Slow Food Usa
These are locally based and governed 501 c 3 non profit organizations that hold events and education outreach programs that benefit their communities while carrying out the message of the slow food movement and advancing the local environmental movement.
Slow food usa. We inspire individuals and communities to change the world through food that is good clean and fair for all. Slow food usa brooklyn new york. Slow food nations is a major international food festival hosted in denver colorado. The year 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of slow food after it started in italy in 1986 with a demonstration on the intended site of a mcdonald s at the spanish steps in rome.
Join us for a special discussion of the slow food movement featuring mccarthy and northwest food leaders including jon rowley fred berman and dr. On february 6 slow food seattle welcomes slow food usa executive director richard mccarthy to seattle. 171 291 likes 354 talking about this. An open letter to the slow food community as protesters take to the streets across the country demanding justice we are reminded once again that oppression is systemic.
Slow food usa currently has 200 chapters down from 225 chapters in 2011. Seeking to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system slow food usa reconnects americans with the people traditions plants animals fertile soils and waters that produce our food. You can call the slow food usa national office at 212 965 5640. Slow food is a global grassroots organization founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions counteract the rise of fast life and combat people s dwindling interest in the food they eat where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us.
We are committed to making slow food usa an anti racist organization that authentically pursues good clean and fair food for all.