Slow Food Nation '08

Lead Partners

• 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.

  www.wholefoodsmarket.com

• 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.

  www.rodale.com

• 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.

  www.anolon.com

• 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.

  www.parkmerced.com

• 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.

  www.farinafoods.com

• 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.

  www.saveur.com

• 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.

  www.medlockames.com

• 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.

  www.bamco.com

• 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.

  www.dominicphillips.com

• 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.

  www.fortmason.org

Music Festival Partner

• The Festival Network, LLC

  The Festival Network, LLC (FN) develops, acquires and produces multi-day music festivals and live entertainment properties in unique destinations around the globe. FN’s predecessor company, Festival Productions, pioneered the outdoor “festival era” in 1954 with the creation of the renowned Newport Jazz Festival®. FN, which is privately held, is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.

  www.festivalnetwork.com

Marketplace Partners

• Stonyfield Farm

  Stonyfield Farm, celebrating its 25th year, is the world’s leading organic yogurt company. Its all natural and certified organic yogurt, smoothies, milk, cultured soy, frozen yogurt and ice cream are distributed nationally. The company advocates that healthy food can only come from a healthy planet. Its organic ingredient purchases keep over 60,000 farm acres free of toxic, persistent pesticides and chemical fertilizers that can contaminate soil, rivers and drinking water. Stonyfield also donates 10% of its profits to efforts that help protect and restore the Earth.

  www.stonyfield.com

• Jack London Market

  Oakland’s Jack London Market promises to be a values-driven marketplace and food destination that is vibrant, successful, and profitable-while adhering to ethical principles of responsible behavior toward the environment, working practices, and our local, diverse community. The project will incorporate core values of: Sustainability, Innovation, Local Sourcing, Education and Diversity.

  www.jacklondonsquare.com

• Urban Village Farmers’ Market Association

  Urban Village Farmers’ Market Association brings award winning, California Certified Farmers’ Markets to the discriminating buyer. Located throughout the Bay Area, Urban Village Farmers’ Markets offer a rich shopping experience where consumers can find the finest tree-ripened, vine-ripened, just-picked, sumptuous produce, fresh ranch eggs, artful baked goods, fresh cut flowers, fresh locally caught fish, unique prepared foods, and local handcrafts.

  www.urbanvillageonline.com

• Slow on the Go: Cost Plus

  Celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year, Cost Plus World Market continues to be the ideal destination for all your entertaining needs. With its around-the-world range of unique and authentic merchandise from serveware to dishware and décor items to the perfect bottle of wine at affordable prices, World Market takes the mystery out of the art of entertaining and makes it easy for the customer to set a beautiful table at home. The majority of the store’s furniture is constructed of environmentally friendly, farm raised wood while a number of items are made out of recycled glass and yet countless are constructed of environmentally-friendly bamboo. The value, breadth and continual refreshment of products invite customers to come back for an ever-changing assortment.

  www.worldmarket.com

Taste Pavilions Partners

• Water: Food and Water Watch

  To highlight issues concerning urban and global water use, Slow Food Nation is partnering with Food & Water Watch and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to develop accessible and visible water stations at Fort Mason Center, Civic Center Plaza and the Great Meadows. Water stations will serve filtered municipal tap water using state of the art technology from US Pure Water/The Water Store and will include visual materials to educate attendees about San Francisco’s watershed and the campaign to promote tap water consumption. Signature Slow Food Nation and Food and Water Watch stainless steel water bottles will be available for sale at all sites. All water will be free of charge.

  www.foodandwaterwatch.org

• Columbus Salumeria

  Columbus Salumeria has preserved the ancient art of dry-curing the “divine pig” since opening their doors in North Beach, San Francisco over 90 years ago. When the Italian-born founders of Columbus Salumeria came to America in 1917, they brought the authenticity of the Old-World with them. While the late 20th century brought mass-produced efficiencies into the world of food production, it also brought degradation to the quality of many products involved. We at Columbus have always stayed true to our roots by giving all of our products the proper time needed to hit the pinnacle of quality. Our Salame is dry-cured up to 90 days and our Deli Meats are un-altered cuts of meat slow-roasted to perfection. We are as proud as ever to continue to deliver these authentic products to you.

