our friends
Slow Food is one of many groups and organizations working toward similar goals. Many such organizations have web sites, activities, and programs that add greatly to the voice for support of local food production and consumption, and other ideals supported by Slow Food. We hope you will visit these web sites to learn more. Perhaps you will find other organizations you wish to support or join. By combining our voices and supporting one another, we can speak loudly, and be heard by more people.
There is a wealth of information available to help us support our Slow Food values.
(If you are looking for our food producer friends, please go to our LOCAL FOOD page.)
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SLOW FOOD FRIENDS
Slow Food International
Slow Food USA
Slow Food Nation
Slow Food in Schools - Garden to Table
www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/details/in_schools/
Slow Food Blog
Slow Food Seattle
Jennifer Johnson
Madeline Dow
Fourth Corner Slow Food
Bellingham and Whatcom County
Slow Food North Olympic Peninsula
North Olympic Peninsula
Ann Pougiales - translaw@pougiales.com
www.slowfoodnortholympicpeninsula.org
Slow Food Port Susan
Stanwood - Camano Island
Slow Food Small Green Island
Orcas Island
Elise Anderson - orcaskids@centurytel.net
Land and Sea Slow Food Convivium
San Juan Island
Linda Degnan Cobos - westboy@rockisland.com
Slow Food Spokane River
Spokane
Jennifer Hall - crackrup@comcast.net
groups.google.com/group/SF-SpokaneRiverInfo
Slow Food Snoqualmie
Duvall
Elizabeth Walker
Slow Food Olympia
Olympia
Loretta Seppanen
Slow Food Upper Columbia
Rice
Lora Lee Misterly - misterly@ultapix.com
Slow Food Whidbey Island
Coupeville
Mervyn Floyd (President) mervyn.floyd@whidbey.com
Kathy Floyd (Membership) kathy46@whidbey.com
RAFT (Renewing America's Food Traditions) www.environment.nau.edu/raft/
SKAGIT COUNTY
Fidalgo Backyard Wildlife Habitat project:
Fostering a community living in harmony with nature.
Fidalgo Be Wild e-newsletter - fidalgowildlifeHabitat@gmail.com
Friends of Skagit County
Save farms and forests. Stop sprawl.
Friends of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands
Dedicated to the preservation of the Anacortes Community Forest Lands through education, outreach, and stewardship.
Madrona Center
A community of free thinkers that promote a sustainable future for all
The Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NABC)
A registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and rural cooperative development center, dedicated to farmland preservation and strengthening the economic vitality of farming in northwest Washington. Programs include technical business assistance for local small to mid-scale farms, business development workshops, regional needs assessment studies, partnering on such programs as the Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program, and other food system support. See our work on such projects as cider industry, creating a pastured poultry culture and the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit, cooperative development, and regional food hubs like the Puget Sound Food Hub Farmers Cooperative. Gifts from community partners help sustain these and other successful NABC programs; learn more at Sponsor NABC. Please visit www.agbizcenter.org or contact NABC at 360-336-3666 for more information.
Skagit County Farmland Legacy Program
A county initiative that purchases agricultural easements on Skagit farmland, and works to support policies, programs, and plans that enhance the local agricultural industry.
Skagit Land Trust
Protects wildlife habitat, agricultural and forest lands, scenic open space, wetlands, and shorelines throughout the mainland and islands of Skagit County for the benefit of our community and as a legacy for future generations.
Skagitonians to Preserve Farmland
SPF is a nonprofit membership-driven organization founded in 1989 by local farmers to support and strengthen the economic viability of family farming in the Skagit Valley through land protection and agricultural marketing initiatives.
South Fidalgo Community Council
Be a part of planning for South Fidalgo's future.
Transition Fidalgo & Friends
Welcome to Transition Fidalgo & Friends, part of a fast-growing number of communities embarked upon the great adventure of learning to live more sustainably. Across the country and around the world, Transition communities are building future resilience by growing their own food, re-learning basic skills, localizing economies, re-thinking transportation, installing solar panels, tapping the energy of youth, and honoring the wisdom of elders—and all while reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
Veg Trials at La Conner Flats
Helping home gardeners and commercial producers identify varieties and cultural practices for the Puget Sound maritime climate through research, demonstration, and education. Serving as a catalyst for 'farm to table.'
Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation
At the WSU Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon
WSU Master Gardeners
Master Gardeners Program and Monthly Regional Gardening Column
WSU Skagit County Extension
http://skagit.wsu.edu www.mtvernon.wsu.edu
Washington State University Extension helps people develop leadership skills and use research-based knowledge to improve economic status and quality of life.
REGIONAL
Access to Healthy Foods Coalition
www.accesstohealthyfoods.org
info@accesstohealthyfoods.org
The Access to Healthy Foods Coalition promotes policy and environmental change that will increase access to healthy foods where Washington citizens live, learn, work, and play.
British Columbia: Farm Folk/City Folk
Works with food communities to develop a local, sustainable food system in British Columbia.
