Via Mediterranea

BREAKING NEWS!

We've released the first 5 months of our brand new FED Workshops. Keep an eye out in the new year for specific dates as well as more details, such as locations, instructors, and more!

You can also expect to see us working with long standing partners like Ruby's Market, as well as new partners such as Patagonia through this program!

We're so excited about the new FED Workshops and can't wait to keep sharing details with our community. Please reach out with any questions you have at this time.

Photo Credit: Shea Kleunder

Did you know that without Slow Food USA, we would not exist as a chapter? We may not partner with them on projects all the time, but they are a constant support system for our team.

Slow Food USA does not operate in one city, town, or state, so it can be difficult for them to plan fundraising events. The Slow Market, taking place from Nov. 15 to 30th, is an online fundraising event that offers us all the opportunity to support their abundant programming. Beyond sustaining each individual chapter in the US, Slow Food USA works in food education, farm and food policy, school garden programs, and so much more.

For this fundraising effort, chapters from around the country contributed items to create a diverse auction filled with food focused items and experiences. Check out the online catalog to find the perfect gift for yourself or another. Link located in the comments!

Looking for Slow Food Denver items? We contributed the SFD basket with our swag, MiiR container and tumbler, 2 passports, and more. Additionally, we've got a private online cooking class available for a personal experience with one of our Lil' Sprouts instructors.

Our friends at Slow Food Tetons are hosting an incredibly special event this October. Their Farm to Fork Festival will have a wide variety of speakers, workshops, and community meals featuring many different parts of the food system. From fermenting to butchering to bee keeping, they are offering insight into the many specialized practices that go into producing the foods you eat every day.

We're doing everything we can to make it to this unique event. We hope you'll join us, and the Slow Food Tetons team, in celebrating the producers of the Tetons and learning together.

Purchase tickets at the link in our bio!

Loneliness and Isolation are at Epidemic levels. The US Surgeon General has written an advisory on the Health Epidemic of Loneliness. Loneliness has such a negative impact on health and well-being, that he identifies steps that our society as a whole must take, in order to address it. Social Connection is a foundational for good health for both individuals and the communities they live in.

https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf

Social Connection is a cornerstone of Mediterranean Living.

Celebrating Slow Food Denver

Benefits of certain foods are well known by those eating a Mediterranean Diet too!
https://www.bluezones.com/2018/03/gbombs-cancer-fighting-foods/?fbclid=IwAR3CdM9v3E7eheOQioamCuZle5Lgsf_9yjRzc3E3K4RlWqfDdogXRWNGy6s

G-BOMBS: Top 6 Cancer-Fighting Foods

Mediterranean cultures have known this for a long time.

The town that’s found a potent cure for illness – community | George Monbiot Frome in Somerset has seen hospital admissions fall since it began to tackle isolation. There are lessons for the rest of the country, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Diet can impact brain health.

https://bluezones.com/2017/07/diet-dementia-foods-increase-decrease-alzheimers-risk/?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=social

Diet and Dementia: What Foods Increase or Decrease Alzheimer's Risk? - Blue Zones In the Blue Zones region of Ikaria, Greece, dementia among people over 85 is rare—over 75 percent less common than it is in the United States. (About half of Americans over 85 years show signs of Alzheimer’s disease.) Depression, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes are also rare. Ikarians ea...

Mediterranean lifestyle works for the Italians. http://www.treehugger.com/health/italians-are-worlds-healthiest-people.html

Italians are the world's healthiest people Despite a stagnant economy and high youth unemployment, Italians are the epitome of health and longevity.

The Mediterranean Diet made the news again as the best recommendation for heart healthy eating. Not in the best of circumstances. We wish Bob Harper well, during his recovery.
http://www.naturalnews.com/2017-03-12-biggest-loser-star-suffers-massive-heart-attack.html

“Biggest Loser” star suffers massive heart attack – NaturalNews.com , recently confirmed in a statement that he had suffered a heart attack two weeks prior. He was reportedly working out at a New York City gym when he collapsed, and a doctor at the gym administered CPR with paddles to keep him alive.