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 on about one million, who work...
National Resilience Fund Round 1 Grantees We are excited to announce the first round of National Resilience Fund grants to 23 initiatives around the country! The fund is designed to give direct financial support to vital businesses and workers in community-based food...
Food after Covid-19: Opportunities for Equity, Inclusion and Justice (Scroll down to watch the recorded conversation.) On May 21, Chanowk Yisrael and Jim Embry joined Charity Kenyon, co-chair of Slow Food’s Equity, Inclusion and Justice Working Group, to discuss ways...
Food & Farm Policy: Bills to Support Right Now Ask your Senators to co-sponsor these bills! Find your senator’s contact info here. Use this script for an email to your Senator: Dear Senator ____, My name is ____. I am a constituent and a supporter of Slow...
The Importance of Community Resilience in Crisis Written by Lynsey Horne, Slow Food SW Washington At this point, there is not a soul in the world who hasn’t heard of COVID-19. The novel coronavirus has taken the international community by storm in the past month...
Saving the Wild Salmon: Bristol Bay Contends with Pebble Mine Proposal May 12, 2020 Stephanie Armstrong, Intern,Ed Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group Save What You Love – Bristol Bay This story and call-to-action is about a salmon ecosystem...
