Welcome Back Fall 2010

Hey Slow Foodies!! I love this time of year because of the beautiful colors on the trees, but I also love the fall season because it is harvest month. Tis the season for pumpkins, squash and apples which you can pick up at your local farmers market...or better yet, go pick them fresh at an orchard! I hope you had a good summer and are ready for some Slow Food fun! We are excited for another year and have some awesome events coming up. Our first meeting is Wednesday September 22nd at 5pm in the Union...not sure what room yet. We will have some kind of slow food for munching on while we discuss these up coming events. Bring some excitement and any ideas of what you might want to do this semester and we will see you then!! HAPPY FALL!

The Story of Stuff and The Story of Bottled Water

I'm not sure what it is about these informative films....but they just make me so angry!! I do not understand these corporate companies...the only part I "understand" about them is they try to make money as fast as possible and will do what ever it takes. Even if that means destroying the environment, putting workers at risks, putting themselves and other consumers at risk. The list could go on. If your not sure what I am talking about I encourage you to watch the 20 minute clip of The Story of Stuff and then watch The story of Bottled Water. Theses clips can be found at thestoryofstuff.com.

Farmers Markets!!

Help support your local farmers of Rhode Island and visit markets throughout the state. Go to Farmfresh.org to find one near you! When you buy food at the farmer markets, you are showing major supermarkets that you prefer to buy local food. Local food is sustainable for the environment in that the food was not shipped from across the US or from another country...when we can grow it right here! I encourage you to at least visit one farmers' market if you have not already done so and feast your eyes on bright, colorful and wholesome food!

Local 121

Our last meeting for the end of the semester will be celebrated with good food and a movie at Local 121. Details below. Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, April 27

Fresh - the movie

6:15 pm, $12 with dinner buffet

Earth Day 2010

Earth Day April 22nd 2010 was an AWESOME day. Students, faculty and the community gathered to celebrate Mama Earth!! The sunny and beautiful weather was accompanied by cool music and the chatter and excitement of everyone gathering together. We set up shop next to Food for Thought and immediately starting unpacking the Organic Fair Trade Chocolate from Theo, which drew in a crowd. Some were brave enough to try the Spicy Chili flavored dark chocolate. The ultimate goal of Earth Day was and still is to get as many people as we can to sign our petition to get good, clean and fair food on campus. We want good tasting, nutritional, and local food delivered to the University of Rhode Island. Are you with us? Hey, if you are a vegetarian this means there will be more food available than salad and cereal!! We will take this process one step at a time...show URI Dining that there IS a demand for good food! If you missed us on Earth Day and support our petition and want to sign it then email us at uri@slowfoodusa.org. Better yet, if you want to be in our club and help us defeat the fake chicken being served on campus then let us know at uri@slowfoodusa.org and we will add you to the mailing list. Happy rest of Earth Week and STAY GREEN!