Slow Food Huron Valley

 
WELCOME Slow Food Huron Valley (SFHV) is a 501(c)3 chapter of Slow Food USA, and is located in southeastern Michigan. We work to strengthen our region’s food system, build community food security, and preserve our culinary heritage. The SFHV team is still working on launching a new website, but in the meantime we are having difficulty making regular web updates. If you have questions, please contact: leadership@slowfoodhuronvalley.com You can become a member by signing up online at Slow Food USA’s website. If you would like to receive the monthly SFHV newsletter, please sign up here.   LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Perhaps you've enjoyed Slow Food Huron Valley's events in the past, such as Pie Lovers Unite! and the Waterloo Farm Picnic. SFHV is looking for new leadership team members to help set priorities, do the work of the Chapter, and lead Slow Food activities and events. We need your help! Our business meetings are open to all and held the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. 

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If you're interested, please let us know at: leadership@slowfoodhuronvalley.com 2012 EVENTS JOEL SALATIN FUNDRAISER AT THE WASHTENAW FOOD HUB The People's Food Co-op invites you to purchase tickets for "From Doctrine To Dirt: An Evening with Joel Salatin." This fundraiser benefitting the Washtenaw Food Hub, and will take place at the Hub from 3:30-6:00pm on Tuesday April 24. Salatin, the self-proclaimed "Christian-libertarian-environmentalist-capitalist-lunatic-Farmer" and author of "Everything I Want to Do is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front" is the owner of famed Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia.   JOEL SALATIN TO SPEAK AT THE MICHIGAN THEATER Joel will speak on Tuesday April 24 at 8pm at the Michigan Theater after the People's Food Co-op's annual member meeting. Tickets for the talk are available at Ticketmaster. For more information on the event visit the Web site of the People's Food Co-op or call 734-994-9174. SCREENING OF "THE APPLE PUSHERS" Whole Foods Market kicks off its annual “Do Something Reel” Film Festival with a screening of a film which follows five immigrant street-cart vendors bringing produce to New York neighborhoods where fruits and vegetables aren't widely available. Proceeds from the $10 tickets will benefit Tilian Farm and the Charles L. Bowers School Farm. Sunday April 22, 6:00-9:00pm, United Artists Commerce Township 14 movie theater. Event details here. Past Events 4th Annual HomeGrown Local Food Summit: Monday, April 2, 2012 The theme for this year’s Local Food Summit was "Remembering Our Roots: Local Food Victories Past, Present, and Future. This year’s Summit is complete. We owe a huge thanks to our presenters and to our generous sponsors and supporters. Look for follow-up information about the Summit and about the “Local Food Victories of the Future” at Washtenaw county’s HomeGrown Local Food Summit website.  Applications for Terra Madre - Now Closed Terra Madre is Slow Food International's gathering of the sustainable food world which will take place on October 24 - 29, 2012 in Turin, Italy. The deadline for submitting an application to be a Michigan delegate was April 1st. There will be 2,000 Terra Madre delegates worldwide, with some delegates selected to attend Slow Food's International Congress, a policy and governance meeting that will take place the last three days of the conference. The U.S. delegation will represent a great diversity of people involved in all aspects of good, clean, fair food. Although the number of 2012 delegates will be half that of the preceding conference, for the first time any Slow Food member can buy a ticket and attend the conference and Salone del Gusto. Tickets will cost 20E.   Here is a description of Terra Madre from the Slow Food USA Web site: "Every two years, Slow Food and Terra Madre communities from around the world come together to share their innovative solutions and time-honored traditions for feeding the planet in a good, clean, and fair way. Delegates from over 130 countries are selected by Slow Food associations to represent the important work being done in various regions of the world. Held concurrently with the Terra Madre conference, Salone del Gusto is the world’s largest artisan food marketplace. It is an important opportunity for many small-scale sustainable producers from the Slow Food and Terra Madre networks to showcase their products and practices. Together, Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto is a unique forum about the future of food and farming." Links about Terra Madre and the application process:   General information about Terra Madre from Slow Food International: http://www.terramadre.info/pagine/welcome.lasso?n=en   Information about joining the U.S. delegation (including a link to the application and application guidelines, which you can download) http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/terra_madre_detail/delegate_application   If you have a product you might be interested in selling at the Salone del Gusto, please contact Hnin Hnin at the national office: hnin@slowfoodusa.org   Please get in touch if you have questions: leadership@slowfoodhuronvalley.com  Get involved in your food community - volunteer with Slow Food Huron Valley SFHV has some great opportunities - and we need your talents! We are especially looking for: Membership and Fundraising Coordinators, a Print/Graphic Designer, and event support masterminds. 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