Slow Food CNY

I had my first encounter with this locally plentiful green when I was living over on Judson Street. My landlord let his front yard pretty much do its thing, other than plant some daffodil bulbs here and there, and throw a bunch of corn, bean, and squash seeds (the three sisters) onto a heap [...]

For the local food homework assignment I’ve chosen Seneca hominy flint corn. This variety dates back about 1000 years to when maize itself was introduced to this region. Originally cultivated by the Seneca, who called it ha-gó-wa, Seneca hominy is one of several varieties of flint corn surviving in the region which date [...]

So, for our homework assignment, we all agreed to take on discussing some of our local foods. Back when I was an ESF student, I took a class called “Food and the Landscape” by the wonderous Matt Potteiger (which is totally worthy of its own post). Regardless, my final project focused on Onondaga [...]

Yet another NY Times article from my bookmarks. It discusses obscure or lost regional food varieties and how we can go about preserving/reviving them. If you don’t feel like reading the article, at least check out the cool food region map attached to it. It comes from a book called Renewing America’s [...]

I came across this New York Times article a few months ago, and thought it might interest folks as it pertains directly to what we discussed at our first meeting.
Actually, it was this article that helped change my opinion of Slow Food, because prior to reading it I also had a somewhat [...]

Okay, this is something that just makes me smile: urban chickens. I just saw an article from Greensboro, NC about people having chickens in their yards. Apparently, it’s more difficult to have chickens than a cow in Greensboro. In the article, they also mention the website Backyard Chickens as a resource for [...]

All are welcome to attend!…..(I found this event to be quite relevent to what we spoke about yesterday)
The event will be held in the basement of Marshall Hall , located on SUNY Environmental Science and Forestery campus (let me know if you need more info on location….9147150136
-michelle
BAOBAB SOCIETY’S “FILM & FEAST” – [...]

How many of us have root cellars here in Central New York? How many of us have root cellars and don’t even know it?
I just read a New York Times article titled “The Return of the Root Cellar.” I believe one of the most poignant lines of the whole article came from [...]

One aspect of starting this Slow Food chapter that I’m really excited to get involved with is collaborating with the Syracuse Grows organization. I haven’t seen a mission statement from them yet (maybe because I forgot to attend their last meeting..!), but I frame the group as this:
Syracuse Grows is a coalition of community [...]

Hannah of ESF’s Green Campus Initiative invited me to come to their meeting and talk about Slow Food in the hopes of getting some of them to sign up. I said I would attend next Thursday, November 6th. The meeting is at 7PM on ESF’s campus. Please let me know if you’re [...]