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Slow Food Heroes: Share a Seed

21 April 2022

Reana Kovalcik, Slow Food DC Board Member, and Slow Food USA Governor and Southeast Regional Coordinator and Governor founded Share a Seed in January 2020 as a direct response to the supply chain shortages caused by COVID-19. The project seeks to connect community members with the land and their food system, and to help replace scarcity with abundance through resource sharing.

Pure Beef – From Ranch to Table with Author Lynne Curry

6 March 2019 Giulia Capaldi

Pure Beef : An Essential Guide to Artisan Beef with Recipes for Every Cut by Lynne Curry provides any and all practical information that a meat consumer could dream of, and a ton of different recipes featuring all imaginable cuts of beef.

Remembering Kurt Friese

30 October 2018

It is with great sadness that we must announce that Kurt Friese, former Slow Food USA board member, passed away on Friday morning at his home in Iowa City. He was 54 years old. Kurt was one of the first members of Slow Food in the United States, and founded Slow Food Iowa City around …

Product of [redacted] – Where is US meat really coming from?

29 August 2018

Picture yourself at a grocery store, you’re doing the shopping for the next few days, and you’ve got a hankering for some beef. As a conscientious and discerning consumer, you adhere to the principles of Slow Meat, you eat less than average, and you choose better quality products, raised sustainably and thoughtfully, respectful of animal …

Slow Food Nations Embraces Equity, Inclusion and Justice in Food

16 July 2018 Paola Nano

The Slow Food Leader Summit in Denver approved a formal commitment to food justice. To conclude the Slow Food Nations festival, Slow Food USA leaders presented a document acknowledging that “many injustices still exist within our food system. Our local and national work is to dismantle these structures.” A formal commitment to food justice follows efforts at the local, …

How Our Daily Choices can Fight the Impact of Capitalism on Food

15 July 2018 Giulia Capaldi

After Hickman Family Farms Egg farm opened in Tonopah, Arizona, the son of Sonia Lopez started to get very sick. His asthma got worse and he was experiencing high temperature fevers, which eventually got so bad that Sonia and her family decided to leave their home opposite the egg farm. They tried to make their …

Slow Food Nations: Defining the Future

14 July 2018 Paola Nano

Before the market weekend, during which events and tastings will flood the city of Denver with energy, Slow Food Nations dedicated a day to discussion, trying to trace the direction not only for those already active in Slow Food USA, but for the entire food movement in the US. The aim was to shape the …

Slow Food Nations: “Food for Change” Theme will Tackle Natural Disasters, #MeToo, Food Waste and Seed Preservation

12 July 2018

Slow Food Nations II – With 85 Events, 165 Chefs and Speakers, more than 80 Fair and Clean Producers Slow Food USA once again takes over Denver, Colorado from July 13 – 15 for the second annual Slow Food Nations, a three-day culinary festival supporting Slow Food’s mission to inspire individuals and communities to change …

Slow Fish San Francisco: A Look Back

22 May 2018 Paula Barbeito

In the grand scheme of things, Slow Food San Francisco is a relatively new chapter. That said, they have grown fast, moved by their passion for seafood, the environment and the culture around it. As proof of this, they have organized the first edition of Slow Fish in San Francisco. The idea for such an …