Articles tagged: slow food
food & grocery: Food Gatherers hosts 'Food Stamped' film screening with Slow Food Huron Valley and Whole Foods Market
Posted: Dec 11, 2012As if they don't already do enough (for example, distributing 5 million pounds of food to 164 non-profits serving Washtenaw County), Food Gatherers has agreed to provide a location for a film screening of "Food ... Read more »
food & grocery: Ann Arbor representatives head to Terra Madre 2012 in Turin, Italy
Posted: Oct 23, 2012Like the TED conference for luminaries in technology, entertainment and design, Slow Food International's bi-annual Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy gathers thousands of regional rockstars in fair and sustainable food systems from around the ... Read more »
food & grocery: Slow Food USA's National Congress and the local food economy in Louisville, Ky. inspire thoughts about food in Ann Arbor
Posted: Apr 18, 2012Last week I had the privilege to be among 150 other chapter leaders at the Slow Food USA National Congress held in Louisville, Ky. It's always inspiring to hear about the incredible food community, farm, ... Read more »
Food & Drink: Slow food takes on the $5 'value meal'
Posted: Sep 10, 2011MICHELLE LOCKE, For The Associated Press Can you eat well without being wealthy? That's the focus of a $5 meal challenge being launched this month by Slow Food USA. The object is to get people ... Read more »
3rd annual Homegrown Local Food Summit builds on previous years's momentum
Posted: Mar 03, 2011The Homegrown Local Food Summit celebrated its third year with more than 300 people in attendance at Washtenaw Community College on March 1. The sun shone down on the information booths and tables groaning under ... Read more »
Slow Days of Summer: Slow Food Fundraiser for Terra Madre
Posted: Jun 12, 2010This Tuesday evening at the Ann Arbor Library, June 15th, Slow Food Huron Valley will be meeting from 7-8 to inspire and enliven interest for their Slow Days of Summer Fundraiser Parties. The parties will ... Read more »
Slow Food Huron Valley Ark of Taste Dinner
Posted: Apr 21, 2010We've talked about scrumptious fungus, heirloom potatoes and classes to help decide what to grow in the garden, but here's a chance to try some of those great local foods for yourself. Think of it ... Read more »
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The Greenhorns movement: a step in the right direction
Posted: Dec 21, 2009According to Shannon Brines of Brines Farm, “Slow Food was a political movement when it started.” He mentioned this in the context of individuals in the US being encouraged at the last Terra Madre meeting ... Read more »
Meandering: Michigan basketball team travels west for a big game, other links
Posted: Dec 09, 2009The college basketball season isn't a month old and, but it's never too early to talk about tournament "profiles." Last year, Michigan made the NCAA tournament based on the strength of a strong non-conference schedule ... Read more »
Associated Press: Ann Arbor-made Robert De Niro film 'Stone' gets U.S. distributor
Posted: Dec 09, 2009A feature film starring Robert De Niro that shot scenes in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and other parts of Michigan has picked up a domestic distributor. Overture Films announced this week it is acquiring U.S. distribution ... Read more »
With video: Living in Ann Arbor: Why I have backyard chickens
Posted: Nov 16, 2009I was recently at a schmancy schmooze party filled with very intelligent and bejeweled individuals. I mentioned at one point, probably tired from small talk about the weather, that we have backyard chickens at our ... Read more »
Slow Food Local Harvest Cook Off - Succulent Success!
Posted: Nov 10, 2009Orchestrated by local food maven, Kim Bayer and the laughing leadership team, the Huron Valley Slow Food Local Harvest Cook Off on November 8th was a success worthy of its own haiku. Tall squash elicit ... Read more »
The Slow Food Harvest Cook-Off
Posted: Nov 10, 2009Sunday was a gorgeous, sunny day which I spent in fabulous company at the Slow Food Huron Valley Local Harvest Cook-Off. The presumptive purpose of this food fest was to showcase the bounty of Michigan’s ... Read more »
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