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Critical Vote: Tell your Senators to support the Tester-Hagan amendment
The Senate just voted 74 Yes to 25 No in favor of the cloture vote. This means that S.510, aka The Food Modernization Act, will move forward in the Senate for a vote by the end of the week, possibly … Continue reading
Urge Congress to Pass the Child Nutrition Act
“It’s this opportunity or we lose it” – Rep George Miller, referring yesterday to the Child Nutrition Act. Today 32 million children will line up in school cafeterias across the nation. Right now, underfunding means that the people filling our … Continue reading
The Pleasures of Slow Food
Alex Mulcahy of Grid Magazine, one of our Terra Madre delegates, recently published this piece on his experience at Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto in the December 2010 issue.
Nose to Tail Back to Belly
WHYY did a piece with Marilyn Anthony of PASA and High View Farm owners Linda Geren and Michael McKay on the topic of humanely raising animals and getting the most out of the less popular cuts of meat. » Click … Continue reading
Salone del Gusto & Terra Madre 2010
The Slow Food International founder and president Carlo Petrini has a very exacting definition of globalization. It’s not using Romanian milk to make Italian cheese. His firm retort to anyone who calls that globalization: “tutte balle” (all lies)! His food-focused … Continue reading
“Dig In” Event Recap in The Triangle
Drexel University’s Student Newspaper, The Triangle, published a great review of our October 3rd “Dig In” event. Click below to read the article! » Vendors foster fresh, organic foods – The Triangle
Study of Public Gardens, Home Food Gardening
Have you ever visited a public garden that has cooking classes or display vegetable gardens? Help public gardens to improve their offerings on the topic of food gardening by taking this survey. If completed, you can be entered into a … Continue reading
Welcome to the new SlowFoodPhilly.org
Welcome and thanks for taking a moment to catch up. We have sent out a couple of newsletters so far, but we understand that some of you may not have gotten them and we think we have worked out the … Continue reading
