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 26, 2021 | School Gardens, Slow Food Chapters, This Is Slow Food
By Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA Editorial InternPhotos by “It opens up the students’ world. So many students haven’t tasted fresh fruit or vegetables and they don’t realize food doesn’t come from a plastic container.” — Kate Thibault Spring is underway and that...
Apr 20, 2021 | Food and Farming, School Gardens, Slow Food Live
A collection of Slow Food Live gardening how-tos and guides.
Feb 19, 2021 | Biodiversity, Campaigns, School Gardens
Jimmy Nardello Peppers, or Jimmy Nardello’s Sweet Italian Frying Pepper, are perfect for just that: frying up in a pan. It is considered one of the very best frying peppers as its fruity raw flavor becomes perfectly creamy and soft when fried.
Feb 19, 2021 | Biodiversity, Campaigns, School Gardens
Ground cherries are the sweeter, smaller and golden cousin to a tomatillo. Their small fruits are like tiny packages wrapped in a papery husk. When ripe they become a deep golden-yellow in color and their flavor is pineapple-meets-vanilla…
Feb 19, 2021 | Biodiversity, Campaigns, School Gardens
The Nell Bryson tomato, also known as the Old Carolina Tomato, has two names because its full story is still being uncovered. What we do know however, is that…
