Employment and Internship Opportunities with Slow Food USA
Slow Food USA is currently seeking motivated, strategic and highly skilled individuals to drive its Development, Communications, Slow Food Nation, and Youth programs. All applications are due no later than January 16, 2009. Positions are based in Brooklyn, New York: Please see position summaries and submission instructions below. ++ Director of Development: will be responsible [...]
In the News… Saturday, December 20, 2008
† Cheap food isn’t so cheap when there’s this mess to clean up. Kudos to Elanor Starmer of The Ethicurean.com team for her work on the report. † Seafood sustainability and supermarkets: Greenpeace recently issued its report on how supermarkets are minding seafood sustainability, and the results are mixed. (Thanks to The Food Section for [...]
Weiser Family Farms in The Kitchn
Slow Food member and Kitchn contributor Emily Ho sings the praises of Weiser Family Farm and their glorious root vegetables. Many Slow Food members are die-hard fans of Alex Weiser’s potatoes and carrots, but Emily’s piece reminds us not to forget other seasonal delights including parsnips, turnips, cauliflower, and Jerusalem artichokes. Read Emily’s piece online [...]
In the News… Thursday, December 18, 2008
Many Slow Food members and friends have been expressing their opinions about how the next administration’s food policy should take shape and who should occupy key food-related positions in the Obama administration. Earlier this week President-elect Obama announced that former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack is his choice to fill the Secretary of Agriculture position. Vilsack [...]
Film Screening and Vegetarian Potluck in Pasadena
Our friends at Path to Freedom – Urban Homestead in Pasadena have extended an invitation to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to a late December film screening and vegetarian potluck. Please see the details below: On Sunday, December 28, 2008, Path to Freedom – Urban Homestead will host a vegetarian potluck followed by [...]
Culinary Historians of Southern California present… Beans!
Our friends at the Culinary Historians of Southern California have alerted us to a program this Saturday at the main branch of the Los Angeles Public Library. A fascinating talk on a seemingly mundane subject: Renowned food historian Ken Albala will talk about the history of beans followed by bean farmer and author Steve Sando [...]
Secretary of Food?
Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed piece in yesterday’s New York Times suggests that while finding appropriate candidates for the Secretary of Agriculture position is necessary, we need a more radical rethinking of the position itself. “Secretary of Food” captures the spirit: Read Kristof’s piece online. (Thanks to Arthur Greenwald and other Slow Food L.A. members and friends [...]
Agriculture Secretary Petition at fooddemocracynow.org
In these final days before President-Elect Obama makes his selection for Secretary of Agriculture, we urge you to express your support for dynamic and sustainable choices for the post. An online petition available at www.fooddemocracynow.org is accepting signatures. The petition lists six suggestions including Gus Schumacher, Former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign [...]
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