What's going on?

Don't Forget!!!!

Thursday October 14th we are co-sponsoring an event with NEDAC

7PM in Smith 120

Guest speaker: Nina Planck of Real Food: What to eat and why

A VERY EXCITING EVENT COMING UP!!!!

On Monday October 18th at 7PM (Location TBD)

We are having a guest speaker!

Sergio Grasso from Italy will be talking about the food culture over in Italy and may be doing some demonstrations as well so come hungry!

Make sure to check out the Alternative Spring Break Program through the University of Delaware. They will be sending five trips over spring break to do service work.

One of the trips will be focusing on Food and Hunger in Boston. They will be working on Urban Farms, Soup Kitchens and Food Banks.

Make sure to email alternativebreaks@udel.edu if you want some more information!

What are the options for non-students:

Unfortunately our chapter is only open to University of Delaware Students. However there are plenty of options available to the community.

Area Chapters:

Slow Food Brandywine Valley

Make sure the check them out at: http://www.slowfoodbrandywinevalley.org/

IMPORTANT DATES!!

IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS!!!

This Sunday September 26th, there will be two workshops to be given by Toby Hemenway, a world-renowned permaculturalist at the Delaware Center for Horticulture in Wilmington, DE. UD students will receive a discount if they attend and the cost will be $25 for the workshop and $45 if you would like to attend the lunch in between the workshops. Toby's website is http://patternliteracy.com/index.html if you would like more information. Please email del@slowfoodusa.org if you would like to attend and we will make the special student reservations.

The City of Newark is co-sponsoring a FREE Rain Barrel workshop on October 6, 2010 at 6:00pm. It will be held at the New Castle County Cooperative Extension office (461 Wyoming Road - directions). Learn about the importance of using rain barrels and protecting the water quality in the watershed. The first 25 people who sign up receive a free rain barrel.

Lastly and most importantly-- SLOW FOOD ON CAMPUS will be co-sponsoring an event with the National Eating Disorders Awareness Committee. We are hosting a
speaker, author Nina Planck of Real Food: What to Eat and Why on Thursday October 14th at 7 pm in Smith 120. DON’T FORGET TO MARK YOUR CALANDARS!


This past Sunday a few of our members were able to get outside and have some fun at Milburn Orchards! The group went apple picking… make sure to check out their pictures below….

AG DAY!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that SFOC will be at the University of Delaware's AG Day on Saturday April 14th from 10am to 4pm.

We will have crafts for kids and educational information for both adults and children!!

Planting!!

In preparation for out big spring event BACKYARD GARDEN--SEED TO TABLE, we began planting the plants that will be included in our starter kits.

The Ag department on campus was nice enough to give us space for 200 plants (although we actually planted 270!!!) So THANK YOU AG SCHOOL!!

Our plants include squash, tomatoes and peppers. Thanks to everyone who helped.

Remember, the BACKYARD GARDEN is May 10th and 11th. 6pm-8pm. At Townsend Hall (May 10th) and the Courtyard Marriott (May 11th)

Getting Ready for Spring Semester

As we start getting back o school in the next few weeks, I would love for everyone to brainstorm about ideas and programs they would like to do this semester. I would especially like everyone to find a local restaurant that serves sustainable food or local food that we can plan a field trip to go visit!

February we are going to focus on fair trade chocolate. Slow Food will be providing us with ideas to develop a program to raise awareness about fair trade chocolate in honor of Valentine's Day. We will be partnering with United Students for Fair Trade all across the nation for this campaign.