Welcome to the website for Slow Food Eugene! Our mission is to support food that is good, clean and fair. Oregon's Willamette Valley is one of the world's richest agricultural regions and a center of small-scale sustainable agriculture. Check here often for news about Convivium events, volunteer opportunities, partner organizations, Slow Food USA, and Slow Food International.Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Slow Food Nation, May 1 - 4, 2008
Monday, February 05, 2007
School Garden Project partnership
School gardens are a major initiative for Slow Food USA, and Slow Food Eugene has a long-running partnership with the School Garden Project of Lane County. From the SGP website:The School Garden Project provides the following services for local schools:
Teaching students in school gardens Organizing garden work parties Assisting with garden construction Recruiting volunteers to help Consulting on site choice and design Organizing a garden committee Advising on curriculum integration Sponsoring teacher in-services and UO School Garden seminars Obtaining donations of gardening materials from local businesses Providing a lending library of gardening tools, books, and videos Maintaining an email listserve and website More >>
Labels: Partner Organizations, Slow Food News
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Annual Meeting, Tuesday January 30, 7 pm
| It's Time for Slow Food Eugene's Annual Meeting Here are the details: |
| Let's get Slow Food Eugene off to a great start in 2007! The annual meeting is the best place for members to weigh in on the direction of the organization for the coming year. At our meeting, we will:
Anyone interesting in becoming an leader of Slow Food Eugene should contact Tom Barkin. His contact information is listed below.
Slow Food Eugene also had informational booths at the Eugene Saturday Market, Oregon Truffle Festival, and the KLCC Garden Tour. Visit our web site for more information. |
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Labels: Slow Food News
Monday, November 27, 2006
School Gardening & Dining (NPR story)
This was a nice feature for Thanksgiving, 2006:
Related story: Kids' Nutrition and the Trickle-Up Effect
Oregon School Cafeteria Makes It from Scratch
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Third-grader Devina Boughton holds a carrot harvested from her school's garden. photo by Jane Greenhalgh NPR © 2006
Morning Edition, November 23, 2006 · Thanksgiving is a time to savor good food, something you don't expect to find in a school cafeteria. In fact, most schools across the country serve reheated, premade food that is trucked in from central kitchens. Daily offerings are often uninspiring: chicken sticks, macaroni and cheese, and pizza.
But there is a move in some parts of the country to bring real cooking back to school kitchens. Last year, Abernathy Elementary School in Portland, Ore., bought a second-hand stove and a big mixer and started cooking all its food from scratch... more>>
Check out the recipes for Pumpkin and Sage Risotto & "Last of Summer" Provencale Soup.
Labels: Partner Organizations, Slow Food News
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Skagit Valley Salish Sea Convivium (NW Washington)
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Slow Food featured on KUOW (Puget Sound Public Radio)
from http://www.kuow.org/programs/weekday.asp?Archive=06-06:
The Slow Food movement started in Italy in 1986 in response to the opening of a McDonald's in Rome's famous Spanish Steps neighborhood. The movement encouraged people to get together for home-style, leisurely meals. Now, with Slow Food members in more than 100 countries, the mission is moving beyond the table into anti-globalization politics, farmland preservation, farmers markets and organic farming. Is the slow food movement having an effect on the local farm economy? How is it practiced in the Northwest? We also want to hear your stories: Do you have a slow food tradition?
Guests:
Hsiao-Ching Chou is the food editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mary Embleton is the executive director of Cascade Harvest, a Washington-based organization committed to farmland preservation. She also heads up Farmlink, a program that connects people who want to get started in agriculture with farmers and landowners who are committed to establishing the next generation of producers.
Gerry Warren is a founder of Slow Food Seattle and currently serves on its board. He also works on the Ark of Taste, which is part of the international effort to register artisan growers and producers of traditional foods.
Guests:
Hsiao-Ching Chou is the food editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mary Embleton is the executive director of Cascade Harvest, a Washington-based organization committed to farmland preservation. She also heads up Farmlink, a program that connects people who want to get started in agriculture with farmers and landowners who are committed to establishing the next generation of producers.
