This just in from Slow Food USA:

On Thursday, August 28, Roots of Change unveiled the Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture at San Francisco’s City Hall to the public, including Slow Food chapter leaders.  The petition aims to provide a clear statement on a food policy we need which can be endorsed by a broad base of individuals; an invitation to all Americans to challenge their policymakers to support change in the food system; and a set of principles from which policymakers may craft policy for a healthier food system.

Your voice is needed in order to make this call to action heard!  Please read the Declaration at http://fooddeclaration.org and endorse it or make comments.  Make sure to include your affiliation with Slow Food (under “Organization Affiliation”) when you endorse it.

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Slow Food USA has launched a new website that is more approachable and offers easy access to everything you could ever want to know about Slow Food.  Check it out!

In the last few weeks, Slow Food USA has also elected its first President.  On October 15th, Joshua Viertel will take the reigns of our organization on a national level, leading us toward our increasingly brighter future as champions of good, clean and fair food.  The President’s role will be to bolster strategic and capacity-building leadership within the organization.  According to Slow Food USA, “Josh has already made significant contributions to the sustainable food movement as a teacher, farmer, and activist, and most recently as co-director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project.“  You can read more about Josh and the hiring process here.

Finally, stay tuned for information about Slow Food USA’s newly developed Strategic Plan.  How it will effect our organization on both a national and local level should be very interesting.  Once it is available in a downloadable format, we’ll offer it to you here, on the Slow Food Buffalo website.

Until then–happy eating!

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