The Slow Food International Councilors – forty representatives of the Association, from twenty countries around the world – met this weekend, June 13 -14, in the Tuscan town of Alberese, to discuss the key strategies for the future of Slow Food, with a particular focus on further development of the Terra Madre network and the [...]

Join us at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Ave, 63143) for tonight’s installment of the SLOWednesday series.

At 6:30 pm, we’ll feature the opportunity to meet in our Garden with Jack Petrovic, Gardenworks Manager, and learn about the challenges and joys of urban restaurant gardening. At 7:30 pm, we’ll move inside to the Crown Room to [...]

Slow Food St. Louis is pleased to announce that we are now a member of BUILD St. Louis.
BUILD St. Louis’ mission is to “help consumers and businesses realize why buying from local independents is so important. By spending more of our dollars with locals instead of chains, we can all help make our community a [...]

In these final days before President Elect Barack Obama makes his selection for Secretary of Agriculture, we urge you to spread the word to your friends and family about a petition they can sign to express their support for dynamic and sustainable choices for the post.
The petition lists six suggestions, including Gus Schumacher, Former Under [...]

First, please join Slow Food St. Louis for an evening with world renowned cheesemaker, consultant, and international cheese judge Neville McNaughton.
Neville will discuss local cheesemaker’s farms and the making of great local cheeses. Come and enjoy this opportunity to taste local cheeses made by local farmers, meet the farmers, and spend an evening learning about [...]

Please join Slow Food St. Louis and Cinema St. Louis for “Homegrown,” a documentary on urban, organic farming, playing as part of the 17th annual St. Louis International Film Festival at The Tivoli this Sunday, November 16th, at 5:15 p.m (6350 Delmar Boulevard).
“Homegrown” (http://www.homegrown-film.com/about.html) documents the remarkable Dervaes family, a father, son, and two daughters [...]

Miss the summer farmers’ markets already? Never fear, the winter markets are here!
Both the Maplewood Farmers’ Market and the St. Louis Community Farmer’s Market (Tower Grove) are back with winter markets. Each winter market will be open one Saturday per month from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Here are the details for each market:
What: St. Louis [...]

Many of us were lucky enough to meet Alan McClure and do a tasting of his amazing chocolate at the February 2008 Slow Food St. Louis meeting.  
If you loved his chocolate and were thinking of getting some more for yourself or for holiday gifts, now is a great time.
Alan is offering an amazing coupon to [...]