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Honoring Black History Month

Feb 1, 2021 | Food and Farming, Food Justice

Black and Indigenous farmers laid the basis for US agriculture and have been at the forefront of sustainability, regenerative agriculture, and preservation of the land. Many of these ancestral techniques…

The Next Four Years: Food and Farm Transition Recommendations

Jan 15, 2021 | Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, School Food, Slow Fish, Take Action

Sent to the Honorable Anita Dunn, Ted Kaufman, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Cedric Richmond, and Jeffrey Zients Co-Chairs, Transition Team of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 Re: Food and Farm...

Sister Farms: How Slow Food East Bay Showed Up for Local Farmers

Dec 23, 2020 | Current Events, EIJ, Food and Farming, Slow Food Chapters, Stories, This Is Slow Food, Uncategorized

with Willow Blish of Slow Food East Bay photos by Keng Vang “Our work aims to reflect the diversity and breadth of the East Bay, a truly vibrant multi-colored community. By highlighting farmers of color and bringing to the forefront the challenges they faced, we hope...

Round Two Grantees for the National Resilience Fund

Sep 29, 2020 | Biodiversity, Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, This Is Slow Food

National Resilience Fund Round 2 Grantees Slow Food USA Awards $24,000 in Grants to Good, Clean and Fair Food Projects, With Special Focus on Black-Led Initiatives Brooklyn, NY — Sept 29, 2020 — Slow Food USA announced the second round of recipients for the National...

A Step Closer to Banning Factory Farms

Aug 19, 2020 | Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action

Written by Caitlin Balagula (Fellow) and Ed Yowell (Chair) It is no secret that factory farms produce a vast majority of the nation’s meat. There are over 25,000 factory farms in the United States, and meatpacking is dominated by just a few corporations. Just four...

Beyond Capitalism: Hermione Zhou Talks Land Justice, Local Food, & Community Organizing

Jul 16, 2020 | Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Youth Network

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...

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