Eid Mubarak to all good food lovers! May this special day bring you joy, happiness, and lots of delicious, eco-friendly food. Have a wonderful Eid celebration!

What's on your reading menu for April? If you're hungry for a new title, Slow Books teammate Margaret has two for you.

Read Margaret's full description of her April 2024 Slow Books picks (and buy a copy of each!): slowfoodusa.org/books/

#SlowBooks #foodbooks #cookbooks

On April 27, join the global Slow Food Youth Network in the fight against food waste and discover the power of food policy in saving our planet! 🌍

Register your event and get more info: slowfood.com/events/world-d…

#WorldDiscoSoupDay

We hosted a call with Slow Food leaders in the West Bank to open a dialogue about the wider context of the genocide in Gaza and the impacts on Palestinians living in the West Bank.⁠
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Read more + watch videos of the convo with Saad and Fareed: slowfoodusa.org/making-space-t…

Meet our new interim executive director: Bilal Sarwari! 🐌 This comes as current Executive Director Anna Mulè departs the organization after eight years of service. Learn more about this exciting transition: slowfoodusa.org/bilal-sarwari-…

This week, we’re taking action on the Fair Credit for Farmers Act!
This bill will make the farm lending process more fair and transparent, creating long-term payoffs that strengthen rural communities across America. Call your legislators today: actnow.io/R20xAvD

Erin Renee Roberts (on the left) has a multi-generational link to the land, and a grant through Slow Food St. Louis from the Slow Food Negroni Week Fund made it possible for her to become a grower and feel supported along the way.
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📚️ We've got 2 recommendations this month from our Slow Books team, which curates reading lists that speak to our vision of good, clean and fair food for all.

Pick up both books through our affiliate program with Bookshop.org: slowfoodusa.org/books/

#SlowBooks

Never grown grains before? Well, 2024 is your year to watch wheat, barley, corn and sorghum soar in your backyard or container garden! 🌾🌽 Get our 2024 seed kit: slowfoodusa.org/product/2024-p…
#PlantASeed #PlantASeed 2024

Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! 🌈🐌

Gida Snyder, Chef/ Founder at Slow Island Food & Beverage Co., says,
“As a black female in the industry, I know the impact it can make to see positive representation for other young culinary professionals looking towards a career in food.”

Get a scholarship for one of two events! 🎪

The Slow Food Negroni Week Fund will fund 15 people each to attend Tales of the Cocktail Tales of the Cocktail (July) and Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto (September)

Application closes April 7!

Apply:
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#SlowFoodNegroniWeekFund

Want to do a deep dive on one of our favorite root vegetables? Get a copy of RADISHES, a vivid and informative zine from our friends at Crop Stories. It's a beautiful collection of art, essays and recipes.

slowfoodusa.org/plant-a-seed-2…

#PlantASeed #PlantASeed 2024

The Slow Seed Summit welcomed 18 wise speakers to our event this wknd! Many thanks to our financial sponsors Clif Family Foundation and Farm Aid, and our media sponsors @Foodprintorg and Slow Food. #SlowSeedSummit #SlowSeedSummit 2024

At a crucial juncture, Congress released a final fiscal year (FY) 2024 Agriculture Appropriations package, securing $7.030 billion in critical funding for #WIC , a lifeline for nearly 7 million pregnant and postpartum women and young children. frac.org/news/fy2024agr…

Join us today and tomorrow @slowfoodusa virtual Seed Summit starts today at 10AM MT! 🐌 Tomorrow I will be speaking on the panel “Sugar: Soil, bodies and land on the line”. 💖✨
More info: slowfoodusa.org/2024-slow-seed…

Only one more sleep till the Slow Seed Summit, March 1-2! 🌽🌾🐌

Leap to your wallet and get your tickets (for as little as $30) by midnight ET on Thursday, Feb. 29! slowfoodusa.org/2024-slow-seed…

#SlowSeedSummit #SlowSeedSummit 2024

💫 Did you know: For every Plant a Seed kit bought for a home garden, we send one kit to a school garden? 🎒

Help school gardens thrive this growing season! Buy a kit: slowfoodusa.org/product/2024-p… #PlantASeed #PlantASeed 2024

'As a Black American, there is much to be proud of, including food.' Our Communications and Development Coordinator Robin Mosley explores the Ark of Taste and reflects on her family's culinary history. slowfoodusa.org/historical-afr…

#ArkofTaste #BlackHistoryMonth

Our Slow Seed Summit is just a few days away! ⏳️ Gather with us March 1-2 for a virtual deep-dive into the world of seeds and how they can impact our soil, planetary and human health.

Tickets: slowfoodusa.org/2024-slow-seed…

#SlowSeedSummit #SlowSeedSummit 2024

It's corn! 🌽 Learn the impact that making corn a commodity has had on our soil, health and planet at our Slow Seed Summit on March 1-2! Feat: Lorraine Kahneratokwas Gray, Angel Jimerson, Gustavo Romero Veytia and Dave Smoke-McCluskey, and Bilal Sarwari.
slowfoodusa.org/2024-slow-seed…