by Slow Food USA blog editor, Jerusha Klemperer 
Last week, New York magazine–the augurer of trends in these five boroughs–declared the era of the “starmer,” farmers worshipped by their city-dwelling consumers (that’s co-producer to you),  subject to fawning and drooling and whatever else people do when they spot a member of the cast of “Gossip Girl” […]

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2 interesting articles on the global food system caught our eye–would love to hear your thoughts on each.
The shipment of 450 pounds of California Strawberries to China, for the Olympians–what else will they slice up on top of their Wheaties?
A piece from Slate on an organic farmer in India.  Although organic production is on the […]

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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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We’re not sure if this is an actual trend or just journalists looking for a story but here’s a report that college students, low on dough, are turning up at food banks.
This, alongside the the talk of real food being for people who have real money to spend, got us thinking that we should ask […]

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A delightful little review of a deep-fried sandwich, notable both for the sandwich, yes (and YUM), but also for the intro paragraph which gets at the great food divide in this country–the growing interest in real, slow food and the consistent, persistent presence of fake, fast food.
A new survey shows that “consumers … want their […]

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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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An email that farmer David Perkins from Wisconsin shared with us about the flood damage on his property articulates perfectly the importance of the concept of a co-producer.
Here’s what David wrote: “A theme near and dear to Slow Food that you may want to follow up on is the support that exists between those farms […]

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The mainstream media likes to make a lot out of what our presidential frontrunners eat (usually beginning with “As Brillat-Savarin once wrote, “You are what you eat…”  True, yes, but zzzzzzzzzzz).
We have shied away from this topic, because more interesting than the state fair corndogs they might eat (to seem down with the people) would […]

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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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