Slow Food on Campus members represent a passionate cross-section of youth addressing food system and food justice issues, spanning environmental and social causes. Through creative and innovative events, projects, and programs, these students are leading the Youth Food Movement in the United States.
Slow Food on Campus Chapters:
To keep up with Slow Food on Campus, opportunities for students, interesting articles, and Slow Food on Campus chapters across the country, check out the Slow Food on Campus blog at www.slowfoodoncampus.wordpress.com. If you've got news from your area you would like to see posted on the blog, please contact Julia Middleton, Slow Food Youth Programs Assistant at julia@slowfoodusa.org.
Slow Food on Campus is partnering with Sparkseed (formerly Conscious Lifestyle) to provide seed money, web space, mentoring and support for a select number of specific projects or ventures developed by Slow Food on Campus chapters. Sparkseed is a nonprofit organization that supports Slow Food on Campus in an effort to empower students and schools to become more socially responsible.
The University of Gastronomic Sciences, a truly unique academic institution, was founded in 2003 by Slow Food in conjunction with the regional authorities of Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont (Italy). The objective is to create an international research and training center, working to renew farming methods, protect biodiversity and maintain an organic relationship between gastronomy and agricultural science. The gastronomist trained at the University of Gastronomic Sciences represents a new kind of professional capable of entering the employment market with a solid cultural background, a comprehensive and multidisciplinary knowledge of food culture and science and first-hand experience of production processes and regions.
To learn more about the university and its programs, please visit UNISG’s website.