Cascade Harvest Coalition
Building healthy food and farm systems by cultivating common ground among farming and non-farming communities. Including Washington FarmLink - The Resource Center for Farms and Farmers in Transition
Chef's Collaborative
http://seattle.chefscollaborative.org
Our growing community of chefs, farmers, fishers, educators, and food lovers is dedicated to promoting sustainable cuisine.
North Cascades Institute
Works to conserve and restore Northwest environments through education.
NW Farms & Food
NW Farms & Food is an e-magazine, interactive farm & food map, and information website covering news, local foods and sustainable farming in the Pacific Northwest
P.O. Box 5624
Bellingham, WA 98227
(360) 733-3337
PCC Farmland Trust
www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/farmtrust
The PCC Farmland Trust secures, preserves, and stewards threatened farmland in the Northwest, to ensure that generations of local farmers productively farm it using sustainable, organic growing methods.
People for Puget Sound
Our mission is to protect and restore Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits -- our living waters, the land, and our common futures.
Priorities for a Healthy Washington
www.environmentalpriorities.org
Each year we propose four priorities to promote a more healthy Washington.
Puget Sound Food Network
Connecting local food producers and products to a discerning and growing buyers market in the Puget Sound region. Founded in late 2009, the network is an all-season, dynamic local resource for members in our community who supply and demand regionally sourced products for their businesses, and who work to increase market access to locally produced food for all.
Puget Sound Fresh
Dedicated to local agriculture, partnering with local counties.
Quillisascut Farm School of the Domestic Arts
The School offers participatory education about where food comes from, changing the way people cook and eat for a better food future.
Snohomish County Focus on Farming
www.co.snohomish.wa.us click on Focus on Farming
Preserving and Enhancing Snohomish County Farms through Innovation
Sustainable Connections
NW Washington's Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Including downloadable Whatcom County Farm Map & Guide
Tilth Producers of Washington
Buy Washington Organics, Local Food that's Good for You and the Planet - Farm Directory, Event Calendar and much more
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
In a world where the human population is expanding and consuming more land for homes and businesses that was once fish and wildlife habitat, it is important that someone look after the interests of fish and wildlife.
Washington Environmental Council
Protects what Washingtonians care about -- our land and water, fish and wildlife, and our special way of life.
Washington Farmers Markets
Directory of markets listed in alphabetical order by city in which they operate.
Washington State Growth Management Act
Growth Management Services
Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network
The Network is a broad-based, statewide advocacy organization promoting sustainable and organic agriculture and family farms in Washington State.
Whidbey Island Farm Tour
An annual tour of Whidbey Island's Farms
WSU Island County Extension
Including Agriculture Sustainability & Land Stewardship Program
NATIONAL
100 Mile Diet
Local Eating for Global Change
American Farmland Trust
Transform US farm policy to strengthen the future of American agriculture; Protect the best land by supporting effective state and local farmland protection initiatives; Plan for agriculture to keep farming viable and help communities balance growth while protecting working land; Keep the land healthy and productive by encouraging stewardship practices that safeguard our nation's natural resources.
The American Institute of Wine & Food
Perfect blend of people, pursuits, and places.
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
Founded in 1977, they are the pioneer organization in the U.S. working to conserve historic breeds and genetic diversity in livestock.
Bioneers
Revolution from the heart of nature
Cheese by Hand
Discovering America One Cheese at a Time
Cultivating Success
Sustainable Small Farms Education
Creating and implementing educational programs to increase the number and foster the success of sustainable small acreage farmers and ranchers in Idaho and Washington.
Eat Well Guide
Find food in your neighborhood and when you travel that is healthful, humane, better for the environment and that supports family farmers.
Energy Bulletin
Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
Kitchen Gardeners International
Promoting the "localest" food of all, globally.
Local Harvest
The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
Local Food Plus
Let's go the distance so our food doesn't have to.
Local Food Plus
Let's go the distance so our food doesn't have to.
Locavores
Celebrate your foodshed.
Micheal Pollan
Native Seeds/Search
Ancient seeds for modern needs
The New Farm
Farmer-to-farmer know-how from the Rodale Institute
Oldways
Advocates for better eating and drinking
Outstanding in the Field
The farmers and food artisans who provide ingredients for the feast share equal billing with the star chefs who cook it.
The Relocalization Network
Save our Wild Salmon
www.wildsalmon.org and www.giveadamforsalmon.org
A nationwide coalition of conservation organizations, commercial and sport fishing associations, businesses, river groups, and taxpayer and clean energy advocates working collectively to restore healthy, sustainable wild salmon to the rivers, streams and oceans of the Pacific Salmon states.
Spoons Across America
http://spoonsacrossamerica.org
A Source for Children's Culinary Education
Sustainable Table
Celebrates the sustainable food movement, educates consumers on food related issues, and works to build community through food.
Weston A. Price Foundation
Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts.
The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research, and activism.
Wise Food Ways
They create community, restore relationship, and help us remember a pace of life that includes cooking and eating at home in the joyful presence of friends and extended family.
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