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Harvest Time: A Conversation with Neha Shah, School Garden Leader
By Malia Guyer-Stevens, CommunicationsStepping into a garden, let alone digging their hands into the dirt and planting their own food can be a transformational experience for school children. For the widespread community of teachers, parents, and gardeners that make...
Slow Food New York State and the Upstate School Garden Initiative
By Michelle DiMuzio, Slow Food USA Editorial InternPhotos by “It opens up the students’ world. So many students haven’t tasted fresh fruit or vegetables and they don’t realize food doesn’t come from a plastic container.” — Kate Thibault Spring is underway and that...
Slow Seed Summit 2021: Week One
Written by Malia Guyer-Stevens, Slow Food USA Editorial Intern photos from the Slow Food International Archives + Summit Speakers “We form these beautiful time-honored relationships, to seeds and food that inform us as people.” – Rowen White Every culture has had a...
Sister Farms: How Slow Food East Bay Showed Up for Local Farmers
Learn how Slow Food East Bay supported community through Sister Farms, a program aimed to support immigrant and small-scale farmers of color by working to find markets for their crops.
Press Release: 2020 Snailblazers Announced Today
Slow Food Awards Nine Food Activists with Prestigious National Snailblazer Award BROOKLYN, November 30, 2020 — Slow Food USA announced the fourth cohort of Snailblazers, individuals in the good food movement who have gone above and beyond for good, clean and fair food...
Round Two Grantees for the National Resilience Fund
Slow Food USA Awards $24,000 in Grants to Good, Clean and Fair Food Projects, With Special Focus on Black-Led Initiatives Brooklyn, NY — Sept 29, 2020 — Slow Food USA announced the second round of recipients for the National Resilience Fund today. This group of 15...
The Blue Watermelon Project
The Blue Watermelon Project engages chefs from the area to work with students in school to “integrate taste education and interactive programming into curriculum and everyday life.” The initiative is affiliated with Slow Food Phoenix.
American Vinegar Works
Slow Food is a sense of place, fermented and bottled.Interview and words by Vivian WhitneyEdited by Giselle Kennedy Lord "That sense of place you get from a California wine or a New England beer or cider translates into a uniquely American craft vinegar... It’s all...
The Piscataqua Seed Project with Slow Food Seacoast
Slow Food is saving heirloom seeds for future generations.Words by Vivian Whitney and Alison Magill Interview by Anna Mulé“Within our food system, people don’t think of seeds... They are the ultimate part of the food system. They are the beginning and the end of the...
Ark of Taste Dinners in Charleston
Slow Food is biodiversity, history and culture on the Table in Charleston.Interview and words by Vivian WhitneyEdited by Giselle Kennedy LordPhotos by Lindsay Shorter “It’s a really great opportunity to introduce people to new foods. So much care is taken in...
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