Slow Food

By Tonya Lailey See our events page for details. Click here to reach the Slow Food International Terra Madre Day website, complete with PRESS KIT and organizer’s GUIDE to hosting a Terra Madre Day event. See our events page for details. Click here to reach the Slow Food International Terra Madre Day website...

By Tonya Lailey Infuse owners Jaclyn Labchuk and Wade Sirois and Janet Henderson, Past President of Slow Food Calgary and VP of Training and Development for the Alberta Food Processor Association. Infuse has been the site of many Slow kitchen parties featuring local produce and local producers. Infuse...

by his BlackBerry, to President Lincoln overwhelmed by telegrams, or when he calls for a new style of communication based on the Slow Food movement. ...

The Slow Food movement has helped spur interest in home canning, and Thanksgiving provides the perfect occasion for anyone who ever wanted to try his hands ...

Officially, the 501(c)3 group has no political agenda or religious beliefs other than loose ties to the Slow Food movement, which emphasizes eating locally ... and more »

By Tonya Lailey Dine at River CaféExecutive Chef Scott Pohorelic, Slow Food Calgary President dee Hobsbawn-Smith, Proprietor Sal Howell and Janet Henderson, Slow Food Calgary Past President - all celebrating the pleasures of a Alberta producers' dinner - 2009

The Slow Food movement even has a name for this breed of consumer (hey, I'm one of them!). It calls them "co-producers," handmaidens of ethical, ... and more »

By Tonya Lailey Slow Food International has declared December 10th to be Terra Madre Day. “Every convivium, every food community and all people supportive of Terra Madre and Slow Food ideals are invited to organize an event, however small or symbolic, in their local area.” Terra Madre is a worldwide netw...

a wine shop in Scarsdale, NY, and Del Posto restaurant, to benefit the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy founded by Slow Food, will be Nov. ...

Mac attacker: Carlo Petrini, founder and chairman of Slow Food International in Italy, talks about what makes food good, clean and fair at the Italian ...

Halloween weekend saw Slow Food UK convivium leaders and representatives converge in London to attend the National Meeting. Members traveled from all over ...

The Birmingham News - al.com Chefs make school lunches for Taste $3.57 benefit for Slow Food Birmingham The Birmingham News - al.com The average school lunch costs $2.57, says Slow Food Birmingham's Amanda Storey, and adding a dollar to that could mean the difference between a processed, ...

La Cittadella, we find out later, is a member of the Slow Food movement, an agriturismo turning out traditional dishes using the region's excellent produce. ...

By Tonya Lailey Come out to Slow Food Calgary’s Movie Night…it’s FREE Date: Monday November 16, 2009 Time: 6:30 pm doors open, 7:00 pm movie starts (running time is 93 minutes) Location: Central Library’s John Dutton Theatre Movie: “Food , Inc.”, a flim by Robert Kenner – to view details on the film: REV...

However, a new student organization, the University of Rhode Island chapter of Slow Food USA, aims to change this attitude toward food consumption. ...

Taylor compares old-fashioned records with Slow Food, saying that after a diet rich on MP3 downloads, "I feel like I've been eating at McDonald's, ... and more »

Slow money is named for the slow-food movement that developed to counteract our eat-on-the-go society. Championed by Woody Tasch, a venture capitalist, ... and more »

Active members of Slow Food USA and The Chefs Collaborative, Roots' culinary creations are based on seasonally changing ingredients. and more »

Furthermore, we have a very sophisticated list technology that allows customers to order frequently and easily and to satisfy their food requirements to ... and more »

Taking her time: A woman examines a booth marketing farm products from Hyogo Prefecture with her son and friends Friday at "Slow Food Nippon 2009" in ... Slow Food NipponSlow food all 2 news articles »

Slow Food founder visits Sydney press release) Mr Petrini is the founder of the Slow Food movement, an international not-for-profit organisation founded in 1986 to counteract fast food culture and the ...

Before the recent Whisky Fest in San Francisco, a select group gathered for a whisky tasting of the Bowmore whisky which in itself should be deemed a special treat especially when sipping on the 25 year Bowmore single malt and the 44 year old (older than most us in the ...

Slow Food International is a worldwide movement that arose to combat our growing propensity for fast food eaten mindlessly. It's also about slowing down in ...

Slow food. Others seem to think the term refers to an internationally renowned "member supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast ...

Sep 22 - Slow Food San Diego's Food for Thought, Sustainable Planet Kick-off Party Oct 4 - Slow Food Midcoast Maine's American Harvest  Picnic Oct 6 - Slow Food Urban San Diego's Lecture with Erika Lesser, Executive Director of Slow Food USA

By marcia gagliardi(noreply@blogger.com) On Labor Day, Monday September 7th, one year after Slow Food Nation, Slow Food San Francisco returns to San Francisco's Civic Center for a public potluck ~EAT-IN~ in support of its national Time For Lunch Campaign to bring real food to the country's public schools. Based on the premise tha...

Aug 9 - Slow Food Oahu's Fish & Poi Nation - Reviving Local Food Traditions   Aug 11 - Slow Food Delta Diablo's "Time for Dinner!" fund-raising event   Aug 13 - Slow Food Columbia's Eat, Drink and Think Local   Aug 18 - Slow Food West Virginia's Feast from the Fields   Aug 20 - Edible Evening...

