Lead Partners
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Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is permanently committed to buying from local producers, particularly those who farm organically and are dedicated to environmentally friendly, sustainable agriculture. Our history and reputation are intimately linked to our support of local farmers. For more than 25 years, we have worked to provide families with the most wholesome foods available and our search begins right outside our front door in every community where we do business. We empower our individual store and regional buyers to seek out the best selection of local products. After all, food in its purest state is the best tasting and most nutritious food available. -
Rodale
Lead Publishing Partner
Rodale is a global multi-platform media company with a mission dedicated to the health and wellness of the individual, community and planet. The company publishes magazines — Men’s Health, Prevention, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Best Life, Bicycling, Running Times, and Organic Gardening — and books like An Inconvenient Truth, and has extensive Web sites. Rodale is also a leader in direct-response marketing. -
Anolon
Lead Kitchen Partner
Anolon cookware is committed to the success of cooks who are passionate about authentic, wholesome and delicious food and want to preserve America’s rich food heritage. Anolon joins Slow Food in teaching people how to cook at home and experience the joy of sharing delicious food with friends and family. Anolon offers a wide range of high-quality cookware and complementary kitchen products. Our cookware is meticulously crafted to please the eye, last a lifetime, and help cooks coax the most delectable flavors from the finest ingredients. -
Parkmerced
Lead Lifestyle Partner
Parkmerced is a unique 116-acre rental community built after World War II to accommodate the housing needs of returning service members. Nestled between two golf courses and Lake Merced, Parkmerced is in the midst of a major renovation project that has beautified this southwestern corner of San Francisco and will soon transform it into an international model of urban sustainability and livability. The new owners of Parkmerced intend to create a vibrant neighborhood, by getting away from its automobile-centric past, pursuing the best planning strategies such as mass transit and community supported agriculture, and utilizing smart design and construction to reduce Parkmerced’s and San Francisco’s impact on the environment. -
Farina
Lead Food Experience Partner
Farina brings to San Francisco the simplicity, elegance, and style of the Italian culinary tradition of Liguria. With careful research in first quality, seasonal, and organic ingredients, Farina has located regional farmers who grow all the rare produce essential for creating the subtle flavors of an authentic Ligurian menu.Farina’s Basil Pesto has been awarded with the First Prize and Golden Pestle at the World Pesto Championship held this year in Genova.
Located in an ex-cookie factory on 18th St. in the Mission, Farina’s interior retains original exposed wood framing and skylights, accented by vintage furniture, a custom glass storefront and a pair of free -standing sculptural marble counters.
Bathed during the day in a beautiful Mission sunlight, Farina turns fashionably cool as the afternoon light fades to night. During the dinner service Farina’s chefs work in plain view preparing a rhapsody of fresh pasta, traditional Genovese focaccia, and pastries.
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Saveur
Lead Media Partner
Since 1994, Saveur has sought out stories from around the globe that put food into a cultural context, whether it’s the history behind a beloved ingredient or the tradition that informs a regional specialty. On every page the magazine strives to honor a fundamental truth: that cooking food is one of the most universal–and beautiful–means of human expression. Saveur, which has won multiple National Magazine and James Beard Foundation awards for its articles, photography, design, is published nine times a year by Bonnier Corporation. -
Medlock Ames
Lead Sustainable Wine Partner
Small, family owned winery in Sonoma County, CA, specializing in organic farming and a sustainable approach to the wine business. Wines are handcrafted to reflect a strong sense of place and vintage - preserving what is special about their particular vineyard and the elements that shape each year. In addition to wine, Medlock Ames farms vegetables, fruits, olives and cattle to bring increased diversity to the property and business. Their mission is to make incredible products in a mindful and sustainable way - sentiments that are deeply aligned with Slow Food Nation. Medlock Ames is the lead sponsor for the sustainable wine bar within the Taste pavilion. -
Bon Appétit Management Company
Lead Food Service Provider
An on-site restaurant company offering full food service management to corporations, universities and specialty venues. Bon Appétit is committed to sourcing sustainable, local foods for all its cafés throughout the country, and to addressing the impacts of the food system on climate change. A pioneer in environmentally sound sourcing policies since 1999, Bon Appétit has developed programs with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, Environmental Defense, the Humane Society of the United States, and other leading conservation organizations. Based in Palo Alto, CA, Bon Appétit has more than 400 cafés in 28 states, including Oracle Corporation, American University, the Getty Center, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. -
Dominic Phillips Event Marketing
Dominic Phillips Event Marketing (DPEM) is working with Slow Food Nation to ensure that all the details are in place for the big event, from logistics master planning to making sure everything runs smoothly day of show. This San Francisco-based event planning company has produced numerous food and beverage projects, and has an impressive client list which includes SFDoE/World Environment Day, SFMTA, Lucas Film, American Express, Google, Scion, San Francisco Magazine, SF Symphony, YBCA and Santana Row. -
Fort Mason Foundation
Situated on the waterfront in the historic piers and buildings of Lower Fort Mason, this former military base is a National Historic Landmark and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Fort Mason Center has nine Mission Revival buildings on 13 waterfront acres and is located between Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge on San Francisco Bay. The campus houses about 30 nonprofit organizations and is the setting for more than 15,000 meetings, conferences, performances and special events, attended by 1.5 million visitors, each year. Slow Food Nation is presented by arrangement with the Fort Mason Foundation.
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NOV. 15 AND NOV. 22: COMMUNITY DAYS
Come to the Victory Garden on Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 for events that build community through food.