2011: a Slow Food USA year in review by Josh Viertel.

by Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA
2011 started with a very important question.
In January, we asked President Obama what he was doing to make it easier to feed our kids fruit than Froot Loops.  He said Walmart would fix it.  You didn’t buy it, [...]

Our friends at FarmPlate.com give us the scoop on how technology is changing the world of small scale farmers so that small scale farms can change the world.

By Jeff Gangemi – Director of Partnerships and Communications at FarmPlate.com
In farming, it seems that size is often rewarded. Government subsidies, economies of scale, and the use of [...]

How a Slow Food chapter set out to do the near impossible — plant 44 gardens in 44 days — and exceeded it!
Written by Slow Food USA intern Meghan Offtermatt

A garden planting hosted by Slow Food Miami.

What’s more important than teaching kids the importance of good, clean, and fair food? Teaching kids how to plant, [...]

Food policy was front in center in November, we recap where we were and where we’re going with the Food and Farm bill.

Now that November has come to an end, it’s hard to forget the ruckus Congress stirred up in the food and farming world—some of it good and some of it bad. Organizations and [...]