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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It’s that time of year again… Slow Food USA is pleased to announce that the 4th Annual Online Auction is now LIVE! Visit the Slow Food USA auction web page for a complete listing of all of this year’s items up for grabs.
You can search all available items, place your […]

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Here in New York City we’ve finally made the annual swift jump from late winter straight to summer.  (We have heard there is a season called spring; here it is merely the name of a street).  That being said, summer is a glorious thing, full of long-awaited produce, and outdoor fun–like picnics.
Last summer, Slow Food […]

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by Slow Food USA staffer Julia De Martini Day 
Last friday afternoon I volunteered for the first time with Harvest Time in Harlem, a Slow Food in Schools program facilitated by Slow Food NYC member and Slow Food USA Convivium Coordinator Yuri Asano.  The session’s focus was sustainability and  part of our activity involved cutting micro-greens […]

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While network television is rarely a topic of discussion here, Sunday night’s episode of “The Simpsons” proves that awareness of industrial agriculture practices might be growing in the minds of Americans. When Bart joins 4-H (it’s slogan on the show: “4-H: it’s still a thing”) in order to drive a combine, he finds himself caring […]

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Earth Day (April 22) is coming up, a welcome reminder each year that the Earth is our home and provides generation after generation with life itself. Did you know that our current food system is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gases? Protecting our planet requires action by everyone, and supporting local food systems […]

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In case you missed this, Atlanta’s “Sunday Paper” had this to say about its convivium, and founding leader (and Southern Regional Governor) Julie Schaffer:

Preserving traditions

Photo Credit: Spark St. Jude
Julie Shaffer, founder of the Atlanta chapter of Slow Food
By Hope S. Philbrick
If you ate milk and cookies every day after school and now serve the same […]

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by Slow Food in Schools Coordinator, Cecily Upton
Here at Slow Food USA, we’ve been noticing an interesting and exciting trend: young folks eschewing the corporate/industrial complex and going back to the land and back to the kitchen.
We’re not the only ones who noticed it either–Saturday’s New York Times Style Section included a lengthy article about […]

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What do you do when your favorite sustainable pork producer packs up shop, feeling that the farmers’ market is not profitable enough to be worth the trip? You could cry into your Smithfield Ham, sure, or you could dream up an alternative that works for the farmer and works for the community. That’s just […]

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When people call us here at Slow Food USA asking about undergraduate and graduate degrees in Food Studies/Gastronomy, we’ve in the past only had a few directions in which to steer them.
First, there’s the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG), Slow Food’s University with campuses in Pollenzo and Colorno. One can go there for the […]

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