- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Love young people? Help us teach them about their food!
ORGANIZATION: Slow Food - Gold Country Chapter
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Our Youth Outreach Committee focuses on helping young people with their food choices in three ways.
Learn about what our local schools are currently doing to promote local, clean, sustainable food practices and report on ways Slow Food can help the schools through activities or donations (for example, supporting school garden programs, cooking programs, or healthy cafeteria programs).
Help develop and deliver events that are centered around educating youth on their food choices.
Find ways to reach out to youth to engage them in Slow Food as volunteers (can we get teens to help man the booth at the Farmers Market or help set-up/clean-up at events, etc.?). Do they want to start Slow Food sub-chapters at their schools that we can support?
More opportunities with Slow Food - Gold Country Chapter
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Slow Food - Gold Country Chapter
Location:
7571 TALCITE ST, EL DORADO, CA 95623, US
Mission Statement
Who We Are
Supporting the Sierra Foothills in the areas of El Dorado and Amador Counties, we are a chapter of Slow Food USA and part of the global Slow Food network of over 150,000 members in more than 150 countries. Through a vast volunteer network of local chapters, youth and food communities, we link the pleasures of the table with a commitment to protect the community, culture, knowledge and environment that make this pleasure possible.
Our mission as an international grassroots membership organization is good, clean and fair food for all.
Good
Our food should be tasty, seasonal, local, fresh and wholesome.
Clean
Our food should nourish a healthful lifestyle and be produced in ways that preserve biodiversity, sustain the environment and ensure animal welfare - without harming human health.
Fair
Our food should be affordable by all, while respecting the dignity of labor from field to fork.
For All
Good, clean and fair food should be accessible to all and celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions and nations that reside in the USA and in our own backyard.
Description
What We Do
Slow Food Gold Country supports the mission of Slow Food USA and Slow Food International in the Sierra Foothills (El Dorado and Amador Counties) as one of 170 local chapters and 40 campus chapters in the U.S. that coordinate local activities, projects and events. Working together with members and supporters across the nation, we:
Care
We preserve and share local foods and food cultures. We defend and advocate policies that promote holistic alternatives to the industrial system. Through tastings, workshops and social opportunities, we explore and celebrate the Slow life.
Cultivate
We develop leaders in communities who model joy and justice. We champion local, culturally significant heritage foods, customs and recipes - and bring these experiences into farms, markets, restaurants and homes. We teach the next generation how to grow, prepare and share food responsibly.
Connect
Conviviality is central to our mission. We are a global community, connecting people to the land and to each other through local projects, educational events, and shared meals. We become catalysts for change by sharing the joy of Slow Food and prioritizing wholesome living over convenience.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
123 Main StreetPlacerville, CA 95667
DATE POSTED
August 11, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A