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 16, 2010; 3:00 am; 3:00 am; ] Good news – Slow Food USA’s 30-day membership drive starts today, September 15, 2010!  You can join for the first time or renew your membership to Slow Food for $25.00, less than half the original $60.00 rate.   Where does your money go?  The money from membership revenue will go to leadership trainings, regional and national [...]

It’s that time again! We will have our third meeting of Slow Food CNY next Wednesday. For you super-foodie activists, I am aware that this is the day after the Syracuse Grows meeting. If it helps, I’ll be going to both too.
Slow Food Meeting #3WEDNESDAY January 14, 2009 from 5PM to 7PMRecess [...]

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 [...]

We had our first meeting last night at Second Story Books and I feel it was a great success. We had a great turnout with a lot of passionate people (13 to be exact). I’m really excited where this chapter can go.
At the meeting we looked at the five pieces of the Convivium [...]

Let’s see how long I keep to the pithy pseudo-agricultural post titles.
So to start a chapter (convivium) of Slow Food USA here in Syracuse, I need to get people to sign up to become Slow Food USA members. This costs money. Now, I don’t know about you, but I don’t really enjoy [...]

This blog is intended to be a centralized resource for the not-yet-existing Slow Foods in Syracuse chapter. Right now, I am looking at gathering a core team of people who will be able to dedicate time and energy on getting this chapter off the ground. Why do we need a chapter in Syracuse? [...]