Slow Food Movement

Organic Food, Delivered Fresh to Your Door

Milkshake | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Green Polka Dot Box, Health Food, Organic Food, Slow Food Movement, Heath Food Delivery, Organic Food Delivery, Good News News

Anyone who prides themselves on purchasing whole, organic food and products knows very well how costly it can be, and that's not just on the bill alone.

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The Prince's Speech

Laurie David | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Slow Food, Laurie David, Real Food, Prince Charles, Slow Food Movement, Future of Food, The Prince's Speech, Food News

Last spring, right on the heels of one of the biggest events in his life, his son's wedding -- and with the eyes of the world upon his family -- Prince Charles came to the United States to deliver a speech at Georgetown University about the future of food.

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In Organic We Trust

Kip Pastor | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Whole Foods, Video, In Organic We Trust, Organic Food, Organics, Organic, Slow Food, Healthy Eating, Healthy Food, Eat Local, Local Food, Organic Food Movement, Slow Food Movement, Organic Movement, Green News

The organic food movement is a great cause and it has become big business. Now the question is whether we will allow this well-intentioned movement, started by farmers who strived to be stewards of the land, to completely degenerate into a meaningless food trend.

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Slow Food Is New York's Fast Food too!

Monika Mitchell | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Slow Food, Union Square Farmer's Market, Slow Food USA, Three Squares, Slow Food Movement, Green Market, Ny Restaurant Week, New York News

We definitely love our "slow food" in New York -- we just love to get it fast and eat it on the run!

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Why We Love The Mother Of The Organic Food Movement

Kitchen Daily | Joseph Erdos | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Chefs We Love, Video, Organic Food, Sustainable Food, Slow Food Movement, Berkeley, Locavorism, Chez Panisse, Alice Waters, California Cuisine, KitchenDaily News

Chefs We Love is a Valentine's Day tribute to those who have done great work in the culinary world -- to those who inspire us to not only eat well, bu...

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Slow Cooking: Maidu Indian Style

Carole Carson | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Healthy Eating, Slow Food, Recipes, Cooking, Slow Food Movement, Acorns, Maidu Indian Food, Banana Muffin Recipe, Fast Food, Obesity, Child Obesity, Banana Acorn Muffin Recipe, Food News

As I gathered and shelled acorns under our tree, it was easy to imagine Maidu women in the same place, doing the same thing many years ago. It gave me a great feeling of kinship with the Native Americans.

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Exporting Slow Food by Importing a Restaurant

Michael_Schwartz | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: What Is Slow Food, Slow Food, Farm-to-Table, Local Food, Local Ingridients, Farm to Table, Slow Food Movement, Cayman Islands, Miami News

You're probably tired of hearing people preach about how a product is sourced at its freshest when grown nearby. But for me, although counterintuitive, an import hundreds of miles away can be good for local food, too.

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Just for Men: Slow Tea and Slow Shaving in 10 Steps

Jesse Jacobs | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Body, Hygiene, Ritual, Slow Food Movement, Shaving, Healthy Living Spirit, Tea, Spirituality, Productivity, Slow Shaving, San Francisco News

There's something delightful and dangerous about sliding a thin blade of cold steel across your face.

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Take Back the Value Meal: Slow Food for the Price of Fast Food

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Fast Food, Budget, Cost of Living, Slow Food Movement, Farmers Markets, Value-Menu, $5 Challenge, Food News

We're all stressed about money and we're all stressed about time. And yet every day there are people all over the country who find a way to cook healthy food on a budget.

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Roll Out the Red Carpet for The Greenhorns!

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Farming, Documentary, Severine Von Tscharner Fleming, Agriculture Jobs, Factory Farming, Farming Jobs, Slow Food Movement, Grenhorns, Food News

The Greenhorns aims to do for farming what All The President's Men did for journalism: make it look so cool that it becomes a hot vocation.

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Slow Food, Caribbean Style

Joseph Satto | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Organic Farming, Organic Gardening, Local Food, Locavore, Antigua, Slow Food Movement, Hermitage Bay, Hermitage Bay Antigua, Food News

Discovering Hermitage Bay in Antigua shattered a few preconceived notions I held about the slow food movement. I assumed it primarily preached in our little urban bubbles. I'm happy to say, I was dead wrong.

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How Your Church Can Support Local Food Movements

Carol Howard Merritt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, USDA Nutrition Programs, Organic Food, Soup Kitchen, Farmers Markets, Presbyterian Church, Local Farmers, Food Politics, Urban Garden, Combating Homelessness, Local Food Movement, Slow Food Movement, Urban Agriculture, Locavore, Religion News

Food is at the heart of our practice together. So it's important to remember that what we put on our tables can be an act of faith.

