Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT)
News from the national office: The RAFT sets sail! RAFT stands for “Renewing America’s Food Traditions,” and is a new coalition of seven allied organizations all working toward preserving biodiversity in food, including: Slow Food USA The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy The Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University Chefs Collaborative Cultural Conservancy Native [...]
Slow Food in the news
The national office of Slow Food alerted us to the following news about Slow Food this week. Enjoy! Sylvia Poggioli’s report on Terra Madre for NPR A New York Times Op-Ed piece by chef Dan Barber, “Food Without Fear” (and here if the link has expired) An article from the Associated Press that has already [...]
Craftsman Brew Tasting
Slow Food has a treat for you, just in time for the holidays. Since leaving his job at JPL in 1995, Mark Jilg has been brewing delicious beer out of a space off the 210 freeway in Pasadena. At a time when brewers were creating full-flavored beer with lots of hops and malt, Mark took [...]
Los Angeles Community Garden Tour
The Slow Food Social Action Committee has organized a tour of Los Angeles Community Gardens with Al Renner. We will travel to five gardens and hear from the gardeners themselves about the joys and challenges of urban farming. We will visit Solano Canyon Garden, Crenshaw High School Garden, the 41 St. Community Garden, the Venice [...]
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