• Cheese Pavilion: Organic Valley Family of Farms

  Organic Valley Family of Farms is the trusted brand of our farmer-owned cooperative of 1205 producers dedicated to farming in harmony with nature. Our organic dairy, juice, eggs, produce, soy, and meat are produced to meet and exceed the USDA’s National Organic Standards, representing the gold standard of organic production.

  www.organicvalley.coop

• Olive Oil Pavilion: McEvoy Ranch

  In a marriage of traditional methods and modern engineering, McEvoy Ranch produces a boldly Californian olive oil with a distinctly Italian heritage. Nestled in the rolling Marin County hills west of Petaluma, California, McEvoy Ranch enjoys a long, cool growing season, ensuring the slow ripening of our fruit. Our certified organic growing methods, early harvest, and the skillful blending of our Tuscan varietals, together create the rich complexity of our extra virgin olive oil.

  www.mcevoyranch.com

• Wine Pavilion: La Jota

  La Jota Vineyard Co. was founded in 1890’s when San Francisco newspaperman, Frederick Hess, built a stone winery from the local volcanic rock in Napa. The Howell Mountain AVA, whose boundaries are defined by the 1,400 foot elevation contour line, owes its distinctive climate to the fact that it lies above the fog that frequently covers the valley floor. The soils are generally shallow and short of nutrients, causing just enough stress to produce intense flavors in the wines.

  www.lajotavineyardco.com

• Wine Pavilion: Mendocino Winegrape and Wine Commission

  Mendocino County’s authentic sustainable farming credentials are recognized around the world. The region is dominated by family farmers with a deep appreciation of the connection between humankind and earth. These farmers, grapegrowers, and winemakers were at the forefront of the sustainable, organic, Biodynamic® and fish friendly farming movements long before they gained the attention of the general population. Mendocino County was the first in America to outlaw GMO’s to ensure the continued viability of heritage crops and seeds. The vast and varied county is an international destination for those who seek delicious, sustainably-farmed, wild-caught and foraged food and artisan wine.

  www.mendowine.com

• Clover Stornetta

  Clover Stornetta Farms is a three generation family owned and operated dairy processer in Petaluma, California. We strive to provide our customers with the highest quality dairy products on the market, while working with sustainable practices to preserve family farming on the North Coast of California. We know where 100 percent of our milk comes from and guarantee that it is 100 percent rBST free. In 2000, Clover was the first dairy to be American Humane Certified for the compassionate treatment of the animals. Clover is proud to have a full line of conventional and organic dairy products. You can enjoy clover products in good conscious and in good health.

  www.cloverstornetta.com

• Wine Pavilion: Lodi Wine Country

  Welcome to Lodi Wine Country! This emerging jewel of California wine offers a rural atmosphere and relaxed pace for you to enjoy its beautiful vineyards and exquisite wines. Lodi vines are tended by generations of farming families rooted to the land. These vines yield wines that are simply irresistible. They are full of flavor yet soft and supple on the palate delicious on their own or the perfect companion to food. Recently Lodi winegrowers established The Lodi Rules – California’s first certification for sustainable viticulture, demonstrating a commitment to the land, our workers and our consumers.

  www.lodirules.com
  www.lodiwine.com

• Wine Pavilion: Cain Vineyard & Winery

  The heart of Cain Vineyard & Winery is the blend of richness, depth and complexity in its signature Bordeaux blend: Cain Five. The philosophy of winemaking is simple: ripe fruit, gentle handling, attention to detailmely intervention and judicious blending. The mountainous vineyard is composed of 84 acres in the Napa Valley and since its foundation in 1980, has focused on the blend of classical Bordeaux varieties from which to draw the ultimate structured wine.

  www.cainfive.com

• Coffee and Tea Pavilions: Heath Ceramics

  Heath Ceramics – Classic California Stoneware Tableware & Tile. Our unique products continue to be made according to Edith Heath’s original vision – exemplified today in our award winning tableware and architectural tile. All of our products are hand-crafted in our original Sausalito factory and held to the same standards of design and quality as for the past half-century. Our goals, as a company, are to sustain local manufacturing, create high quality, well designed products, maintain a fair and responsible workplace for our employees and reduce our environmental impact. We strive to become a model for US manufacturing — inspiring designers to look towards domestic production and inspiring US manufacturers to think creatively about their business models, as well as the value of quality design. Ultimately, we believe a local, holistic and sustainable business offers greater long-term rewards than can ever be achieved in chasing higher short-term profits by sending manufacturing oversees.

