Slow Food News

Prominent Seattle chefs are partnering with the nation's largest coldwater fisheries organization, Trout Unlimited, to promote Bristol Bay, Alaska - the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery - as it faces mounting threats from a proposed open-pit gold and copper mine.

When the wind is right, I'm pretty sure you can pick up the smell of Shack in the Back BBQ from anywhere in the vicinity of Fairdale.

Finally, with the heat of summer comes the wonderful abundance of vine-ripened, tree-ripened, sweet, juicy and tangy fruits! What a fruit paradise - " strawberry season overlapping with stone fruits - " plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, and the all too short Bing Cherry season.

Slow Food USA president Josh Viertel and Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet , appeared recently on Leonard Lopate's WNYC show to discuss the importance of sustainable agriculture and how good, clean, and fair food can be affordable and accessible.

Slow food aims to be everything fast food is not, namely local, fresh, healthful, simple, sustainable and environmentally sound.

BALLWIN, MO, July 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Crossing in Clayton will host a Wine Dinner on Tuesday evening, July 7th, featuring four great wines from the Northwest and one from California.

If we're all to be holidaying in the UK this summer, where should we go for the best all-round eating? Is Rick Stein's restaurant in Padstow a must-visit holiday destination? Photograph: Jonathan Player/Rex Features Consequently, the media will soon be scouring Britain for new, foodie-friendly locations to profile , and inevitably dub 'the new ...

On Saturday, August 1, join DCa s Slow Food Convivium for an edible celebration of regional, mid-summer bounty at Clydea s Willow Creek Farm .

Growing sprouts at FoodShare. Photo by Ayngelina Brogan/Torontoist. In the shadow of the Dufferin Mall and No Frills, FoodShare is planting the seeds of a radical food system.

Slow Food fans will get the opportunity to vote for the best homemade, old-fashioned -- but not necessarily traditional -- ice cream flavor! The Ice Cream Social, which is in conjunction with the Peachtree Road Farmers Market, will take place in the garden of St.

A scene from the film, from Magnolia Pictures. Find out how our food is produced by checking out the documentary a oeFood Inc.,a opening Friday at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington.

A few weeks back I had the opportunity to see a pre-screening of "Food, Inc.," a new film opening on June 12 brought to us by Eric Schlosser, who gave us "Fast Food Nation." It's one heck of a disturbing movie and makes me want to go out and buy my meats and produce from local sources even more than before.

Last year's Slow Food Nation eat-in at Dolores Park is serving as a national model.

FESTIVAL visitors in York will be encouraged to go foraging for their food, as the credit crunch promotes cost-conscious cooking.

Canning may be having its comeback in this DIY era, but traditionally fermented vegetables -- sauerkraut, kimchi, barrel-fermented pickles -- take hip home cooks to the next level of old-style food preservation.

Randall Grahm reports on Twitter upon returning from the event that the great wines at Golden Glass 2009 on June 21 in San Francisco generated a small turnout.

The Southern Slow Food Fair will combine with a Summer Solstice Celebration at Jones Valley Urban Farm for an evening of food, wine, craft beer and fun on Saturday, June 20, from 4- 7 p.m. From 4- 6 p.m., taste throught the farm with... locally brewed beer, barbecue, bread, cheese, coffee and more.

Slow Food Northern NJ & Sustenance Present A Series of Farm-to-table Dinners that Support Earth Stewardship and Food Justice By Slow Food Northern NJ & Sustenance 6/20/2009 Sustenance farm-to-table dinners take place in farm fields, orchards, and historic sites.

The American Medical Association has approved a new policy resolution in support of practices and policies within health care systems that promote and model a healthy and ecologically sustainable food system, according to a press release.

A community event will be held in the Eurobodalla on the New South Wales far south coast tomorrow in a bid to get more people to grow their own food.