It probably won’t come as a surprise to any of you, but the Slow Food USA staff is rife with CSA-members, market devotees and home chefs.  The results are bag lunches that any playground bully would pummel a classmate for.
Back in the spring, the staffed weighed in with asparagus ideas, today they answer the question:
It’s […]

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As we ramp up for the big event, there’s been lots of great coverage:
What to Do and Where to Eat:  Check out this handy highlight guide from 7×7.com.  The best part? The Greek-gods-of-good-and-plenty graphic featuring Carlo Petrini, Alice Waters, Gavin Newsome, Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser.
Featured Products: Check out this article from the Fresno Bee […]

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Wanna mold young minds? Simply by signing up for a newsletter, you could help send a youth delegate all the way to Italy to discuss sustainable foodways with 6,000 other people from around the world.
Culinate, the food website for those who care about eating better, is sponsoring as many as 10 travel scholarships for […]

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In what is now becoming a tradition, some links for your weekend perusal:

Eating IS a political act.  Check out this post on The Atlantic blog about that John Schwenkler piece on culinary conservatism that we blogged about a few weeks ago.
Prairie Business Magazine comes out in support of Slow Food and regional foodways, and what […]

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If you haven’t already seen it, check out Kim Severson’s article about Slow Food and Slow Food Nation in yesterday’s Dining Section of the NY Times.  It’s well worth reading all of comments on their site as well. In particular, thanks to Mike in Chicago for explaining things so well:
I think different aspects of Slow […]

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Some Thursday links for your all:

Slow Food Nation’s Victory Garden is complete and it’s beautiful. And Alice Waters talks up the street food section of the event.
But can edible gardens save our broken food system?  Check out this very interesting article from one of the people who had his lawn transformed by artist Fritz Haeg’s […]

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by Slow Food USA intern Sara Hoffman
Two items recently caught my eye and seem connected–big companies making efforts to make their practices sustainable. But are they going far enough?
1. The fast-food chain Chipotle’s recent decision to use more locally sourced food from small and midsize farmers has garnered a lot of media attention […]

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It’s hot out there.  Should you need to take a break from your gardening, farming, grilling, etc. this weekend, you can sit down at your computer with an ice cold lemonade and and check out the following:
1. Five Great Websites for Farmers, Wannabe Farmers, and Consumers
2. How to navigate the mysterious origins of those nuts […]

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Happy July 4th to all of you and apologies for a slow week of postings here at the blog–the Slow Food USA offices have been closed this week.If you haven’t already, please check out the new Slow Food Nation blog–postings from writers around the country (including Jerusha from our SFUSA offices), generating conversation in and around food as […]

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This piece, from Huffington Post, got us thinking about the practice of gleaning. Apparently a food pantry director in New Hampshire, faced with a food shortage that has become commonplace in pantries this year, and an utter lack of anything fresh or green, has started to ask local farmers to plant a little extra […]

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