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The Path to Legislative Impact Heats Up with Food Day
Heading into Food Day—a national campaign for everyday people to take back control of their food, health, and environment—this coming Mon. (Oct. 24), we can’t help but think that more than ever before,...
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Budget cuts could be a recipe for change or disaster
Congress is planning dramatic cuts to the American budget and anything and everything is on the chopping block. The agricultural sector is likely to take a big hit but will the special Congressional...
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Hope Ahead Despite Hefty Ag Budget Cuts
Two developments this week indicate that massive congressional budget cuts might not spell disaster for nutrition programs and support for small farmers after all. In this time of national financial...
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Digesting OWS: Why Food Lovers Need to Come to the Table
Even beyond the shared connection of good, clean, and fair food values, there’s a whole crop of reasons for why people in the food movement should be paying attention to and learning from OWS. Here’s...
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Denver Crop Mobs: Gathering Forces to Help Sustainable Farms
Slow Food Denver supports their local farmers and makes it fun! by Slow Food USA intern Meghan Offtermatt. Photos by Ric Ettinger (tacoplenty@mac.com) What can a “Crop Mob” do for you? Actually, a lot!...
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Slow Food UW Up For Real Food Award
Slow Food UW, the Slow Food on Campus chapter that inspired our $5 Challenge is up for a Real Food Award! Today’s the last day to vote—so let’s rock that while we can for our friends at UW. Slow Food...
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Let Slow Food USA help you plan your Thanksgiving
Check out our Thanksgiving guide for recipes, tips, tricks, and more. This Thanksgiving we’re giving thanks to each and every person who works to make for a good, clean, and fair food available to...
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School Garden: the perfect marriage of ideas
An inspiring example of what Slow Food members are doing all over the country, and a great way to protect yourself from the winter blues. by Slow Food USA intern Becca Chelton At this time of year we...
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Shop, Cook and EAT GOOD FOOD
Sam Mogannam, of Bi-Rite Market, and Dabney Gough, have created the perfect recipe for a complex food system with a new cookbook, Eat Good Food. by Slow Food USA intern Kate Northway As our food system...
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What’s Eating Our Tax Dollars?
“Nothing is certain but death and taxes”—but who said anything about using our tax dollars to support the foods that make us sick? The last time we sent off our W-9s and cast our ballots, we don’t...
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Turkey Day
A carnivore confronts the morality of meat by getting his hands bloody. by Slow Food USA intern Lloyd Ellman Disclaimer: Please be aware that the following graphically describes the slaughter of a live...
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What now? The post-Super Committee Food and Farm Bill
Food policy was front in center in November, we recap where we were and where we’re going with the Food and Farm bill. Now that November has come to an end, it’s hard to forget the ruckus Congress...
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44 Gardens in 44 Days
How a Slow Food chapter set out to do the near impossible -- plant 44 gardens in 44 days -- and exceeded it!Written by Slow Food USA intern Meghan Offtermatt A garden planting hosted by Slow Food...
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Transparency and Technology: Secrets of Small Farm Success
Our friends at FarmPlate.com give us the scoop on how technology is changing the world of small scale farmers so that small scale farms can change the world. By Jeff Gangemi – Director of Partnerships...
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Making it easier to feed our kids fruit than Froot Loops
2011: a Slow Food USA year in review by Josh Viertel. by Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA 2011 started with a very important question. In January, we asked President Obama what he was doing to...
View ArticlePride in the Slow Food Movement, A Reflection on 2011
What made you most proud to be a part of the Slow Food movement in 2011? We list some of our favorite responses. by Slow Food USA intern, Alaena Robbins Recently many of you rang in the New Year...
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A Day in the Life of a FoodCorps Service Member
To celebrate FoodCorps’ first year, we give you a glimpse of what it might be like to be a service member through the eyes of current member, Robyn Wardell. FoodCorps is a national non-profit—for which...
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The Soul of Slow Food: Fighting for Both Farmers and Eaters
Slow Food USA’s president says he is not turning his back on the organization’s roots, but is instead trying to better understand its identity. by Slow Food USA President, Josh Viertel When my fiancée,...
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What’s in your food?
My favorite veggie burgers have a “no genetically modified ingredients” label, where is this label on the rest of my food? Tell the FDA to ‘Just Label It’ by Slow Food USA Associate Director of...
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The Guardians of Ozette
Originally from South America, the Makah Ozette Potato has been a staple of Pacific Coast Native Americans for over 200 years and his now being preserved through a partnership with Slow Food Seattle....
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