Humboldt Park’s Rooftop Revival
A high school science project becomes a community mission for local food; leads to a cafeteria rooftop greenhouse and the community’s first produce market.
School Garden: the perfect marriage of ideas
An inspiring example of what Slow Food members are doing all over the country, and a great way to protect yourself from the winter blues.
Budget cuts could be a recipe for change or disaster
Congress is planning dramatic cuts to the American budget and anything and everything is on the chopping block. The agricultural sector is likely to take a big hit but will the special Congressional “super committee” make positive change or keep pandering to Big Ag?
Celebrate National School Lunch Week with a FREE Nourish DVD
This week is National School Lunch Week, to celebrate we’re asking you, “How can we can we create a better school food system?” Answer to win a free copy of Nourish Short Films: 54 Bite-Sized Videos About the Story of Your Food.
“Feeding Garden” in South Africa gets a kickstart from Slow Food NYC
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.
Fresh From the Farm Cooking Classes for Kids
Participants of the Willamette Food and Farm Coalition’s Farm to School project make frequent trips to local farms to learn and see first hand where their food comes from.