Slow Food Austin reconnects people with the food they eat. Our
educational initiatives, social activities, fundraising events, and
community volunteer projects inspire respect for where food comes from
and awakens true pleasure in eating. To learn more about Slow Food
Austin and become a member, visit our website!
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Hi,
You may have noticed that Slow Food USA has become more political than ever before. Some people argue that the new direction of Slow Food is driven by our president Josh Viertel and he has voiced his acceptance of this claim; however I also wonder if Slow Food has taken this stance because there is no other choice.
Some of you may have heard about Occupy Our Food Supply on Feb. 27th, 2012. I must admit that I missed this. I am not a political person (it just isn't in my genes) yet as our food supply becomes "corporatized" I start to get restless. If you also wonder what you can do, I'd encourage you to spend a little time exploring what action you might be able to take in your own life that could help preserve a good, clean, and fair food supply.
As Michael Ableman, farmer, author, and founder of the Center for Urban Agriculture puts it: "We need to focus on what we are for as much as what we are against; occupying our land, our soils with life and fertility, our communities with good food. We need to work to rebuild the real economy, the one based on seeds and sunlight and individuals and communities growing together."
Learn more in this article by Anne Lappe & Willie Nelson.
Slowly but Surely, Sara Weber President |
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Slow Session
Slow Down with Food on Wheels: Austin's Food Trailers
Date: Wednesday, March 14 2012
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Habitat Suites Conference Room, 500 East Highland Mall Boulevard Austin, TX 78752
RSVP: Please email Chelsea Staires at chelsea@slowfoodaustin.org
We know you love Austin's delicious and thought-provoking trailer food movement as much as we do. So we invite you to join us as Tiffany Harelik, founder of Austin's wildly popular Gypsy Picnic and the force behind The Trailer Food Diaries (one of Culture Map's Favorite Austin Food Blogs) and TFD cookbooks, talks with us about what's keeping the trailer food movement rolling on full force. This Slow Session will include discussion on:
- What's happening with the food trailer phenomenon in Austin and across the US
- What it takes to open and run a food trailer
- How trailer food is different than restaurant food
- How trailer food is actually Slow Food!
We'll have snacks and drinks. Read more about Tiffany Harelik
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Farm Tour: Indian Hills Farm
Date: Sunday, March 18
Time: 12:00 noon-3:00 pm
Location: Indian Hills Farm, 267 Big Bow, Smithville 78957 (approximately 1 hour from Austin) 512-237-4792
Cost: $20 ticket goes entirely back to the farmers, and guests leave with a package of grass-fed beef and a selection of seasonal produce
Slow Food Austin is happy to announce the return of farm tours for the 2012 season.
Want to get away from the SXSW buzz for a bit? Please join us on an educational tour of Indian Hills Farm, where we will meet Hersh and Karen Kendall, along with their grass-fed herd. Your ticket price covers the cost of a package of beef, along with seasonal produce- buy now, space is limited. Come out and meet the farmers who are helping to bring you food that is good, clean, and fair!
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Film Screening coming up...
Mark Your Calendar: Friday, March 16, 6-9 pm National Film Debut at Green Gate Farms "Our Land," a new series of short web-films from the creators of "The Greenhorns" documentary film will debut in Austin on the side of the big red barn at Green Gate Farms. Join director Severine von Tscharner Fleming and producers Jordan Kinley and Lucas Patzek for a screening of several episodes. Each episode introduces us to a particular story about building the new farm economy in the shell of the old one. Stay for a dialogue with the filmmakers and a young farmer mixer over a spread of delicious locally-produced food, drink and live music. Suggested $25-50 donation for those who can afford to support young farmers. More info at The Greenhorns website:
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Upcoming Slow Food Events
Mark your calendars for these upcoming Slow Food Austin Events - and stay tuned to our newsletters, website, Facebook and Twitter for more details!
Slow Sessions:
April 11- Refrigerator Pickling- Kate Payne, The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking
Saturday, April 14th: Slow Food Austin and Whole Foods Market Crawfish Boil and discussion on Sustainable Crawfishing
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Local Farm Events:
A&S Farms celebrates spring!
Spring Celebration! March 24, 2012 1-4pm Second Annual Spring Celebration, Celebrating all of our new lambs! Tour the farm, Enjoy a lamb burger, Bring some delicious lamb chops home with you!
Visit Facebook for more info. Amy & Shaun Jones at A & S raise an Ark of Taste Lamb- Learn More! A&S is about 1.5 hours south east of Austin- MAP. Green Gate Farms Camps, CSA shares, and tons of events! Check out their website for all the details. MARCH AT GREEN GATE FARMS details at www.greengatefarms.net - March 11 - Adult Farm Camp, Sunday, 9-1: Gardening tips and advice for wannabe farm.
- March 12 - Farm Stand Opens, CSA pick ups begin, Farm Camp for Kids, Spring Break (week long) - only 5 spaces left!
- March 17 - Farmer for a Day Camp for Kids, Saturday, 9-1 - Shamrock hunt and caring for newborn goat, sheep
If You'd like your farm event featured in our newsletter, please email us at megan@slowfoodaustin.org
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Foodways Texas Symposium
2012 Foodways Texas Symposium
March 23-25, 2012
Austin, Texas
Tickets On Sale now - more information here!
$225 Members
$250 General Public
$85 Panels Only (no meals) limited availability
Over the course of 2 1/2 days during Texas Preserved , the second Foodways Texas symposium, attendees will explore the ways we preserve Texas (as a region, as an idea) in our food and the ways we preserve food in Texas. You'll learn about preservation in our pastures, on our farms, in our kitchens, and in the stories we tell around the dinner table. Registration includes lunch and dinner on Friday and Saturday as well as a Sunday Chuck Wagon Brunch from Tom Perini of Perini Ranch Steakhouse.
Plan to be well-fed and satisfied when you trek back home on Sunday.
Learn more at http://foodwaystexas.com/
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We currently have all board positions filled and we are looking forward to getting settled into our new configuration over the next 6 months. If you would like to get more involved with Slow Food Austin feel free to contact our volunteer coordinator Shannon to talk with her about how we could take advantage of your time and talents.
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