Seed campaign last year, chapters from all six regions teamed up with chefs and created unique events in October, November and December celebrating and sharing...
Dec 6, 2022 | Ark of Taste, Biodiversity, Food and Farming, Take Action
By Makiah Josephson, Slow Food USA Communications Coordinator Did you know that there are more than 2,000 fruit varieties in North America? These fruit varieties are far more abundant than what we encounter at our local supermarkets, and many regions like the American...
Oct 20, 2022 | Biodiversity, Cooking, Plant A Seed, Slow Beans, Slow Food Chapters, Slow Food Events
We’ve had an incredible year-long Plant a Seed campaign filled with planting, growing and eating beans — now it’s time to celebrate them together around a table! Our chapters are teaming up with chefs in their regions and are getting creative with how to celebrate and share the stories of the beans from the 2022 Plant A Seed kit in so many inspiring ways, from sit-down dinners to bean street fairs to bean soup fundraisers and more.
