Schlosser, Patel, and Barber on Good, Clean, and Fair Food
Tom Philpott of Grist has posted his observations of and several videos from and related to Slow Food Nation: Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, talks about the need to consider the rights of workers who help bring the food from the farm to our plates. Considering the “fair” component of the “Good, Clean, [...]
Keeping up with Slow Food USA
Last week, San Francisco was host not only to the inaugural Slow Food Nation but also to Slow Food USA’s National Congress, a meeting of chapter leaders to discuss governance and organizational issues. To coincide with the National Congress, Slow Food USA has revised–and revitalized–its website, and we encourage Slow Food Los Angeles members and [...]
CHOW Presents Slow Food Nation Podcasts
In addition to being among the supporters and sponsors of Slow Food Nation, CHOW is presenting a series of “bite-sized bulletins,” interviews with the people behind the scenes who are tasting, selecting, organizing, and working to make Slow Food Nation the biggest artisanal food event in the United States. Currently available, via the CHOW website [...]
The Slow Food Nation Victory Garden Takes Root
In the first event of Slow Food Nation, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Alice Waters, and Anya Fernald, executive director of Slow Food Nation, officially opened the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden at the San Francisco Civic Center on July 12. Coordinators and more than 250 volunteers worked to transform the heart of the Civic [...]
“Slow Food Savors Its Big Moment”
Kim Severson writes in Wednesday’s New York Times about Slow Food Nation as a “coming of age” for Slow Food in the United States as the organization develops its own identity, related to but distinct from our Italy-based parent.
Event Announcement: Slow Food Nation Marin Road Trip
Are you considering attending Slow Food Nation this year? If you are, consider joining members of the Los Angeles convivium on a gastronomic Road Trip outside the city. Explore the pristine Tomales Bay, enjoy a tour of Cowgirl Creamery, pick up some lunch essentials in Pt. Reyes Station or the Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop, visit [...]
Slow Food Nation Announcements
Tickets are now on sale for Slow Food Nation, Slow Food USA’s first national festival. Organizers have just launched the official website with preliminary schedules, information about special programs, and the ability to purchase tickets online. Held in San Francisco this Labor Day weekend, Slow Food Nation will bring together tens of thousands of people [...]
Event Announcement: The Mother of All Food Fairs: The Salone del Gusto
Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to share the news that the Culinary Historians of Southern California will present a program by Slow Food member Allana Elovson on Slow Food’s biennial Salone del Gusto, to be held in Turin in October 23-27, 2008. Dr. Elovson will speak about the Salone, a five-day celebration and exploration [...]
2008 Slow Food Events
Friday, August 29, through Monday, September 1, will be Slow Food Nation weekend in San Francisco. Plans are developing for the event, which will bring together farmers, food artisans, consumers, commentators, and others for a weekend focused on good, clean, and fair food and food production. As described in the San Francisco Chronicle: Two venues [...]
Slow Food News
For Slow Food members and friends in the community: † Slow Food Nation, the four-day event originally announced for May 2008, has been changed to Labor Day weekend, August 29 through September 1, 2008. The Slow Food Nation team changed the date in response to input from farmers who were eager to show their produce [...]
Slow Food Nation Fundraising Event
Slow Food Nation, an unprecedented celebration of the principles of sustainability, ecogastronomy, and conviviality that are at the heart of the Slow Food movement, will take place in San Francisco from May 1-4, 2008. As part of the organizing effort, Alice Waters, Mark Peel, and Lisa Kring, cochair of the Slow Food Los Angeles Wine [...]
Now Available: Slow Food Nation by Carlo Petrini
In Slow Food Nation, Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini describes how we can take back control of our food by outlining three central principles that are the focus of the Manifesto of Quality that was announced at the 2006 Salone del Gusto: food must be good (healthful and delicious); it must be clean (produced sustainably [...]
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