Category Archives: News

The link below is to a ten-minute video reporting on the suppression of an investigative news story that raised questions about the threats to human health posed by the use of bovine growth hormone (BGH) to increase milk production. This … Continue reading →

The sustainable food movement is teeming with buzzwords: “farm to table,” “locavore,” even “sustainable” itself. Despite their relative youth, they’ve already become cliché. That’s why listening to Louise Thundercloud, an advocate for low-income people in Washington, DC, is so refreshing. … Continue reading →

Sometimes I live in a bubble. A bubble where sixth, seventh, and eighth grade boys viciously attack a salad bar, a bubble where the chef and faculty work in harmonious efficiencies to prepare for the up coming school garden where … Continue reading →

The U.S. premiere of the documentary film Pig Business played to a full house at the U.S. Capitol Visitor’s Center on March 9th.  The event was sponsored by the Center for Food Safety and co-sponsored by Slow Food DC and … Continue reading →

55% of DC residents are obese. 40% of families in DC with kids experience food hardships. Obesity costs DC 400 million dollars a year. These are staggering stats that I was made aware of on Monday at the Healthy School’s … Continue reading →

March 1st is the start of meteorological spring, and the recent warm weather has given us hints of what’s to come. It was during a warm sunny day just a few days ago that I saw my first honeybee of … Continue reading →

One great way to ensure you have good, clean, fair food is to grow your own. That’s maybe a Slow Food twist on what was in essence the DIY ethos of the recent Rooting DC 2011 Conference. Held Saturday, February … Continue reading →

Had a great event last month! All the food was amazing and we met a lot of new people. We had a lot of folks interested in helping out this year which is great. We’ll be contacting you all soon … Continue reading →

The annual potluck is the antidote to your post-holiday blues, giving you another great opportunity to meet your fellow members and learn what SFDC has in store for 2011. Here is where and when it will be: January 23, 2011, … Continue reading →

On Thursday Nov 4, a capacity audience of 40 attended a reading/wine-tasting/potluck food pairing led by Todd Kliman, noted food and wine editor/critic of the Washingtonian Magazine. The venue was the chic and snazzy upstairs Washington Printmakers’ Gallery at Pyramid … Continue reading →