Celebrating Juneteenth with Farmer Chippy in Baltimore
Slow Food Baltimore’s second event of the year celebrating Juneteenth was held on June 18. They partnered with Farmer Chippy’s Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm, a black-owned urban farm in Baltimore. … The event was attended by over a hundred people, mostly from the Park Heights neighborhood, but folks from St. Vincent’s church and other Slow Food Baltimore friends also came out as well. It was a wildly terrific event!
“Exploring Cultural Exchange” Story Series: When Food and People Come Together
Slow Food USA is proud to share five incredible multimedia stories from food connectors across the continent who are exploring cultural exchange every day in their work and life. Explore the ways that people from different walks of life are meeting, learning,...Demeter’s Kitchen Exemplifies Fertility Through Sustainability, Nutrition and Community
Catie Cohen, Founder of Demeter’s Kitchen, was not always a baker. After graduating with a degree in chemical engineering and pursuing a career within that field, it became clear to her this was not the right fit. Her longtime interest in holistic health set her on a path to explore working in the restaurant and bakery industry while also hosting holistic health workshops on the side.
Hell’s Backbone Grill thrives through deep rootedness in sustainability and community
Hell’s Backbone Grill and Farm is a Snail of Approval winner located in Boulder, Utah, a remote 226-person town that’s a popular resting spot for hikers in the area and travelers from around the world. Back in 2000, chef-owners Jen Castle and Blake Spalding fell in love with this spot, an inholding in the newly established Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
From seed library to seed company: The story of K Greene and the Hudson Valley Seed Company
Perhaps one of the most unique facets of Hudson Valley Seed Company is the marriage of seeds and art. From the start, K felt the seed packages were an opportunity to communicate to people how they felt about and valued seeds – not just their commodity, but also their story.
