(By the organizing committee of Slow Fish in New Orleans) Slow Food New Orleans will host Slow Fish 2016: Gateway to the Americas, March 10-13, 2016 in New Orleans at the Old US Mint and French Market. This Slow Fish event is an international gathering of fishers, scientists, chefs, students, … [Read more...]
Young Canadians Create Slow Food Youth Network
Slow Food in Canada is happy to announce the official creation of a Slow Food Youth Network in the country. The Youth Network’s goal is to engage more youth in ensuring the future of a good, clean, fair food system in Canada, where food would be prepared with respect and grown as sustainably as … [Read more...]
Call to Action: Support the Sierra Leone Gardens
By Brooke Fader Brooklyn.f@gmail.com As a convivium leader, I am always trying to operate on 3 levels: locally, nationally and internationally. The 10,000 Gardens in Africa initiative is a fantastic way to support our Slow Food brothers and sisters as they reclaim the soil and their … [Read more...]
3 tips to adopt the Slow Food philosophy
By Janet Henderson The last two and a half centuries of industrial and technological development have allowed our global population to grow exponentially. There are many who argue that the only way to meet the dietary needs of a growing global population is to go further down the path of … [Read more...]
April: The toughest time to cook local
Calgary chefs offer their tips for keeping it fresh in Calgary For chefs aiming to cook local in Alberta, this time of year is a challenge. With weeks to go before spring vegetables (asparagus, radishes, spinach) ‘shoot’ from their seeds and the last of the 2013 stock of root vegetables (beets, … [Read more...]
A Wild Salmon Manifesto for Slow Food Canada
Slow Food in Canada encourages only the seasonal consumption of wild salmon on the West Coast, discourages the consumption of any form of farmed salmon including "organic" farmed salmon, and is committed to the restoration of wild salmon stocks. Read our Wild Salmon Manifesto, adopted in 2006, … [Read more...]
Slow Food Youth Network : On building and creating (Part III)
READ THE 1st part and 2nd part of Darl’s story. The Slow Food Youth Network meeting also included a seminar from Joris Lohman, the chair of the network and its representative at the Slow Food Executive table, about fundraising. Joris opened with a brief introduction outlining that the Youth … [Read more...]
Genèse d’un convivium / Genesis of a Convivium
Par Brigitte Tisserant – membre de Slow Food Abitibi-Témiscamingue Alors qu’un convivium Slow Food naissait à Montréal, un groupe désireux d’une alimentation de qualité, produite en région dans le respect de l’environnement, était déjà à pied d’œuvre dans le nord-ouest québécois. … [Read more...]
Okanagan celebrates Fish / Okanagan célèbre le « Fish »
By Tracey Bussanich This fall, Slow Food Thompson Okanagan celebrated fish in many ways, namely at the 15th gathering of the BC. Food Systems Network, taking place under the theme “Food from the Water, Food from the Land”. At the event, Okanagan Nation Alliance Fisheries Biologist Richard … [Read more...]