Jan 15, 2021 | Current Event, Farms 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...
Sep 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Food Justice, Policy, 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 Event, Farms and Farming, Food Justice, Policy, Slow Meat, Take Action
Written by Caitlin Balagula (Fellow) and Ed Yowell (Chair) 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...
Jul 9, 2020 | Cooking, Slow Fish, Slow Food Live, Take Action
Melanie Brown joined her multi-generational family of Bristol Bay commercial fishermen when she was 10, spending summers fishing for sockeye salmon with her great-grandparents in Bristol Bay. You can learn more about Melanie and her family’s fish head soup story...
Jul 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Current Event, Policy, School Food, Take Action
Written by Alejandra Cleves Morales (Intern), Cynthia Walters and Margaret Read (Member), Ed Yowell (Chair), SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee A Spring Semester Like No Other There is little doubt that the nation’s 2020 spring semester was like no other...
Jun 10, 2020 | EIJ, Food Justice, Take Action
In early June, we asked the entire Slow Food USA network to define six action points to renew our commitment to becoming an antiracist organization. As the national office, we also have work to do to dismantle systems of oppression. We revisited the Equity, Inclusion,...
