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Slow Food Columbus is the local chapter of an international food movement guided by the principle of “good, clean, and fair food for all.” We are a volunteer-run nonprofit that relies on membership to support our initiatives.

✍️ Applications to become a Slow Food USA delegate at Terra Madre are due next week!
05/15/2026

✍️ Applications to become a Slow Food USA delegate at Terra Madre are due next week!

🚜 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒅-𝑶𝒉𝒊𝒐 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒑It was a wonderful weather day for Board member Sarah and Ch...
05/12/2026

🚜 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒅-𝑶𝒉𝒊𝒐 𝑭𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒕𝒐𝒑

It was a wonderful weather day for Board member Sarah and Chapter Leader to join so many great organizations at today's Celebration of Agriculture at ! 28 teachers were scheduled to attend with students from kindergarten to 5th grade.

At our station, we invited students to either draw what they think is "good" food or match Ark of Taste products from the United States with their state or region of origin.

It was fantastic to hear students exclaim that good food is food that is healthy, including but not limited to fruit (lots of strawberries and a few surprised us with dragon fruit), lettuce, and salad (we did get one burger, which wasn't bad). The students were full of energy, creativity, and kindness, as they shared markers and ideas.

It was also cool to see students being able to identify general areas where different kinds of foods are historically grown, as well as the names of states and climates. Perhaps most striking was the level of enthusiasm and smiles on their faces when they displayed a sense of confidence as they were matching foods correctly.

Well, the above, and their independence of choosing which snail sticker to take home with them 🐌

Kudos to everyone involved in making this day such a success!

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04/25/2026

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🌎 2026 𝑶𝑺𝑼 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Earlier today, Chapter Leader and Board Member Sarah joined several organizations on S...
04/25/2026

🌎 2026 𝑶𝑺𝑼 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 

Earlier today, Chapter Leader and Board Member Sarah joined several organizations on South Oval to celebrate OSU's 4th annual celebration of . We appreciated meeting incredibly engaged students and community members interested in learning more about the work we're doing through , as we advocate good, clean, and fair food for all.

In addition to fielding so many thoughtful questions, we asked people to match Ark of Taste products with their point of origin. Those who could correctly match a number of them would have their pick at one of these vinyl stickers. Which one would you have chosen?

Thank you to Liz from .tosu for the initial invitation, as well as to Ben and all of the other wonderful student organizers of today's event!

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As a friendly reminder, Slow Food USA is inviting everyone to give what they can until April 29th, to join the Slow Food Movement for a membership rate that suits their budget. Check out the link in our bio or visit for more information!

Hopefully you've been receiving our messages... If not, visit our website to sign up for our listserv!Our first Book Clu...
04/23/2026

Hopefully you've been receiving our messages... If not, visit our website to sign up for our listserv!

Our first Book Club meeting of the year will take place this evening, Thursday, April 23rd, and will feature 'Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit' by .

Even if you haven't RSVPed via the link in our bio, we welcome you to join us to talk about the book, heritage varieties, Ark of Taste, and seed saving!

Also, if you're seeing this before the 29th, we invite you to give what you can and join the movement! (Also check out the link in our bio to become an official Slow Food member.)

04/23/2026

Join the Slow Food Movement for whatever amount you can this week!

🌱 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏'𝒔 10-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏Representing , SFC Chapter Leader joined fellow community...
04/10/2026

🌱 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏'𝒔 10-𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

Representing , SFC Chapter Leader joined fellow community members and organizations committed to food access and food justice in Columbus at the 10-year anniversary of the Local Food Action Plan, at . Everyone's commitment to this work, and seeing so many faces both familiar and new, is truly inspiring. We as a Chapter are so excited to join in the conversation, advocating for good, clean, and fair food for all.

Congratulations to all of the more-than-deserving award recipients including and ! And thank you to the event organizers and food provider , with sponsorship support by . Also, the carrot-oatmeal cookie was amazing! 🥕 

Photos shared here with gratitude to for the kind invitation for inviting us!

🐌 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓This past Thursday and Friday, Jim Embry and Jennifer Bailey were back in...
03/16/2026

🐌 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓

This past Thursday and Friday, Jim Embry and Jennifer Bailey were back in Columbus to share their ongoing work and enthusiasm for this September's biennial Slow Food International Terra Madre e Salone del Gusto.

Building on their Six Pathways for a Sustainable Future — Earth-centric/women-centric; indigenous wisdom; George Washington Carver and the African-American ethos; youth/art/hip-hop; seed work and the Terra Madre network; and transformative vision — Jim met with both of Chapter Leader 's classes, joined our annual public gathering co-sponsoring by Growing and Growth Collective at , and delivered a lecture on the Columbus campus aimed at connecting Terra Madre to OSU's Department of Comparative Studies's emphases on culture, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration.

In reflecting upon and comparing Jim's experiences throughout his eight previous Terra Madre conferences, and looking to the future, the Slow Food movement continues to illustrate the kinds of collaboration needed to affect positive change over time, inclusive of an awareness, appreciation, and response to the grand challenges facing individuals and communities at local, regional, national, and international scales.

Slow Food is not *just* about good, clean, and fair food for all. In many ways, this is an interdisciplinary movement that underlines the requirement that all of us are needed to attain that very goal, as we foster an equitable, inclusive, and just culture that affirms we are all part of a vast and highly interconnected food system.

ps/ Thanks to Jennifer for photos 5, 9, and 20!

Slow Food USA

🌱 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆Earlier today, we attended 's March CommuniTEA gathering , which focused on...
03/02/2026

🌱 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆

Earlier today, we attended 's March CommuniTEA gathering , which focused on ways to engage in urban agriculture, food sovereignty, and land justice.

If you're interested in volunteer opportunities, market and agricultural days, urban gardening resources, etc., we wanted to share here the social contacts for the groups that presented, all of whom brought voice to such needs and opportunities:

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🌱 Hunger Network in Ohio (check them out on FB)
🌱 The Garden District via (started by ) |
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It was so heartwarming to see the continued good work being done by the above groups whom we've been fortunate to work with in the past, as well as those we haven't worked with. Indeed, we hope to be able to connect/partner with those we met just a few hours ago (and those we have yet to meet)!

Also of note, shout-out to .phamtastic (second in the cover photo alongside GGC Board members Adrienne and Jera, as well as SFC Chapter Leader ) who not only highlighted his brilliant and meaningful doctoral work in urban green spaces and mental health, but demonstrated that research in practice by spending time birdwatching with us.

🐌 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗼 | 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 ...
03/01/2026

🐌 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗼 | 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟯, 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬𝗮𝗺-𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺

Looking forward to his ninth Terra Madre e Salone del Gusto this September in Torino, Italy, ecoactivist and James Beard Award recipient .embry.186 returns to Ohio State and .osu to share his lived experience as a longstanding champion of the movement and his work with .

In particular, he will frame his remarks around foundations of the comparative studies tradition – culture, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration – as a way to understand how we are complicit and active agents in a food system that creates opportunities for us to respond and react to. The time depth that Jim brings with him to the table, comparing his experience at each subsequent trip to Terra Madre, will also offer a means of reflection of how conversations at various spatial scales have changed over time.

𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦!

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