Changemakers Day Partner

• Roots of Change

  Roots of Change develops and provides resources to a network of leaders and institutions in California who agree to collaborate in pursuit of a sustainable food system to be in place by the year 2030. This network involves food producers, businesses, nonprofits, communities, government agencies, and foundations that share strategies, objectives, and a commitment to changing mental models, markets, and policies that shape the food system. The envisioned sustainable food system will improve the health of people, lift the fortunes of the food production industry, demonstrate the highest standards of environmental stewardship, create pride of place, offer dignity and opportunity to workers, and lead worldwide demand for health and quality in everyday living.

  www.rocfund.org

Bookstore Partner

• Point Reyes Books

  Point Reyes Books is located in West Marin, a Bay Area epicenter of innovative slow food practices, producers, and purveyors. They take pride in offering a comprehensive inventory of slow food books as well as frequent events with noted slow food authors, and are a co-sponsor of the only all organic farmers’ market in the region. The bookstore will offer a wide range of “slow food” book titles at Fort Mason, Civic Center and Herbst Theatre.

  www.ptreyesbooks.com

Foundation Partners

• Sustainable Table

  Sustainable Table was created in 2003 by the nonprofit organization GRACE to celebrate sustainable food, educate consumers about food-related issues, and work to build community through food.The program is home to the Eat Well Guide an online directory of sustainable food in the U.S. and Canada, and the critically-acclaimed, award-winning Meatrix movies – The Meatrix , The Meatrix II: Revolting and The Meatrix III. Produced by Sustainable Table and Free Range Studios, The Meatrix animations spoof The Matrix movie while educating viewers about the problems with industrial agriculture and today’s meat supply.

  www.sustainabletable.org

• Eat Well Guide

  The Eat Well Guide is a free online directory of thousands of family farms, restaurants, markets and other outlets of fresh, locally-grown food throughout the United States and Canada. Visitors simply enter a zip or postal code to find good food and create free printable booklets. Originally a database of sustainably-raised meat, poultry, eggs and dairy, Eat Well Guide listings have expanded over the years to include farmers’ markets, CSA programs, local advocacy organizations, and vegetarian/vegan restaurants. Many listings are also accompanied by water conscious ratings.

  www.eatwellguide.org

• Animal Welfare Approved

  The Animal Welfare Approved program and food label promote the well-being of animals and the sustainability of humane family farms. We unite conscientious consumers with farmers who raise their animals with compassion. Is your food Animal Welfare Approved? Ask your grocer or chef today.

  www.animalwelfareapproved.org

• RSF Social Finance

  RSF Social Finance is a non-profit financial organization offering innovative investing, lending, and giving services that help investors, donors, and social enterprises enliven consciousness and enhance quality of life. Inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, RSF has made over $100 million in loans and over $50 million in grants to organizations in the areas of Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts, and Ecological Stewardship. In 2008, RSF is launching a new mezzanine finance product for social enterprises seeking growth capital, and a program related investing (PRI) program for foundations interested in making charitable loans to deep impact companies.

Foundation Partners

• The Christensen Fund

  The Christensen Fund believes in the power of biological and cultural diversity to sustain and enrich a world faced with great change and uncertainty. We focus on the “bio-cultural” – the rich but neglected adaptive interweave of people and place, culture and ecology. The Fund’s mission is to buttress the efforts of people and institutions who believe in a biodiverse world infused with artistic expression and work to secure ways of life and landscapes that are beautiful, bountiful and resilient.

  www.christensenfund.org

• Columbia Foundation

  Columbia Foundation’s mission is to be a catalytic funder of work to protect and enhance the quality of life within the means of nature.

  www.columbia.org

• The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation

  The Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation is a family foundation that focuses its funding on education, music, and the environment. Environmental grantmaking is aimed at three areas: (1) supporting programs to prevent harm to human health from toxic substances and other environmental hazards, (2) encouraging planning and development at the regional level that aims to integrate economic and social goals with sound environmental policies, and (3) supporting initiatives for sustainability in agriculture and food systems. The foundation also funds selected programs in environmental education for children and youth.

  www.cehcf.org

• Panta Rhea Foundation

  The Panta Rhea Foundation has gifted Slow Food Nation a grant to support justice and inclusion programming and the Honey Pavilion of Taste.

