Slow Food USA’s position on the current food safety legislation recently passed by the Senate (again) and headed for a House vote.

UPDATE: After hanging briefly in legal limbo because of tax provisions in the bill, the Food Safety and Modernization Act (S 510) was passed by the Senate late last night. You can read about [...]

Terra Madre brought together over 7,000 eaters from 160 sixty countries, including all 50 states from the US to Turin, Italy this October.  Hear the thoughts of one of the youngest delegates, Casey Knapp – an amazing Farmer and one of the ‘Generation Organic’ Organic Valley Farmers.

Casey Knapp
‘Generation Organic’ Organic Valley Farmer
Preble, NY
Terra Madre brought [...]

Today marks the second annual International Terra Madre Day—a day for celebrating eating locally, and honoring our local food communities. 

Today marks the second annual International Terra Madre Day—a day for celebrating eating locally, and honoring our local food communities.  In particular it can be a time for delegates to Slow Food’s Terra Madre conference [...]

Yesterday, hundreds of people descended on Washington DC for the Department of Justice and the Department of Agriculture’s joint public workshops to explore how corporate monopolies affect food and farming in the U.S. Although we came from different sectors of the food system for the fifth and final of these year-long hearings, we all spoke [...]

In the last year, in towns around the country, thousands of farmers, ranchers, and concerned citizens have packed auditoriums to overflow capacity – not for a rock concert or even a farm auction, but for the leaders of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the USDA. The departments have been on a listening tour, taking [...]

On December 8th, in Washington DC, the Dept of Justice and the USDA will be holding a workshop (kind of like a town hall) to hear from farmers and consumers. Join us!

On December 8th, in Washington DC, the Dept of Justice and the USDA will be holding a workshop (kind of like a town hall) [...]

After a year and a half of campaigning, we are very happy to see that the House today passed the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act.

After a year and a half of campaigning, we are thrilled to see that the House today passed the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act. Our nation’s school children were long overdue for an [...]