Upcoming events

Welcome! This calendar is a collection of events in the Minnesota food community that are aligned with our values or directly produced by us. All are welcome at these events, and it’s a great way to meet to local leaders in the Slow Food movement.


Stories of Food Screening at QCTV Anoka
Jan
28

Stories of Food Screening at QCTV Anoka

Meet the people in our region who are at the forefront of the Slow Food movement. They are growers, producers, chefs, and food activists in relationship with the land. Coming soon, a collection of stories: bright narratives of the folks revolutionizing the way we relate to food.

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Stories of Food Screening at National Leader Summit
Jan
25

Stories of Food Screening at National Leader Summit

Meet the people in our region who are at the forefront of the Slow Food movement. They are growers, producers, chefs, and food activists in relationship with the land. Coming soon, a collection of stories: bright narratives of the folks revolutionizing the way we relate to food.

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'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: A Storytelling Workshop
Mar
24

'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: A Storytelling Workshop

Join the Land Stewardship Project during the month of March for an exploration of whiteness in the food system. Using podcast episodes from the Center for Documentary Studies and PRX’s podcast series, Scene on Radio, we’ll trace the origins of whiteness in this country’s founding and learn to locate whiteness in our own lives, especially as it pertains to our food system.

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Slow Fish 2021
Mar
18
to Mar 21

Slow Fish 2021

Building upon the Slow Fish International campaign and Slow Fish USA national working group, we are organizing a 4-day event that will bring together fish harvesters, chefs, scientists, youth, and seafood eaters from around the country to connect, celebrate, and advance our shared values of good, clean, and fair seafood for all.

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'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: Whiteness and the USDA
Mar
17

'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: Whiteness and the USDA

Join the Land Stewardship Project during the month of March for an exploration of whiteness in the food system. Using podcast episodes from the Center for Documentary Studies and PRX’s podcast series, Scene on Radio, we’ll trace the origins of whiteness in this country’s founding and learn to locate whiteness in our own lives, especially as it pertains to our food system.

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'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: The Color of Land Stewardship
Mar
10

'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: The Color of Land Stewardship

Join the Land Stewardship Project during the month of March for an exploration of whiteness in the food system. Using podcast episodes from the Center for Documentary Studies and PRX’s podcast series, Scene on Radio, we’ll trace the origins of whiteness in this country’s founding and learn to locate whiteness in our own lives, especially as it pertains to our food system.

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Vote on the Board of Directors
Mar
4

Vote on the Board of Directors

Join us March 4th for a member meeting to vote on the Board of Directors. We will provide a financial report and a summary of our work to move forward with our mission to foster equitable access to good, clean, fair food.

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'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: A Study Group
Mar
3

'Seeing Whiteness' in the Food System: A Study Group

Join the Land Stewardship Project during the month of March for an exploration of whiteness in the food system. Using podcast episodes from the Center for Documentary Studies and PRX’s podcast series, Scene on Radio, we’ll trace the origins of whiteness in this country’s founding and learn to locate whiteness in our own lives, especially as it pertains to our food system.

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Slow Seed Summit
Feb
18
to Feb 20

Slow Seed Summit

The Slow Seed Summit is a virtual gathering of growers, experts and activists to discuss seed sovereignty and preservation and other central topics in the world of seeds. Between Feb 18-28, we are hosting six days of interactive programming that combines Deep Dig sessions on critical topics, small roundtables with hands-on demonstrations, and networking opportunities to meet new friends.

Confirmed participants include Rowen White, Karen Washington, Bill McDorman, Elena Terry, Francesco Sottile, Brijette Peña, Melissa Nelson, Ira Wallace and many more!

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Food for the People: 2021 season launch!
Feb
8

Food for the People: 2021 season launch!

Join Shared Ground Farmer’s Cooperative as they launch the 2021 season of Food for the People: Hear from the Shared Ground Farmers! Get plugged into this growing movement of food sovereignty and mutual aid! Be present in community for this work of networking and strengthening our ability to feed our people, pay farmers a living wage, and create systems to provide for our people!

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Protect the Water, Revoke the Permits
Jan
29

Protect the Water, Revoke the Permits

  • Honor the Earth, Northfield Against Line 3, MN350 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

We will gather and walk to the Army Corps of Engineers office (who issued the permits) to make our voices heard and demonstrate to the powers-that-be that we will not allow business as usual to carry on unanswered. Indigenous Water Protectors and allies are putting their bodies on the line to disrupt construction of Line 3 - let’s show them that they don’t stand alone.

Family friendly, masks and social distancing expected of all attendees, and bring art/warm clothes. See you there!

Art by Dio Cramer and Susan Bietila.

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Open Cities, Inclusive Communities
Dec
12

Open Cities, Inclusive Communities

Urban areas—and the largest cities in particular—are places defined by extreme social inequality, where poverty and social marginalization exist alongside wealth and power. One of the key measures of poverty is access to food, which isn’t guaranteed to everyone, as covid-19 has shown us more clearly than ever.

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The Change is Us, Part 2: More Democracy for Food System Transformation
Dec
11

The Change is Us, Part 2: More Democracy for Food System Transformation

Building on the November “The Change is Us” event on democratic empowerment, we invite you to join us for the next round, in which we go deeper into democratic and participatory models for transforming our regional food systems.

This time around we are hearing from Migrant Justice (worker-led initiatives), New England Grassroots Environment Fund (participatory funding models), Cooperative Development Institute (cooperative businesses and enterprises), Why Hunger (food sovereignty connections), and with special guest Cesar McDowell, Professor of Civic Design at MIT.

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Snailblazer Awards 2020
Dec
6

Snailblazer Awards 2020

Join us on December 6 to celebrate this year’s Snailblazers, raise a glass in their honor with good food enthusiasts around the country, and turn that COVID pivot into a little dance.

We are blown away with the creative and resilient response of individuals and communities in response to the pandemic this year, and their action around social justice. Slow Food leaders and members nominated over 70 outstanding people, and a panel of independent judges selected one person in each of eight categories — biodiversity, children + education, cooking + community, emerging young leader, family farming, fishing + waterways, food + ag advocacy, and food justice.

All proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards Slow Food USA’s National Resilience Fund

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