Dec 15, 2022 | Chapter Highlight, Food and Farming, Slow Food Chapters, Slow Food Events, Uncategorized
By Laurie Carlson, Slow Food O’ahu This past November, The Banana Source, Hawai’i SEED, Slow Food in Hawai’i and Waimea Valley hosted the inaugural Mai’a Ho’olaule’a / Banana Festival on the North Shore of O’ahu. Over 1,600 people...
Sep 7, 2022 | Food and Farming, Slow Meat, Snail of Approval, Uncategorized
Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse is part of our Snail of Approval program, granted by Slow Food Northern New Jersey; the farm sits on 187 acres of land in Milford, New Jersey, and focuses on 100% grass-fed, farmstead cheese, produced on a small-scale regenerative farm. In 2002, when Nina and Jonathan started the project, most landowners were utilizing their properties for tract housing or subsidy farming, causing negative environmental effects and reducing community value. The fields the dairy and bakehouse currently operate on were originally used for conventional crop rotation; the land was barren, pale and parched and faced erosion as well as flooding issues after heavy rainfalls.
Jun 29, 2022 | Books, Slow Books, Uncategorized
The Slow Books curators have hand-picked recommended readings to add to your summer reading list! Below you’ll find a list of books that pair well with the issues that we’re talking about and celebrating each month at Slow Food. Click the book covers below...
Nov 15, 2021 | AR21 6, Current Events, Food and Farming, Food Justice, News, Policy & Public Health, Uncategorized
By Sara S. Blomquist, SFUSA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee In recent years, particularly since the pandemic, our food system has become a much more nationally prominent subject. Be it the destructive environmental impacts of factory farming, the unjust...
Aug 12, 2021 | Slow Weekends, Snailblazer/Snail of Approval, Uncategorized
By Valerie Bilgri, Slow Food DC Slow Weekends is a travel series from Slow Food USA that highlights businesses that have been awarded the Snail of Approval award. This distinguished recognition is given to food businesses that make meaningful commitments to the...
Jul 20, 2021 | Food and Farming, Food Justice, Policy & Public Health, Uncategorized
Slow Food USA’s Farm and Food Policy working group responded to the US Department of Agriculture’s call for feedback on how it can enhance racial equity and justice across the department. Please read below and consider submitting your ideas before August...
