NEW YORK and DENVER, June 8,
2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Slow Food USA continues to expand the schedule of events
for the second annual Slow Food Nations, a three-day
culinary festival taking place on July
13-15 in Denver, Colorado,
with the launch of a series of free talks and family-focused events
throughout the weekend. A complete schedule of free and ticketed
events is now available at slowfoodnations.org. Slow Food Nations
2018 is presented by Danone North America, Larimer Square and VISIT DENVER, with additional supporting
partners.
Located in Denver's
Larimer Square, the food festival
will offer more than 50 different food tastings, dinners, workshops
and family-activities all centered around sustainability and
locally-sourced foods. The mission of Slow Food is to inspire
individuals and communities to change the world through food that
is good, clean, and fair – and to show them how much fun it can be
in the process.
As part of Slow Food's global "Food for Change" theme in
2018, Slow Food Nations will host a "Food for Change" tent with
free talks on Saturday, July 14th and
Sunday, July 15th. The theme centers
on how food is a delicious solution to climate change, and how our
individual actions impact the world around us. The goal is to
trigger change in each one of us, in our everyday lives, from the
choice of what food we buy, to what we cultivate and how we prepare
our own meals. Slow Food believes that food is the most powerful
tool to achieve a slow, peaceful and global revolution.
There will be eight free talks in this space, including:
- The Impact of Capitalism on Food: This "people's think
tank" will give you a new lens for viewing capitalism, cheap food,
hunger, and the position of Slow Food in the change movement. With
Raj Patel, Gail Myers and moderated
by Tom Philpott.
- Food Waste 101: With 40% of the food we produce in the
U.S. wasted, this talk will cover why food waste is an important
issue, where it comes from and how we can take action.
- A Table for #MeToo: Hosted by Mother Jones, this talk
will examine the power and gender dynamics in the kitchen and in
the fields.
- Seed Saving to Save the World: Hear from experts on why
seed saving is a critical part of the struggle to preserve and
protect our local and regional food systems and how to be a part of
the process.
- Becoming Conscious Carnivores: Kate Cox, editor of The New Food Economy, joins
cookbook author and food journalist Lynne
Curry in a conversation that explores the ethical,
philosophical, and environmental conundrums of being a 21st century
omnivore.
View all free talks here.
The Family Pavilion will be also be open on Saturday and
Sunday with activities for children, including a series of
scheduled workshops, as well as ongoing art projects and hands-on
activities to learn about food. Some of the featured activities
will include pizza making, a Tattered Covered bookstore story hour,
gyotaku (traditional Japanese fish printing), and pollinator seed
bombs. Ongoing activities invite kids to create bean and handprint
art, get their faces painted, dress up as farmers, and view a
demonstration beehive.
In addition, the Taste Marketplace, a free open-air
tasting pavilion and market, will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 14th
and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Sunday, July
15. Here, nearly 75 good, clean and fair food companies and farmers
will be offering tastes and showcasing their products for visitors
to try. Amano Artisan Chocolate, Backyard Soda Co., Burn
Fermented Hot Sauce, Farmer's Porch Heirloom Pumpkin Seeds, Gourmet
Foods International, La Bonne Vie Cheese, and Perky Jerky will be
some of the exhibitors showcasing their products here.
Beyond these free events, there are several dozen hands-on
ticketed workshops and discussions with culinary luminaries and
environmental thought-leaders, including Rick Bayless, Massimo Bottura, Deb Eschmeyer, Daniela
Ibarra-Howell, John Ikerd,
Raj Patel, Steven Satterfield,
Alon Shaya, Woody Tasch, Poppy
Tooker, as well as Colorado local chefs Daniel Asher, Jennifer
Jasinski, Sheila Lucero,
Paul Reilly, Alex Seidel, Chris
Starkus and Kelly
Whitaker. These events start at $40 per ticket. Each night features a ticketed
dinner tasting event.
For the complete schedule of events and to find more, visit
slowfoodnations.org. Visit slowfoodnations.org/media to
access images of the event. Media pass applications are available
now until June 15. Apply
here.
About Slow Food:
Slow Food is a global
grassroots organization that envisions a world in which all people
can access and enjoy food that is good for them, good for those who
grow it and good for the planet. Slow Food involves over a million
activists, chefs, experts, youth, farmers, fishers and academics in
over 160 countries. Among them, a network of around 100,000 Slow
Food members are linked to 1,500 local chapters worldwide,
including over 150 chapters across the
United States. As part of the network, more than 2,400
Terra Madre food communities
practice small-scale and sustainable production of quality food
around the world.
Slow Food Media Contacts:
Lori
Lefevre Wells
lori@lorilefevre.com or 914.630.0961
Anna Mulé
anna@slowfoodusa.org or 718/260-8000 x152
About VISIT DENVER, The
Convention & Visitors Bureau:
Celebrating 109 years
of promoting The Mile High City, VISIT DENVER is a nonprofit trade association that
contracts with the City of Denver
to market Denver as a convention
and leisure destination, increasing economic development in the
city, creating jobs and generating taxes. A record 17.3
million visitors stayed overnight in Denver in 2016, generating $5.3 billion in spending, while supporting nearly
57,000 jobs, making Tourism one of the largest industries in
Denver. Learn more about
Denver on the VISITDENVER website
and at TOURISMPAYSDENVER or by phone at 800 2 Denver. Denver International Airport (DEN;
flydenver.com) connects The Mile High City to more than 190
destinations worldwide including nonstop service to 26
international destinations in 11 countries. Follow Denver's social media channels for
up-to-the-minute updates at: Facebook.com/visitdenver; Twitter.com/visitdenver;
Instagram.com/visitdenver; and YouTube.com/visitdenver.
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