Gerry Warren is a founder of Slow Food Seattle and currently serves on its board. He also works on the Ark of Taste, which is part of the international effort to register artisan growers and producers of traditional foods.
Labels: Slow Food News
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
New Southwest WA Convivium website
From the Pacific NW Forum:
Slow Food Southwest Washington Web Site
".....It's starting as a simple blog. Hopefully, over time, it will evolve into something more substantial. Until then, enjoy the new site."
I've added a permanent link to the navigation column on the left, along with other PNW Convivia.
Slow Food Southwest Washington Web Site
".....It's starting as a simple blog. Hopefully, over time, it will evolve into something more substantial. Until then, enjoy the new site."
I've added a permanent link to the navigation column on the left, along with other PNW Convivia.
Labels: Slow Food News
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Slow Food Forum newsletter
FYI from Kurt Friese, Slow Food Iowa, with encouragement to join & participate in the Slow Food Forums.
ARB
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This is the first newsletter ever sent to the entire 1,333 members of www.SlowFoodForum.org. Please forgive and inform me of glitches, if you find any. It’s very brief, and here only to make you aware of a few important points.
1) The forum has some great conversations going on right now, and they need your input too! The Food Politics forum (http://www.slowfoodforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=10 ) is very active with conversations about banning sustainable poultry, and the pending National Animal Identification System. The Slow Surfer forum has loads of great links, including to every Slow Food related site in the US and most throughout the world.
2) An important clarification for a few of you is that joining the forum does not mean you’ve joined the Slow Food Movement. We fervently hope you will though! You can join Slow Food at http://www.slowfoodusa.org/join/index.html
3) Also at that site, you can learn about how to nominate delegates to this year’s Terra Madre World Gathering of Food Communities (even nominate yourself!). Learn more at http://www.slowfoodusa.org/events/terra_madre_2006.html
4) Some of you joined the forum and never posted. Why is that? Please come and participate in the Internet’s only SFUSA-sanctioned online community. It’s a great communication tool, useful for fun and learning
I look forward to seeing you all online!
Peace,
kmf
Kurt M Friese
www.SlowFoodForum.org
System Administrator
ARB
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| From: slowfoodiowa@mchsi.com |
Date: Feb 26, 2006 12:03 PM
Subject: Slow Food Newletter Occasional Newsletter
Hello, Slow Food Forum MemberThis is the first newsletter ever sent to the entire 1,333 members of www.SlowFoodForum.org. Please forgive and inform me of glitches, if you find any. It’s very brief, and here only to make you aware of a few important points.
1) The forum has some great conversations going on right now, and they need your input too! The Food Politics forum (http://www.slowfoodforum.org
2) An important clarification for a few of you is that joining the forum does not mean you’ve joined the Slow Food Movement. We fervently hope you will though! You can join Slow Food at http://www.slowfoodusa.org
3) Also at that site, you can learn about how to nominate delegates to this year’s Terra Madre World Gathering of Food Communities (even nominate yourself!). Learn more at http://www.slowfoodusa.org
4) Some of you joined the forum and never posted. Why is that? Please come and participate in the Internet’s only SFUSA-sanctioned online community. It’s a great communication tool, useful for fun and learning
I look forward to seeing you all online!
Peace,
kmf
Kurt M Friese
www.SlowFoodForum.org
System Administrator
Labels: Slow Food News
Monday, May 30, 2005
Portland Convivium website
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Slow Food Vancouver website
Check out the Slow Food Vancouver site, which appears to be maintained as a team blog.
update: I contacted Theresa Lafleche, Slow Food Vancouver's webmaster, who explained that the site's content is maintained using ExpressionEngine by pMachine (http://www.pmachine.com/expressionengine/). See comments below for more details.
update: I contacted Theresa Lafleche, Slow Food Vancouver's webmaster, who explained that the site's content is maintained using ExpressionEngine by pMachine (http://www.pmachine.com/expressionengine/). See comments below for more details.
Labels: Slow Food News
