A Letter from the Slow Food NYC Board

An Update to our Slow Food NYC Community,

We’re thrilled to share all kinds of amazing news and let you know some new ways to be part of the Slow Food NYC mission. 

Our NYC chapter and 100% volunteer board support more than eight million New Yorkers across five boroughs. We’re excited to be rebuilding in a post-pandemic era and striving to reach all the communities in our purview. We’ve launched two new giving campaigns to engage our members in this vision. 

Donations: If everyone reading this gave just $10, it would do wonders to help us expand our efforts across all of our programs and NYC communities. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated! 
Recurring support: We’re launching a new program for recurring donors! Our goal from this letter is modest but impactful: we’re seeking at least ten people to become recurring donors of $10 a month or more, and ten or more people to become recurring donors of $20 a month or more. You’ll be recognized in a thank you on our website as an ongoing supporter (you can also choose to be anonymous). Recurring donations help us manage the seasonality of cash flow and plan more strategically, and you’ll have a special place in the SFNYC community. 

Exciting Updates: 

Urban Harvest

  • We’re thrilled to announce we’re a grant recipient from the Slow Food Negroni Week Fund to support our Urban Harvest Program and the Ujima Garden in East New York, Brooklyn!  Only a select few applicants received funding from this worldwide grant, and it validates the important role that Urban Harvest plays in our NYC ecosystem. The grant helps cover partial operating costs for expansion and we are continuing to seek other grant funding to expand even further. We’re grateful to Slow Food International and Negroni for this honor. 

Snail of Approval 

  • We launched a newly expanded Snail of Approval (SoA) program this summer. The SoA Red Snail designation is like the Michelin Star of sustainability, and honors the restaurants and food purveyors who align with the good, clean, and fair mission. We’ve trained a new crew of volunteers to begin actively reaching out across the city. 

Slow U 

  • Our Slow U program provides educational and entertaining events and a like-minded community for Slow Food NYC members. We’ve returned to pre-pandemic levels of events, with in-person and remote options across different neighborhoods and formats. Look out for our two upcoming “Slow Down” event invitations to go out this week, and more events planned for the Fall! 

Supporters 

  • We’re grateful to Patagonia UWS and Hardie Grant publishing for donations in support of our upcoming “Slow Down” events. If you would like to donate to our raffle or become a business sponsor, please reach out here. 

Thank you for being part of our Slow Food NYC chapter, and for supporting the mission of good, clean, and fair food!