Slow Food St. Louis

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 hear about Saint Louis University’s H.E.L.P. program, which is working with Maplewood-Richmond Heights students to teach and promote sustainably grown produce and their Seeds to Table program.

SLOWednesday events take place at the Bottleworks in the Crown Room. Schlafly asks that everyone interested in ordering food and drink place their orders and be settled in before the 7:30 start time. Events are free and open to the public.

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 better place to live and work.”

As our Slow Food chapter also works to promote the importance of “buying local,” we think our membership with BUILD St. Louis is a natural fit.

To learn more about BUILD St. Louis, please visit their website at http://www.buildstlouis.org/.

Mark your calendars, this year’s SLOWednesday events start just two weeks from tomorrow, and the first is sure to be a hit…

May 13, 2009: Terra Madre Update

Intended to foster discussion and introduce innovative concepts in the field of food, gastronomy, globalization, and economics, Terra Madre is a bi-annual conference hosted by Slow Food international in Torino, Italy.

The last event was held in October of 2008, and Slow Food St. Louis sent three major delegates to represent them: Gerard Craft of Niche Restaurant, Dave Hillebrand of Prairie Grass Farms, and Brett Palmier of Biver farms. Enjoy this opportunity to offer them a belated welcome home and an ear to listen to their stories.

• SLOWednesday events take place at the Bottleworks in the Crown Room after the Farmers’ Market, at 7:00 p.m. Talks begin at 7:30 p.m., and Schlafly asks that everyone interested in ordering food and drink place their orders and be settled in before that time. Events are free and open to the public.

Our next Slow Food meeting will be Saturday, April 25th from 10 am to 3 pm. We will be hosting a workday at Shining Rivers Waldorf School in Webster Groves, home of a SLOW FOOD Edible Schoolyard in progress. We will take a tour of the campus to see the gardening in progress and future plans for what is going in.

Shining Rivers is located at 915 N. Elm Avenue, Webster Groves, MO 63119. If you are looking for a traditional school buidling you won’t find it, the school consists of 2 homes and 3 additional lots. Prior to 12 noon, please park on the street (Elm or Bell) or at Ivory Crockett Park across the street on Bell and after 12 noon feel free to park in the school parking lot at the Bell entrance.

We look forward to seeing you there!

How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?

Slow Food St. Louis is pleased to announce our participation in a special screening of the new documentary, Food, Inc.

The makers of the film, Magnolia Pictures, and Participant Media, have graciously donated 130 tickets to the Tuesday, April 14^th viewing of the film at the Tivoli Theatre. Officially due out June 12^th, this is your chance to not only see what is sure to be a moving film months before opening, but also for free!

Those interested in attending can RSVP at http://sites.google.com/site/foodincrsvp/

Once there, click on the link for St. Louis and enter in your information. It’s first come, first serve, and people will be contacted by the film company - not Slow Food St. Louis - about their tickets.

For more information, continue reading after the jump or visit director Robert Kenner’s website for a complete trailer and reviews of the film. Read the rest of this entry »