• RSF Social Finance

  RSF Social Finance is a non-profit financial organization offering innovative investing, lending, and giving services that help investors, donors, and social enterprises enliven consciousness and enhance quality of life. Inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, RSF has made over $100 million in loans and over $50 million in grants to organizations in the areas of Food & Agriculture, Education & the Arts, and Ecological Stewardship. In 2008, RSF is launching a new mezzanine finance product for social enterprises seeking growth capital, and a program related investing (PRI) program for foundations interested in making charitable loans to deep impact companies.

  www.rsfsocialfinance.org

• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

  The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has been making grants since 1967 to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. The Foundation concentrates its resources on activities in education, environment, global development, performing arts, and population. In addition, the Foundation has programs that make grants to advance the field of philanthropy, and to support disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is wholly independent of the Hewlett Packard Company and the Hewlett Packard Company Foundation.

  www.hewlett.org

• The SEED Fund
• The Hellman Foundation

Lead Media Partners

• 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.

  www.saveur.com

• Sunset – Lead West Coast Living Media Partner

  Sunset Magazine defines and celebrates the fresh, ever-evolving Western lifestyle. We are passionate about sharing the region’s spirit of diversity, sustainability, healthy living, and adventure in all aspects of life, from travel and food to home and garden. Each month, we take our readers on a journey to the West’s most interesting places and homes, with inspiring photography and information on how to achieve the dream of living here.

  www.sunset.com

• Food Network – Lead Culinary Television Media Partner

  FOOD NETWORK is a unique lifestyle network and website that strives to be way more than cooking. The network is committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food – through pop culture, competition, adventure, and travel – while expanding its repertoire of technique-based information. Food Network’s primetime offerings encompass a wide range of programs that celebrate food through different entertainment-based genres such as Iron Chef America, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives and Throwdown. The network then provides “how-to,” instructional shows in daytime with “In the Kitchen” programming including 30 Minute Meals, Barefoot Contessa and Down Home with the Neelys.

  www.foodnetwork.com

• 7×7 Magazine – Lead Local Lifestyle Media Partner

  7×7 Magazine is the go-to-guide for information on the people, food, wine, art, fashion, design, and fun in San Francisco. With a mix of informative and fabulous content, 7×7 engages passionate readers who love to celebrate, experience and share their city.

  www.7×7sf.com

• CHOW – Lead Culinary Digital Media Partner

  Deliciously addictive, CHOW.com combines fresh editorial content with a passionate community to deliver a one-of-a-kind experience for today’s contemporary culinary explorers. From simple, sophisticated recipes, DIY projects, and travel features to etiquette advice, engaging videos, and lively forums, CHOW dishes up content with style, attitude, authority, and fun.

  www.chow.com

Media Partners

• Culinate

  Digital Culinary Media Partner

  Culinate is the premier website for people who want to eat better — for themselves and for the planet. With recipes, blogs, news, features, and columnists — including Deborah Madison — Culinate helps eaters everywhere learn about wholesome, delicious food and its sources: how to get it, how to cook it.

  www.culinate.com

• Edible Communities

  A publishing and information services company that creates editorially rich, community-based, local-foods publications in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Through their publications, supporting websites, and events, they connect consumers with family farmers, growers, chefs, and food artisans. Individuals who own the publications are local-foods advocates and residents of the communities they publish in.

  www.ediblecommunities.com

• Mother Jones

  Mother Jones magazine is the leader in smart, fearless journalism. The winner of the 2008 National Magazine Award for General Excellence, Mother Jones is independent and uncensored. This nonprofit magazine publishes investigative reporting that asks important questions, prints what others hide, and brings you answers to today’s most important questions.

