Slow Food CNY

[ October 16, 2010; 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm. October 17, 2010; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Two events coming up on October 16 & 17:
October 16th: Syracuse Grows Workshop
“Food Deserts and Food Security in Urban Communities”

Location: The Atrium Building, 2 Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY
Time: 12:00 – 2:30 pm
Description: Anan Xola Lololi, food justice advocate and urban agriculture pioneer, will be visiting Syracuse to speak on Food Deserts, as well [...]

[ September 7, 2009; 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. ]

This fall, Congress will decide whether to update the Child Nutrition Act, a federal law that governs the National School Lunch Program.  This act comes up for reauthorization every four to five years and it determines what 30 million children eat at school every day.  For many children, school lunch is their only meal of [...]

I have been archiving most of the emails that were floating around about policy change. there seems to be a lot of energy here, but perhaps a lack of direction. at the end of the last meeting (syracuse grows/SFCNY joint policy change meeting) people were instructed to send their “wish list” to liz [...]

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 [...]