Originally from South America, the Makah Ozette Potato has been a staple of Pacific Coast Native Americans for over 200 years and his now being preserved through a partnership with Slow Food Seattle.

Written by Gerry Warren, Slow Food USA Regional Governor for Washington & Alaska and the coordinator of the Makah Ozette Potato Presidium
In the [...]

My favorite veggie burgers have a “no genetically modified ingredients” label, where is this label on the rest of my food? Tell the FDA to ‘Just Label It’

by Slow Food USA Associate Director of National Programs, Angelines M. Alba Lamb

Slow Food USA’s president says he is not turning his back on the organization’s roots, but is instead trying to better understand its identity.

by Slow Food USA President, Josh Viertel
When my fiancée, Juliana, and I were farming, we grew the most beautiful produce I have ever seen. I do not mean to brag. It is [...]

To celebrate FoodCorps’ first year, we give you a glimpse of what it might be like to be a service member through the eyes of current member, Robyn Wardell.

FoodCorps is a national non-profit—for which Slow Food USA is a founding partner—that addresses our nation’s painful and costly childhood obesity epidemic using a three recipe ingredient [...]

To celebrate Food Corps’ first year, we give you a glimpse of what it might be like to be a service member through the eyes of current member, Robyn Wardell.

FoodCorps is a national non-profit—for which Slow Food USA is a founding partner—that addresses our nation’s painful and costly childhood obesity epidemic using a three recipe [...]

What made you most proud to be a part of the Slow Food movement in 2011? We list some of our favorite responses.

by Slow Food USA intern, Alaena Robbins
Recently many of you rang in the New Year reflecting along with SFUSA staff members about what had made you most proud to be a part [...]

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 [...]