Slow Food CNY

The Time for Lunch Campaign is a project of Slow Food USA, an educational non-profit with the goal of creating a world in which everyone can enjoy food that is good, clean and fair.
This year, we’re asking parents, teachers and every responsible citizen to speak up and tell our nation’s leaders that change can’t wait: [...]

[ May 21, 2009; 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ]

Kudos to New York State!  The state’s Agricultural and Farmland Protection Program has put 9,000 acres of active farmland into a trust, with over 1,000 of those acres impacting the Central New York region.
More specifics can be found though the State Department of Ag and Markets , or through the American Farmland Trust.

[ April 25, 2009; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Syracuse Grows
Community Gardening Resource Drive and Clean Up
April 25
Resource Drive: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Bring donations to Lipe Art Park, W Fayette St., near S Geddes St.
Rain Location: The Gear Factory, corner of W Fayette and S Geddes

All new and gently used gardening tools are greatly appreciated.
Donations should be clean and in good working [...]

Slow Food Central New York now has a variety of lists. Before, I would just add you to a contact list I was keeping in my address book. Now, we have become quite a bit more sophisticated! Below are our lists:

SFCNY Announcements: This is the default list that everyone should be on. [...]

I just recently found out about another group dedicated to slow food practices: Edible Gardening CNY. Started by John Allen, the focus of this group is on productive gardening at home. The next meeting is January 24th at 2PM in the Liverpool Library and will answering the question: “What do you need to [...]

The convivium application is in the mail! I can’t say when the office in Brooklyn will get it, being the crazy holiday season and all. However, once that is recieved and approved, we will then have to get an EIN and a bank account and some other things. After that second round [...]

Last night we worked on crafting our mission statement. We looked at Buffalo’s convivium for inspiration (as Rochester’s website was down!). Now, I will confess, I thought Buffalo’s wording could use work and that some of the items are redundant. After some streamlining, and adding some food justice type statments, here [...]

After much decision and deliberation, at the meeting last night we decided to call ourselves the Central New York Convivium of Slow Food USA. Some contenders were:

Central New York
Syracuse, NY
Onondaga
The Syracuse Hot Mamas

The “Hot Mamas” name didn’t last longer than the laughter it brought forth. The Onondaga name was removed from consideration when [...]

So much awesome stuff going on!
Article: As many of you know by now, we’ve had an article in the Post Standard yesterday. Not just any story, but a front page story with me and my husband on the front cover! (Okay, yes, we’re on the bottom half of the cover, but it’s still [...]