The Slow Food Leader Summit kicked off with a wide-ranging conversation on the festival’s theme: Where Tradition Meets Innovation. Dana Cowin, host of Speaking Broadly on HRN, moderated the panel. Alice Waters shared the latest developments in school supported agriculture and the push to bring free and healthy school lunches...

We’re fresh off our trip to Slow Food Nations in Denver – a festival that brought together advocates to discuss the future of food. Coming up on Meat + Three this week, we’re bringing you a special episode inspired by the new Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Manifesto released by Slow...

Paolo Di Croce, graduated in Environmental Engineering at the University of Turin and began working for Slow Food in 1998 to coordinate its projects – such as the Ark of Taste and Presidia – in defense of the environment and biodiversity. From 2003 to 2006 Paolo served as the General...

Wrapping up another great season, Erin Fairbanks introduces listeners to the new guest host of The Farm Report starting in 2016: Holli Cederholm. Holli Cederholm’s involvement in organic agriculture spans over a decade—starting with farm apprenticeships wedged between completing a B.A. in environmental writing from Unity College. In 2010-2014, she...

by Olivia Harrison On Thursday, November 5th, Edward Mukiibi, Vice-President of Slow Food International, Richard McCarthy, Executive Director of Slow Food USA, Hanna Allerton, a Slow Food USA intern, and I stood in the Aquaponics Lab in the Food and Finance High School, in New York City. Dozens of fans...

This week on The Farm Report, Erin Fairbanks is in studio with Edie Mukiibi, Vice President of Slow Food International, and Richard McCarthy, Executive Director of Slow Food USA.Edie Mukiibi was born and raised in the rural parts of Mukono District in Central Uganda. He attended a nearby rural school...

Alice Waters is the chef, author, and food activist who founded the legendary Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. She has been a champion of local, sustainable agriculture for over four decades. In 1995, she founded the Edible Schoolyard Project, which advocates for school lunch and a sustainable food curriculum...

This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins checks in on the Eat Real Festival on the west coast with festival organizers Renato Sardo and Anya Fernald, formerly of Slow Food International. Renato and Anya discuss what it took to get real, healthy and delicious food to the fourth annual...

When it comes to food, what exactly does Heritage mean? How did Slow Food's Ark of Taste help launch Heritage Foods USA and bring pasture raised pork and Heritage breed turkeys and chickens to the dinner plates of thousands of Americans? Hear the Heritage story from Patrick Martins himself, the...

This week on the Main Course, Patrick Martins holds down the show solo and is joined by founder of Sea To Table, a family operation that seeks out sustainably managed fisheries needing better access to markets, providing a direct connection between fishermen and chefs. They discuss the differences between wild...