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Monday, Jan 26
Opinion: Slow Food For Fast People: An Interview With Amanda West, Creator of Amanda’s Feel Good Fresh Food
Fast food is the ultimate American invention — cheap meals for people on the go. But we’ve paid a heavy price for our national addiction — an epidemic of obesity, the destruction of our fragile environment, and the loss of community ties that are maintained by taking the time to prepare and e...
Thursday, Jan 22
Chasing Rabbits
When I learned that I would be in Italy for Terra Madre 2008, I scheduled in a few extra days to find Riccardo and ask the question in person. Douglas Gayeton put me in touch with his friend Pier Giorgio Provenzano, who had been at the photo shoot and knew the general vicinity of Riccardo’s farm....
Monday, Jan 12
Ripe for Change?
At the Slow Food Nation in San Francisco in 2008, the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture was unveiled, an eloquent call and 12-point checklist for a 21st century approach to food and farm policy. Thousands of people signed on immediately. And the declaration is gathering steam a...
Sunday, Jan 11
Moving Green Forward: Six Recommendations for 2009
5. Continue to support local gardening / farming efforts. We need to keep our focus on urban gardening and small-scale farming. It has been said before, but the answers to our global food problems are not more genetic modification and massive globalization, but rather a return to small and s...
Friday, Dec 26
Vegetarian Takes the Plunge
I ate meat for the first time in over twenty years recently. The moment presented itself after a culmination of many things, primarily an ever-increasing personal momentum within the world of food. Writing a food column, owning a cookie company, and working for Slow Food Nation kept bri...
Friday, Dec 12
The Quest to Be An Organic Farmer
And then, the seed that had been growing in me found itself an old patch of dirt. My background in law and media and my deep passion for sustainable agriculture seemed to merge at a pivotal time of consumer interest in organic food. The weekly newsletters I wrote for the CSA were as much about fo...
Tuesday, Dec 9
The Real Gelato
The election is over, but Chris Tan of San Francisco’s Gelateria Naia – featured in the Taste Pavilions at Slow Food Nation 2008 – is calling for food activists in California to support another political cause: the definition of gelato.
Tuesday, Dec 2
The Next Generation of Farmers
In a time of concurrent economic, energy, climate and health crises, we’re beginning to realize how badly our country needs to rebuild its food and agriculture system. We should also realize that a food system that is good for us, good for our communities and good for the planet is going to r...
