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...
Aug 19, 2020 | Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Slow Meat, Take Action
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 companies process 85 percent of all the beef in the U.S. and...
Aug 11, 2020 | Current Events, Policy & Public Health, School Food, Youth Network
A student making fresh green & white fettuccine pasta. Photos courtesy of cookingwithkids.org. Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “Our role is to get them excited about cooking and eating a wide variety of foods.” — Rachel Shreve,...
Aug 4, 2020 | Current Events, EIJ, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health
The Next Covid-19 Aid Package Written by Alejandra Cleves (Fellow), Caitlin Balagula (Fellow), Ed Yowell (Chair), SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Working Group The following letter was recently sent by Executive Director Anna Mulé to key U.S. Senators requesting that the...
Jul 20, 2020 | Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, School Gardens, Youth Network
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “When I was very little, I loved chocolate.” Elizabeth began. “And when you’re like six years old, and you find out that chocolate comes from a plant… It sort of made something click in my head. I was like ‘Oh...