The Cultiva Youth Project and Slow Food Boulder have teamed up with Anolon Cookware to provide top-notch cooking education and leadership opportunities in North Boulder. Here, teens get to cook and eat together, as well as learn from their peers. And, of course, brand new cookware doesn’t hurt!

Submitted by Ellie Goldberg of Growing Gardens’ [...]

Slow Food NYC has gotten its hands dirty in school gardens throughout the city with its Urban Harvest program. This summer they took those organizing skills to South Africa to partner with a local school to build a garden that gets more fresh fruits and veggies into the cafeteria.

by interns Sasha Hippard and Alaena Robbins
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Out of work and prospects dim for the foreseeable future, Amy knew that her household food budget had to take a hit. She also knew that she didn’t want to lose enthusiasm for cooking, for sharing meals with her family, and her friends. This is her story.

by Slow Food Rhode Island chapter leader Amy McCoy

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When I started at Slow Food USA a few months ago, I asked everyone I met: “How I can learn more about this movement?” Little did I know someone would be asking me this same question almost every day! Here are some recommended resources for learning more about Slow Food, the movement, the issues, and [...]

“In one moment I am buying something and can’t believe how much I get for so little money; the next item I pick up gives me sticker shock. How can both of these things be true?” the author asks.

Earlier this summer, as I was hauling a bag of farmers market produce home 15 blocks [...]

Slow Food USA officially joined several other food & farming organizations in support of the plaintiff farmers in the recently filed lawsuit against Monsanto.

In June we shared an interview with farmer (and Slow Food leader) Tom Willey (click here to read). Tom is one of many plaintiffs in a landmark case against Monsanto.
Monsanto has [...]

Three homecooks show us that good food doesn’t require hours in the kitchen.

by Kelsey Wickel, Intern
Whether we’re holding down three jobs, working long hours, or knee deep in volunteer projects, we don’t always have the most time to cook.  Luckily, for those of us trying to stay healthy in our busy lives, good food doesn’t [...]

A brand new chapter is growing fast and raising beds in Alabama.

by Intern Howard Lanney
Can a brand new Slow Food chapter take root in under a year? Sure can, says Rob McDaniel of the new Slow Food Crossroads chapter in Alabama. “We’ve accomplished the goal,” Rob says, “we’ve gotten people interested in local sustainable foods [...]

Slow Food Vermont chapter leader Mara Welton and her husband Spencer are spearheading a new sustainable farming certificate program at University of Vermont.

by Grace Moore
Vermont’s exciting new Sustainable Farming Certificate program is linking experienced farmers with promising apprentices and practical experience to train much-needed new farmers. Slow Food Vermont leader Mara Welton and her husband [...]

Slow Food on Campus leader Erin Swenson-Klatt reports back on her trip to Washington DC.

Thank you so much for the generous donation that helped send me to Washington D.C. to advocate for sustainable agriculture programs with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. I know that you too believe in the need for a Good, Clean [...]