We are the Russian River chapter of Slow Food, the international organization dedicated to a food system that is good, clean and fair, for all. We are located in Sonoma County, California, in an area...
We are the Russian River chapter of Slow Food, the international organization dedicated to a food system that is good, clean and fair, for all. We are located in Sonoma County, California, in an area covering Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Cotati, and further towards the Pacific Ocean, with towns and hamlets such as Sebastopol, Freestone, Valley Ford, Bodega and Bodega Bay, Occidental, Graton, Forestville, Guerneville, and Monte Rio. Sonoma County is well known for the wealth and breadth of its agricultural heritage and its open spaces. Our grapes and wines, our apples, cider and Eau de Vie de Pomme, our barley, hops, and beers, our sheep, goats and cows, and milk, yoghurts, and cheeses, the wools and meats, charcuterie. Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic organization that supports a bio diverse sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage foodways, and rediscovery of the pleasures of the table. Carlo Petrini founded Slow Food as a response to the opening of a McDonald's in Rome's historic Piazza di Spagna in 1986. Since then, Slow Food has grown in to a international movement with more than The movement has since expanded globally to over 100,000 members in 150 countries world wide. Slow Food Russian River is one of 200 convivia in the USA to carry out the Slow Food mission at the local level. We support and promote the food traditions that are part of the cultural identity of this country. Please join us as we work to celebrate and sustain the agricultural and culinary traditions of people around the world. Our local programs include the Gravenstein Apple Presidium, the Heritage Turkey Project in partnership with 4-H, and our school garden project. On LinkedIn we promote our projects and connect with other thought leaders who may want to join us to create a better food system, good, clean and fair, for all.