  www.motherjones.com

• Wine & Spirits Magazine

  Live well. Drink well. Published seven times a year with a readership of over 200,000, Wine & Spirits magazine presents the best of more than 9,000 wines screened by professional tasters and critics, along with top destinations for wine and food, perspectives on distinctive wine regions, news and the best writing in wine. Wine & Spirits is the only wine magazine to have earned four James Beard Awards. Subscribe today and gain access to Wine & Spirits’ online database of ratings and reviews.

  www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com

• GOOD

  At GOOD, we see a growing number of people tied together not by age, career, background, or circumstance, but by a shared interest. This revolves around a passion for potential mixed with fierce pragmatism and creative engagement. We sum all this up as the sensibility of giving a damn. But to shorten it, let’s call it GOOD. We’re here to push this movement and cover its realization. While so much of today’s media is taking up our space, dumbing us down, and impeding our productivity, GOOD exists to add value. Through a print magazine, original multimedia content and local events, GOOD is providing a platform for the ideas, people, and businesses that are driving change in the world.

  www.goodinc.com

• Yelp.com

  Yelp is the fun and easy way to find and review local businesses, from organic restaurants to farmers markets. As Kermit the Frog once so wisely said, it’s not easy being green. Still, some of yelpers’ favorite restaurants include Boulette’s Larder, Bar Tartine and Delfina Pizzeria. Have your own faves? Start yelping!

  www.yelp.com

• East Bay Express

  If one mayor represented all of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, that person’s 2.5 million constituents would live in the country’s fourth-largest city. And just as these East Bay counties are very different from the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay Express is a very different paper. Every week, the Express provides these well-educated world travelers the only medium dedicated exclusively to them. From our local authoritative cover stories; to our in-depth reporting, arts and dining coverage; to the area’s most comprehensive weekly calendar; the East Bay Express has been this vibrant region’s leading voice since 1978.

  www.eastbayexpress.com

• Meatpaper Magazine

  Meatpaper magazine is a new quarterly print journal focused on art and ideas about meat. Inspired by the current “Fleischgeist” that is sweeping the country, Meatpaper publishes lush visuals, provocative articles, and timely reporting.

  www.meatpaper.com

• OpenTable

  OpenTable is the leading supplier of reservation, table management and guest management software for restaurants. In addition, the company operates www.opentable.com, the world’s most popular website for making restaurant reservations online. For diners, concierges and administrative professionals, the website provides a fast, efficient way to find available tables that meet desired criteria for cuisine, price and location at a specified time. Reservations are free and can be made around the clock. The website is directly connected to the thousands of computerized reservation systems at OpenTable restaurants. Search results reflect actual, “real-time” availability and reservations are immediately recorded in the same electronic reservation book used by the maitre’d.

  www.opentable.com

Hospitality Partners

• Hotel Carlton

  The Hotel Carlton, a certified green business by the City of San Francisco, is the first hotel in San Francisco to have solar panels and become carbon neutral. We are proud to be part of the Conde Nast Traveler 2008 Gold List. Hotel Carlton is pet friendly and 100% non-smoking.

  www.jdvhotels.com/carlton

  To redeem the special $139 per night rate Hotel Carlton offers Slow Food Nation attendees, click here

• Hotel Vitale

  Hotel Vitale is San Francisco’s only luxury waterfront hotel. Located across from the historic Ferry Building Marketplace, the Hotel Vitale is a luxury hotel, with 199 spacious guestrooms and suites. The hotel is an urban oasis, where you will experience a revitalizing stay provided through our hotel’s stunning water and landmark vistas, on-site spa with outdoor rooftop soaking tubs and signature restaurant and outdoor lounge, Americano.

  www.hotelvitale.com

  To redeem the 10% discount Hotel Vitale offers Slow Food Nation attendees, click here

Individual Donors and Fundraiser Hosts

• Robert Mailer Anderson and Nicola Miner
• Mr. & Mrs. Preston Butcher
• Richard Hoskins and Lynne-Marie Frame
• Warren Hellman
• Wade Dokken, Ameya Preserve
• Charlotte and George Shultz
• Peter and Juliette Kindersley
• Bill Foss
• Keith and Brenda Brodie
• Peter Buckley
• Jenene Wilson

Supporters

Supporters donated services and time towards the planning of Slow Food Nation. We thank them for their generosity.

