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Producer Profiles: Luca & Bosco Ice Cream
By Shari LittanAs New Yorkers savor their fading memories of summer, it's great to remember that quality ice cream can be a year-round treat. It seems that every truck and corner in the City offers the...
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Slow Food NYC + Dig Inn Limited Edition Tote
Slow Food NYC works to create a food system that is good, clean and fair right here in New York City. Dig Inn Seasonal Market created this limited edition, farm-to-counter tote to celebrate our mutual...
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Slow Food NYC Triathlon - Three Ways to Improve Our Local Food System
by Hillary LindsayWhat could be better than a triathlon of running, yoga, and eating to raise money for improvements in our local food system? Please join Slow Food NYC in Prospect Park on September...
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SFNYC Producer Summit Recap
By Hillary LindsaySunday, November 3rd, 2014, marked the Second Annual Slow Food NYC Producer Summit at Hawthorne Valley Farm in Ghent, NY. As the Slow Food NYC bus crossed over the Rip Van Winkle...
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A Toast to "The Professor" - A Celebration of the American Cocktail
By Ed YowellOne does not need an occasion to enjoy a special cocktail, but at our Slow Food NYC December Slur, we have one: we will be toasting Professor Jerry Thomas, considered by many grateful...
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The FSMA Could Squash Local, Sustainable Food, Unless YOU Help!
By Ed YowellFresh carrots, perfectly ripe strawberries, crisp salad greens from local, sustainable, family farmers at farmers markets, from CSAs, and in grocery stores. Are these the foods you like to...
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What is Source Verification?
by Anthony FassioWhen contemplating the better food movement, source verification is the groundwork of the topic. The desire and need to understand the source of our food is built into Natural Gourmet...
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Slow Food NYC on the Mayor's Program for Affordable Housing
At Slow Food NYC, we are strongly in favor of plans that lead to affordable housing, but not at the expensive of existing community garden sites, especially when there are plenty of other alternative...
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Protect Our Hudson Valley Foodshed
We urge all Slow Food NYC supporters to join the non-profit, Scenic Hudson as well as City Council Members Daniel R. Garodnick (Chair, Economic Development Committee) and Donovan Richards Jr. (Chair,...
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Ugly Fruit and Veg: Tasty Funactivism!
Have you ever been to the market and seen fruit or veggies that looked all twisted, spotted, and quirky looking? Did you turn around and go right for the produce that was perfect: like yellow bananas...
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Support Sustainability in the 2015 US Dietary Guidelines
YOUR FOOD, YOUR PLANET...SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 2015 U.S. DIETARY GUIDELINESby Ed YowellThe U.S. Dietary Guidelines, published every five years by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and...
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Duck Duck Rye! - Winning Recipes
And here they are, the winning recipes from Duck Duck Rye, the duck and spirits tasting sponsored by Jimmy's No. 43 and Hudson Vallley Duck Farm that took place at Jimmy's No. 43 on Sunday March 22nd.A...
View ArticleNGI Sustainable Farming Scholarship
Natural Gourmet Institute is offering a full scholarship to the Sustainable Farming Certificate Program to a member of the Slow Food NYC Community. The Sustainable Farming Certificate Program is a two...
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Spirits of New York: Event Wrap-Up
Ashley Montes, of Discovering New Sabor, recounts her experience at the Fourth Annual Slow Food NYC Spirits of New York event:I had the opportunity to attend the Fourth Annual Spirits of New York event...
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Don't Be Cruel... Tell Your Rep.
By Reana KovalcikIf I eat meat, does that mean that I don’t care about animals? Absolutely not. Including meat in your diet does not have to mean leaving your values at the restaurant or grocery store...
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The New Liquid Economy: Bank on Greek Wines
By Gayle J. McCarthyWith the current economic turbulence in Greece, change is the only constant while considering how the country will regain its financial footing — particularly regarding their export...
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Call to Action: DARK Act
Despite support by 93% of Americans for strong food labeling standards, on July 23, 2015, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 1599, best known as the DARK Act (Deny Americans the...
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SFUSA Tells Congress: America Needs a Strong Child Nutrition Reauthorization!
by Ed YowellFederal nutrition programs provide for school meals and snacks, meals in child and adult care facilities, and nutrition assistance for low-income mothers, infants, and young children....
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Event Round-up - L'Albero dei Gelati: 'Slow Gelato' Class
by Andres CastelloIt does not get much better than sharing gelato with friends, outside, on a warm summer day.Owners Monia Solighetto and Alessandro Trezza hosted the 'Slow Gelato' class on their...
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