Jun 10, 2020 | EIJ, Food Justice, Take Action
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 to dismantle systems of oppression. We revisited the Equity, Inclusion,...
Jun 3, 2020 | Food Justice, Take Action, Youth Network
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 Director), Lauren Nelson...
Jun 2, 2020 | Food Justice, Home Page
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.
May 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Farms and Farming, Food Justice, Home Page
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...
May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Farms and Farming, Food Justice, Policy
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...
Apr 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Current Event, Food Justice, News
Fairness for Undocumented Farm and Food Chain Workers during Covid-19 Alejandra Cleves, InternStephanie Armstrong, Intern,Ed Yowell, Chair,SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group April 20, 2020 Covid-19 is drawing new attention to old food and farming fault lines...