• City of San Francisco

  Mayor Gavin Newsom and the city of San Francisco are dedicated to promoting sustainability policies and practices. Slow Food Nation is possible because of the city’s tireless support of the event. Scroll down this page for a list of all the city agencies participating in Slow Food Nation. To read more about Mayor Newsom’s commitment of Slow Food Nation, please read his letter of support.

• Albertson Design and futureprüf

  Albertson Design is responsible for the Slow Food Nation brand identity and design, and in partnership with web developers futureprüf, designed and programmed this web site. Together, they form a full-service branding and design team, providing customized print and web applications to clients including Showtime Networks, Charles David Shoes, HP, Chow, and Make Magazine.

  www.albertsondesign.com

• Food & Wine Trails Epicurean Tours

  Food & Wine Trails is a Santa Rosa-based epicurean tour company that takes participants off-the-beaten-track, providing educational opportunities that engage all the senses. They aim to satisfy each person’s curiosity, palate and love of travel.

  www.foodandwinetrails.com

• Eleanor Bertino Public Relations

  Eleanor Bertino Public Relations specializes in San Francisco Bay Area and national media for fine restaurants, artisan food products, and sustainable agriculture initiatives. Eleanor Bertino was a founding member of Slow Food Nation and serves on the board of Slow Food USA.

  www.eleanorbertinopr.com

• Stanlee R. Gatti Designs

  Stanlee Gatti is a pioneer of event design, one of just a handful around the world who has revolutionized the vision, form and function that tailor today’s A-list events. Stanlee Gatti has assisted Slow Food Nation with outreach and fundraising.

  www.stanleegatti.com

• Istituto Italiano di Cultura

  The Istituto Italiano di Cultura (IIC) of San Francisco is the cultural office of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its mission is to promote Italian culture by organizing cultural events such as art exhibits, concerts, film festivals, lectures, book presentations, poetry readings, and more. The San Francisco office was founded in 1978, while there are 90 other IICs present throughout the world.

  www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it

• FORA.tv

  There are brilliant ideas, expressed everyday in public discussions and events, all over the world. Don’t miss them. FORA.tv delivers discourse, discussions and debates on the world’s most interesting political, social and cultural issues, and enables viewers to join the conversation. It provides deep, unfiltered content, tools for self-expression and a place for the interactive community to gather online.

  www.FORA.tv

• Alain Pinel Realtors

  Alain Pinel Realtors is the preeminent purveyor of luxury homes in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have a proven record of success in handling luxury real estate, an impressive history of business professionalism and a solid reputation for superb client service. At Alain Pinel Realtors, where we live, quality extends to people, not just products. Experience the APR difference for yourself – visit apr.com.

• Sustainable Ventures

  Join us at Pricing the Food on the Table, a Forum open to all conscious eaters! Participate in producing the “Special Price of the Day”—a true cost priced meal. If we can price a meal using the true costs of every activity and ingredient that every diner can understand, we enroll a broad, diverse body of engaged consumers. By engaging people to use their vast purchasing power to create a sustainable food system and marketplace, we can recapture the ownership of the sources and practices of our sustenance, grow vital communities, and heal our land and biosphere—one selection at a time.

• Fruit Guys

  The FruitGuys is the industry leader in providing farm-fresh produce to the American workplace. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Francisco, The Fruitguys has pioneered this fast-growing category that provides viable solutions to the ever-challenging workplace health crisis. The company was founded on the premise that bringing healthy brain food to the office can boost productivity, improve wellness and help companies improve their bottom lines.

  www.fruitguys.com

• New Resource Bank

  New Resource Bank is an innovative community bank in San Francisco that looks to deliver a new standard of customer service while building sustainable resources. New Resource Bank has become one of the fastest growing new banks in its market by providing value added banking and financing solutions to green businesses and for green projects. The roots of the bank include founding shareholders who are organic and natural foods industry pioneers, upon which the bank has grown an active practice to support great sustainable foods businesses and entrepreneurs.

