It’s Day 2 of Slow Food Nation and we have been meeting some incredibly committed and passionate members of the sustainable food movement. We were honored to participate in Changemakers Day, a gathering of non-profit leaders and food advocates from across the country. This meeting of the minds brought together the Slow Food community, government [...]

“Technology is tools. A plow was once the newest technology and now we can communicate as fast as we can dream. If our spirit and values are rooted in community and sustainability, then technology can help our ideals bloom.” This is Marissa Guggiana, president of Sonoma Direct, as quoted in “Cultivating the [...]

We hope to see you in San Francisco this weekend for the nation’s first major Slow Food Gathering. Please find listed below the events our staff will be participating in. We would love to meet you, so please join us. We would also appreciate if you would forward this to people you [...]

Paul Roberts, author of The End of Food, recently wrote an opinion piece for the L.A. Times called “The True Cost of Steak” on the effects of factory-farmed meat production. Roberts’ opinion rests heavily on research published in the Pew Report “Putting Meat on the Table”, a monumental testament to the consequences of cheap [...]

A recent video posted by the Wall Street Journal shows a new way cattle producers are cutting feed costs: chocolate. Faced with skyrocketing corn prices, conventional animal feeding operations are searching for a cheaper way to pack on the pounds. This has led to the practice of feeding animals waste from food processing (the [...]

As part of our partnership with Slow Food Nation, we were invited to write a guest post for the Slow Food Nation Blog. Take a look at Program Director Andrew Gunther’s recent post on Slow Food Nation’s weblog.

A.D. Jones raises pastured pigs in Chinquapin, North Carolina. A.D. works closely with fellow Animal Welfare Approved farmer and NC Natural Hog Growers Association (NCNHGA) President Jeremiah Jones, and is himself a member of the NCNHGA. The two friends market some of their pork through Lockwood Folly Marketplace, a specialty food and gift store in Supply, North Carolina.

GrassRoots Pork Company is owned and operated by Jeremiah and Jessica Jones in Beulaville, North Carolina. Jeremiah has a history farming, and has earned multiple degrees at NC State’s Ag Institute. He is also the president of the NC Natural Hog Growers Association (NCNHGA), a group of farmers dedicated to low-impact pig husbandry.

Wild Turkey Farms raise Animal Welfare Approved Berkshire pork in Salisbury, North Carolina. With the help of their two sons and Lee’s brother Robbie, the couple run a diverse pasture-based livestock and vegetable operation.

The Harris family has raised cows on their Georgia land for the last five generations. Cows at White Oak Pastures eat grass on grass, and are never confined to a feedlot. Harris’s beef recently won the Grand Prize in the Flavor of Georgia Contest.