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Carol is the Board Co-Chair, Communications Chair, Snail of Approval Lead of Slow Food Sonoma County North.

Hear from five brilliant minds about why they are committed members of Slow Food USA.

Gather your apples! Your Honeycrisp! Your Fuji! Your Golden Delicious! Even your hopefully-ripe-by-now Gravensteins! Why? Because, as of this past weekend, Slow Food Russian River’s (SFRR) Community Apple Press is up and running.

Have you ever wondered what it takes for a food and beverage business to earn the coveted Snail of Approval award from a Slow Food chapter? For a business to receive recognition, they must stand for the Slow Food principles of good, clean and fair food.

How do we honor the seedkeepers who have nurtured food on this land for countless generations? That’s a question that lives in a gray area, and not all Indigenous communities agree on the outcome.

Chef Gida Snyder, founder and owner of Slow Island Food & Beverage Co., embodies values that are natural to Hawaiians: local, sustainable and communal growing.