Getting Real about School Lunches in Birmingham, AL
by Gordon Jenkins
The movement to improve school food reached Alabama last month, when Slow Food Birmingham brought school officials, chefs, farmers and the public together to highlight the…
Slow Food on Campus raising awareness about fair food
by intern Heather Teige
As promised, a report on the November activities of our Slow Food on Campus chapters!
This past month, the chapters focused on the “fair” part of Slow Food USA’s…
A very busy Slow Food Land and Sea
by Intern Alaine Janosy
After spending over an hour speaking with Maureen Marinkovich and Linda Degnan Cobos, chapter leaders of Slow Food Land and Sea, I wanted to jump on a plane to San Juan…
Do as We Do: Slow Food USA Staff Write Letters to Congress
by Slow Food USA staffer Gordon Jenkins
This week, the staff at Slow Food USA’s national office in Brooklyn, NY took ten minutes before their lunch break to sit down and write letters to…
Reauthorization of U.S. Child Nutrition Programs: A Senate Hearing
by intern Emily Stephenson
This morning the Senate Agriculture committee met to discuss Child Nutrition reauthorization. Yesterday’s USDA announcement about food insecurity in the US set…
Los Angeles youth are fed up with obesity
by intern Jessica Weiland
With the help of online social networks, our country’s young adults seem to be mobilizing. We’re Fed Up is one of these networks and a highly effective venue…