We are Slow Food Russian River (SFRR) in Sonoma County, California, a USA chapter of Slow Food International. We are dedicated to a global food system that gives us Good and Healthy Food and supports a Clean Environment, Sustainable Agriculture, Fair Pay, and Food Justice for all. Keeping an eye on the global, we work locally to engage and educate our community about Good, Clean and Fair food practices.
SFRR covers the so-called West County area of Sonoma. This roughly stretches from Windsor and Santa Rosa in the East to Bodega Bay and Jenner to the West, and from Petaluma in the south to towns to the north along the Russian River, such as Guerneville and Forestville. However, in all our Projects and Events we welcome and include supporters throughout Sonoma County, and we support the work of neighboring Slow Food Chapters!
We are Slow Food Russian River (SFRR) in Sonoma County, California, a USA chapter of Slow Food International. Together we are:
Help us keep the Gravensteins growing by buying local apples in season, and by joining the Apple Core!
The Slow Food Snail of Approval award recognizes and celebrates food and beverage businesses that pursue Slow Food values. This is about more than making good food — it’s about making commitments to the environment, local communities, employees and purveyors, and our core values of antiracism and anti-oppression. The Snail of Approval award is given by local chapters based on evaluations of six areas: sourcing, environmental impact, cultural connection, community involvement, staff support, and business values. Locally, the Snail of Approval awards process has been led by Slow Food North - our North Sonoma County co-conspirators, based in Healdsburg. They have effectively promoted Slow Food values and Snail-awarded businesses ever since their founding in 1997, and they are also home to the Bodega Red Potato Presidium. We are grateful for their unwavering leadership, and look forward to many collaborations into the future. Here's the complete list of local Snail-Awarded businesses .
Slow Wine highlights wineries which adhere to their manifesto, emphasizing sustainable methods of farming and winemaking, and prohibiting the use of chemically synthesized fertilizers, herbicides or fungicides. Slow Food also asks that wineries participate in their local community in a collaborative and cooperative way to share knowledge and further the advancement of like-minded producers. Rather than dictating no added sulfur as the organic regulations do in the United States, Slow Wine defers to the standards for organic wine production set by the European Union. A Slow Wine Guide is available to celebrate producers that meet these criteria.
Meat is a pivotal issue, emblematic of the unsustainable and unethical practices that are part and parcel of the industrial food system. By championing better methods of animal husbandry and better consumption practices, together we are creating a healthier and happier world.
Slow Fish North America is a grassroots network of fish harvesters, fishmongers, distributors, retailers, chefs, researchers, educators, youth and advocates working to support local, values-based seafood systems. We work to promote local seafood supply chains that provide seafood that is good, clean and fair for all.
