Jul 20, 2021 | Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Uncategorized
Slow Food USA’s Farm and Food Policy working group responded to the US Department of Agriculture’s call for feedback on how it can enhance racial equity and justice across the department. Please read below and consider submitting your ideas before August...May 30, 2021 | Food and Farming, Policy & Public Health, School Food, School Gardens
About every five years, Congress, via a Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), reauthorizes essential federal nutrition programs that help provide healthy food and nutrition to more than 35,000,000 children and infants each year. Slow Food USA calls upon Congress and the Biden/Harris Administration to ensure that the next Child Nutrition Reauthorization addresses the many facets of child nutrition security. Read our Executive Director’s letter to Congress.
Apr 1, 2021 | Food and Farming, Policy & Public Health, Slow Food Live, Youth Network
by Sara S. Blomquist, Slow food USA Food & Farm Policy Fellow On February 10, Slow Food USA, as the conclusion of a four-part series on Slow Meat sponsored by Niman Ranch, hosted a 75-minute panel discussion on the myriad challenges of meat and poultry production...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...Oct 15, 2020 | Policy & Public Health, School Food
by Lydia Carron, Slow Food USA Policy Intern Periodic federal legislation, the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), updates the nation’s laws providing for school meals, including the original National School Lunch Program (NSLP), begun in 1946, the School Breakfast...Sep 21, 2020 | Current Events, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Take Action, Youth Network
Food Advocacy on Capitol Hill: Slow Food USA’s COVID-19 Work and Ongoing Food Issues Written by Sara S. Blomquist (SFYN USA Communications Team) In media portrayals of environmental advocacy, we often see handmade signs at climate change rallies and hear catchy...
