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From the SFUSA Blog
Slow Food In Schools
Connecting young people with their food is the most important step we can take to ensure a future full of good, clean, and fair food. Slow Food nurtures this future through our Slow Food in Schools program. Working with our chapters across the country, our Garden to Table projects provide meaningful, hands-on food experiences and education to K-12 students.
Slow Food in Schools supports our local projects in creating meaningful relationships between youth and food. By placing emphasis on hands-on experiences, community interaction, and the pleasures of the table, Slow Food in Schools helps to strengthen the food communities of tomorrow by engaging youth today.
Slow Food USA offers project support through our annual Micro-Grant Awards, the Slow Food in Schools Project Leader's Conference, kitchen and garden tools supplied by OXO, and individual technical and professional support for leaders.
Slow Food in Schools Projects
Slow Food in Schools’ projects rest on the three building blocks of pleasure, tradition, and sustainability. Projects are diverse yet all involve the fundamental principles of Slow Food.
Each Slow Food in Schools project works closely with our local chapter to teach students where there food comes from, who grows it, how to prepare it, and the importance of sharing it with friends and family. Slow Food in Schools projects are designed to address the specific needs of the communities they serve. Using good, clean, and fair food as the guide, project leaders develop creative, fun, hands-on lessons. Examples of some Slow Food in Schools project initiatives include:
- A mobile healthy food cooking cart.
- After-school farmer’s markets.
- Farmer visits to the classroom.
- Parent and child cooking classes.
- Tracing foods from seed to plate by growing, harvesting, preparing and eating.
- Reintroducing Native Foods to Reservation school children.
See the Slow Food in Schools Projects page for a complete listing.
To learn more about Slow Food in Schools and how you can start a project, explore the "Get Started" link to the right or contact your local Slow Food chapter. Once you've had an initial conversation about starting a Slow Food in Schools project with your local chapter, contact Julia Middleton, Slow Food Youth Programs Assistant at julia@slowfoodusa.org or 718-260-8000, with questions.