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Sustainable Travel Is Taking Root

Leah Mayor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Justin Francis, Artisinal Food Festivals, Carlo Petrini, Slow Travel, Slow Food Movement, Fast Food, Trains, responsibletravel.com, Buses, Travel News

Like Slow Food, Slow Travel offers an alternative to global tourism, one that promotes the pleasure of travel, while making commitments to protect local communities and the environment.

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Amid Holiday Glitter, Food Shines As A Genuine Article Of Faith

Pythia Peay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Sanctuary, Community Gardens, Eve Jackson, Slow Food Movement, Holiday Commercialism, Jungian Archetypes of Food, Eating Disorders, Industrial Agriculture, Holiday Cooking, Organic Food, Sustainable Farming, Factory Farm Animals, Michelle Obama's Community Garden, Holiday Food, Locavore, Religion News

That food can root us in the past while offering hope for the future seems proof of its power to transform. Most of us have experienced the bliss of biting into a dish so divine it thrills alive the soul as well as the body.

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A Visit to My Kitchen: Birke Baehr

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Slow Food, Organic Farming, Gmos, Organic Food, Organics, Slow Food Movement, Video, Healthy Living News

Eleven-year-old Birke Baehr is in my kitchen today, talking about how he has been inspired to ditch his dreams of the NFL for aspirations of becoming an organic farmer.

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Earth to Stewart and Colbert: 'Tea Party out, Eat Party in!'

Woody Tasch | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon and Stephen, we have an important announcement to share with you. We, not we the people, not we those people, no, we a bunch of un-we-the-peopl...

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Seven Farms In New York City

Metromix New York | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Urban Farms, Nyc Farms, Farms, Slow Food Movement, Nyc Eats, Nyc Food, New York News

Summer's freshest bounty is just a subway ride away. Here's the express track on where to get them...

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What's Worth it: c/o The Maidstone

Suzanne Aaronson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamptons Film Festival, Stylish, East Hampton, Beach, Slow Food Movement, Travel News

c/o The Maidstone Why it's worth it: Great location just outside East Hampton town and a 10-15 minute walk or bike/ 2 minute drive to the beach. St...

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Slaughter and the City

Ari Solomon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Veganism, Factory Farms, Animal Slaughter, Michael Pollan, Meat, Humane Slaughter, Slow Food Movement, Locavore, Healthy Living News

I've noticed a new trend among urbanites. It goes something like this: city types read Michael Pollan, see Food Inc., or simply get intrigued by words...

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5 Local Farmstands Worth The Trip

refinery29.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Long Island, Mattituck Farm, Lawrence Farm Orchards, Slow Food Movement, Nyc Organic Farms, Lenny Bruno Farms, Organic Farms, Hank's Farmstand, Golden Earthworm Organic Farm, Nyc Eats, Nyc Food, NYC Shopping, Nyc Getaways, New York News

The unbearable summer heat has probably got you yearning for a weekend getaway. But sometimes we know that you can't commit to a two day escape. So wh...

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Have Food, Will Travel: Top 5 New Culinary Destinations

Divya Gugnani | Posted 09.20.2011

Call us foodies, bon vivants, gourmands or (occasionally) gluttons; but as long as there are new countries to be explored and novel foods to be eaten, we will be there.

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WATCH: The Slow Food Movement -- A Greener Way To Eat

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Video, Green Living, 5min, Slow Food Movement, Food Politics, Green News

The slow food movement sweeping the nation is a throwback to simpler times, when food production was a community affair. Slow foodies advocate home c...

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Slow Food: A Tale of Two Tomatoes

Annie B. Bond | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Slow Food, Sustainability, Food, Gardening, Health, Pesticides, Amy Goldman, Open-Pollinated Seeds, Slow Food Movement, F1 Hybrid Seeds, Organic, Healthy Living News

When you sit down to eat a salad with a tomato that you bought at a supermarket, chances are that the tomato was grown from an F1 hybrid seed, a seed that is not found in nature.

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Fast Food Culture: Is It Speeding Up Our Minds?

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Diet Tips, Slow Food Movement, Diet, The Inner Life, Wellness, Dieting, Nutrition Tips, Health, Nutrition, Fast Food, Food, Health Tips, Fast Food Industry, Food Psychology, Healthy Living News

New science is now suggesting that fast food may be doubly unhealthy--not only nutritionally damaging but psychologically detrimental as well.

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Heritage Turkeys: Eat A Delicious And Ethically Raised Turkey This Thanksgiving (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Eat Local, Heritage Foundation, Local Food, Slow Food Movement, Thanksgiving, Turkeys, Food, Heritage-Turkeys, Green Thanksgiving, Turkey Recipe, Green News

According to the National Turkey Federation, 48 million turkeys were eaten at Thanksgiving in 2008. The typical, mass produced turkey consumed by 9...

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