Food Chain News and information for Slow Food USA members and supporters Click here to read online Chapters Continue to Bring Back Endangered Foods Jul 12 - Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard’s Living Healthy, Living Well Jul 25 - Slow Food Huron Valley’s 3rd Annual Pie Lovers Unite

Welcome!  If you just joined Slow Food USA or are a new supporter, FOOD CHAIN is our monthly e-newsletter detailing news and information about our programs, initiatives and campaigns. If you would like to learn more or are interested in advertising, please contact us at info@slowfoodus...

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 United States The Slow Food movement may be a recent development, but the impulses behind it run deep. It would be easy, of course, to bemoan the loss of many of the food traditions recorded herein, and to chart just how grimly warranted those fears of ...

Dear Slow Food Chapter Leader,   It's time to take action to improve school food!  As a chapter leader, you already uphold and promote good, clean, and fair food through the exceptional programs and events you organize and support.  Your chapter is passionate about its leading role in the...

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 Canada I get on there every so often and find all my "friends" (most of whom I have not met) promoting their latest blog entry, Slow Food event or posting a review of their lunchtime pastrami on rye. But Twitter sounded like a definite maybe if only because ...

Explore local events that support and promote good, clean and fair food. Local chapters   From Friday Harbor Island in Washington to Portsmouth, NH, and everywhere in between, our 210 local chapters are the grassroots center of our organization. Support Slow Food

 NC The so-called Slow Food movement is, well, slowly creeping across the nation. Named so as a rebuttal to the many fast food restaurants, it encourages communities to appreciate the bounty all around them by consuming products from as close by as ...

 United States “And this is without Slow Food telling me what to do,” said Sando, who had a public kerfuffle with the Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini two years ago. Sando pointedly said he favored growing disappearing foods over getting together to talk about them at ...

 FL Also, Harmoni was a founding member of the Orlando chapter of the international Slow Food movement, and it continues to walk the walk. (The initiative stresses local products, preferably organic, with a minimum of processing. ...

Join Slow Food Featuring  events that support local and sustainable food systems. Local chapters   From O'ahu to Miami, and everywhere in between, our 210 local chapters are the grassroots center of our organization. Support Slow Food

 NY Here's a video clip of Petrini explaining his standards and their implications.) As the Slow Food web site explains: Slow Food is good, clean and fair food. We believe that the food we eat should taste good; that it should be produced in a clean way ...

Contents Restaurant Supported Agriculture (RSA) Study food and culture at the University of Gastronomic Sciences Ark Product Spotlight on Bay Scallops February 2009 Terra Madre Spotlight on: Chef David Swanson and Restaurant Supported Agriculture

By efox Fast food is the ultimate American invention — cheap meals for people on the go. But we’ve paid a heavy price for our national addiction — an epidemic of obesity, the destruction of our fragile environment, and the loss of community ties that are maintained by taking the time to prepare and e...

Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Eric Schlosser and Carlo Petrini join together in conversation about the local, national and global impact of the philosophy and practice of Slow Food. Moderated by Corby Kummer, author of The Pleasures of Slow Food. Wendell B...

Understand the potential and challenges of creating a national policy around Edible Education—a means of educating all children about stewardship, sustainability and the connections between food, health and the environment.

Featuring: Along Came the Rain, Silent Snow, The Price of Sugar and Cry Sea. A screening of four award-winning short films and documentaries that promote a new critical awareness of food culture. Hosted by Alice Waters and Dieter Kosslick, Director of the Berlin International Film Festi...

The Food Chain, the e-newsletter of Slow Food USA Click here to read this email online.  Contents Take action to support sustainable agriculture Terra Madre Spotlight on Bread Baking Ark of Taste Product Spotlight: Turnip-Rooted Beet International Food and Film Festival this May

The opening ceremony of Terra Madre 2008. Leader Update Contents Chapter Leader Web site is Online   Update on The National Congress and Slow Food Nation   Timeline for promoting the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture     Grants for School Garden Projects WHAT IS SLOW FOOD

Meet Kaycee Wimbish and Ariane Lotti, two youth delegates who recently attended Terra Madre, Slow Food's international gathering of food comminuties.  These two young activists not only support good, clean and fair food - they grow it!  Read more about Terra Madre, which took place in I...

By sarah The manifesto is based on a series of principles, including the fact that industrialized agriculture both contributes to and is affected by climate change, that organic and sustainable farming can affect climate change in a positive way, that locally produced food is better for peopl...

the e-newsletter of Slow Food USA - July 2008   Pictured left: Uprising Seeds/Uprising Organics Farm, winners of the 2008 Betsy Lydon Award.      IN THIS ISSUE...    Help Midwest Farmers through the Terra Madre Relief Fund    The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco

Help Send Youth Delegates to Slow Food Nation and Terra Madre!    Announcing the Culinate Youth Movement Campaign   Join the Culinate Youth Food Movement Campaign, which helps to support Youth Delegates at two Slow Food events in 2008: Terra Madre in Turin, Italy, in October; and Slow Fo...

By deepfnord I have been reading about the Slow Food Movement today. Slow food is best summed up in this little nutshell from Slow Food International: Slow Food USA, the American subsidiary of the slow food movement, continues along the same lines. It's food for thought.