Aug 10, 2021 | ar21 3, Food Justice, Plant A Seed, Stories
By Danielle Hill, Mashpee-Wampanoag Earlier this year we shared the story of the King Philip Corn in our Plant A Seed campaign and shared the corn seeds with hundreds of gardeners and school gardens across the country. The seeds themselves were shared with Slow Food...
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...
Feb 1, 2021 | Food and Farming, Food Justice
Black and Indigenous farmers laid the basis for US agriculture and have been at the forefront of sustainability, regenerative agriculture, and preservation of the land. Many of these ancestral techniques…
Jun 18, 2020 | Food and Farming, Youth Network
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) “When I learned that the earth was hurting, in second grade, I panicked,” Isa said. At the time, she wanted to take care of the environment but didn’t know how. Now that she’s older, Isa has learned that by...
Jun 17, 2020 | Food and Farming, Slow Food Leaders, Youth Network
Written by Amelia Keleher (SFYN USA Communications Team) Sara Jean Whelan is a self-described “mission-driven activist and businesswoman.” She began farming at the age of eighteen and went on to co-found Three Chimney Farm when she was a senior at the University of...
