Slow Food Leaders Archives • Slow Food USA

Postponing our Slow Fish 2020 + Slow Food NE Gathering

Mar 11, 2020 | Current Event, Event, Slow Fish, Slow Food Leaders

Dear friends, After careful consideration and discussion with partners, we have decided to bottle up the great energy of Slow Fish + Slow Food Northeast Gathering 2020 and carry it over to 2021 — same time, same place. As COVID-19 spreads around the US and in Italy,...

Slow Food Leaders: Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino

Dec 18, 2019 | Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

Right now, we have to choose a side that we are honoring. We need to stand up to massive corporations who are homogenizing food and make sure that culture has a voice. Working on a global level with food activists, indigenous or not, relationships develop and we are stronger together.

Slow Food Leaders: Jin-Ya Huang

Dec 11, 2019 | Cooking, Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

“It’s not just cooking. We are starting a revolution, and the ladies [from Break Bread Break Borders] who cook are my chosen sisters. In creating job opportunities, we are amplifying voices that don’t usually get heard and celebrating women. They practice English and talk to people from all spaces in life. Their community is not just their physical neighbors. We are building community and celebrating differences too.”

Slow Food Leaders: Taylor Pate

Dec 11, 2019 | Cooking, Farms and Farming, Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

“Our regional, local food system is based on this movement. I think that’s pretty incredible. The ethos of the organization exists beyond the organization itself… Slow Food chapters are the body of what Slow Food USA is doing. People have a keen interest now in understanding their food, especially because of climate change. Food goes well beyond just diet.”

Slow Food Leaders: Aretta Begay

Dec 10, 2019 | Farms and Farming, Slow Food Leaders, Slow Meat

Everyone should be mindful of the history of food. So many American foods stem from wild edible native American foods.

Slow Food Leaders: Brian Yazzie

Dec 10, 2019 | Cooking, Food Justice, Slow Food Leaders

“This is the time and place for the Indigenous food movement. The Western perspective may see us as a trend or a fad, but we’ve always been here; we’ve just been overlooked. Not only did our ancestors survive colonization, but so did our ingredients.”

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