Chickens. Coops. Bicycles. Great food. Chicken-themed art. General fowl frivolity! There is a lot to love about Tour de Cluck: A Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl. But, it wasn’t supposed to be this way! When Jacqueline “Jake” Clemens and her husband Ed hatched the chicken-brained idea to plan a chicken coop tour to benefit Davis Farm to [...] . . . → Read More: Seeking Fowl Frivolity? Look No Further!

Sacramento Magazine’s December issue prominently featured some of Yolo’s finest food artisans. The “Made In Sacramento” article had five Yolo County features out of a total of 32…in other words, 15.6% of the article should have been titled “Made In Yolo”. Congrats to the following purveyors of deliciousness! Kristy Levings & Brian Douglass of Cache Creek [...] . . . → Read More: Made In Yolo

by Kraig Kraft, former member of Slow Food Yolo Executive Committee. Where do I try to begin to explain the sights, sounds and emotions of Terra Madre? Do I begin with my own, oversized and inflated expectations – the idea that all of us have gathered in support of sustainable agriculture and food traditions? Do I [...] . . . → Read More: Reflections on My First Terra Madre

In a few words, Slow Food USA’s Ark of Taste is a platform to try and promote varieties, breeds, and other foods that have important historic and cultural connections. . . . → Read More: Biodiversity & American Rye Whiskey

Imagine spending a year in Italy learning about gastronomy – sounds too good to be true, right? That’s what I thought when I applied to the Food Culture and Communication master program at the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG). With encouragement from fellow Slow Food Yolo steering committee members and UNISG alums, Nicole Stursenberger and [...] . . . → Read More: A Flatlander in Piedmonte, Ponderings from a Yolo County Native in Italy