  www.newresourcebank.com

• Haven Bourque/Straus Communications

  Haven Bourque is Partner and Vice President at Straus Communications, a media relations group specializing in food, environment and community. Her work at Straus includes strategic counsel for clients focusing on the environmental and humanitarian impacts of the food system, including restaurant pioneer Bon Appetit Management Company, solar energy provider Sunlight Electric, and cage-free egg company Egg Innovations. Haven is a member of the San Francisco Professional Food Society and SLOW Food, and advises on communications for the worker-owned green business cooperative WAGES.

  www.strauscom.com

• Sub-Zero Wolf Appliances

  Sub-Zero refrigerators, freezers and wine storage units are the definitive kitchen components. Made by hand. Tested to the nth degree. With innovative dual refrigeration. Built to the same exacting standards, Wolf cooking instruments help give the fullest expression to your love of good food and the pleasure of preparing it. Wolf fuels your passion for cooking.

  www.subzero.com

• Kaiser Permanente

  

   

   

  www.kaiserpermanente.org

• Scott Chernis, Photographer

  Scott first picked up a camera in New Orleans while attending Tulane University. What began as a passion for jazz and the culture that makes New Orleans unique has evolved into a career. An interest in the culinary arts has led him to work with a number of restaurants and chefs, including a soon to be released book. While shooting jazz from his San Francisco base, Scott continues to return to New Orleans to document its rich musical traditions. His work has appeared in print and digital media worldwide. Pilgrimages to the farmers market feed his children and his interest in local, sustainable food.

  www.scottchernis.com

• Prestige Media

  Prestige Media, Inc (PMI) is the largest and most experienced media company focusing exclusively on advertising opportunities in the ferry industry. PMI provides uniquely targeted advertising programs to marketers through its national network of poster display media placed on-board ferryboats and in ferry terminals serving major metropolitan area commuters and passengers traveling to resort destinations.

  www.prestigemediausa.com

• Richard J. Greenstone, Attorneys & Counselors at Law

  Richard J. Greenstone, Attorney’s & Counselors at Law, is a San Francisco based law firm practicing copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing, business, and transactional law for the computer, entertainment, publishing and wine industries.

  www.rjg.com

• In Ticketing

  In Ticketing is a premiere technology company providing ticketing and e-commerce solutions for events worldwide. In Ticketing services make it easier, quicker and cheaper to buy tickets and get into events, enhancing both the client and consumer experience. In Ticketing is also an official green business and the first ticketing agency to develop tree planting initiatives – resulting in the planting of hundreds of thousands of trees to date.

  http://www.inticketing.com

• Greenbelt Alliance

  Since 1958, Greenbelt Alliance has been protecting the Bay Area’s greenbelt of natural areas and farms, and making the region’s cities better places to live.

  www.greenbelt.org

• Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)

  MALT is a coalition of ranchers and environmentalists who aim to preserve farmland in Marin County, California.

  www.malt.org

• Marin Organic

  Marin Organic is a cooperative association of Marin County organic producers whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place.

  www.marinorganic.org

• Aya Brackett Photography

  Aya Brackett is a photographer based in Berkeley, California. Her work has appeared in galleries, in the permanent collection of the Crocker Art Museum, and numerous publications including Gastronomica, Dwell and the London Sunday Telegraph Magazine.

  www.ayabrackett.com

• Severine von Tscharner Fleming

  Severine von Tscharner Fleming is a filmmaker, activist and agrarian based in Brooklyn, NY and the Hudson River Valley. She is the founder of the Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology (SAFE) at UC Berkeley and is currently directing a film about the emerging social movement of young farmers in the U.S.

  www.thegreenhorns.net

• Chelsea Green

  For nearly 25 years, Chelsea Green has been the nation’s leading independent publisher of books on the politics and practice of sustainable living, and we are a publishing partner and U.S. distributor for Slow Food USA. Among our sustainable food titles are the Slow Food Guides to San Francisco, New York, and Chicago, The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese by Jeff Roberts, The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved by Sandor Katz, Full Moon Feast by Jessica Prentice, Sharing the Harvest by Elizabeth Henderson, and most recently, Renewing America’s Food Traditions edited by Gary Paul Nabhan.

  www.chelseagreen.com

• U.S. Pure Water Corp

  U.S. Pure Water Corp./‘The Water Store’ has been serving the drinking water and water treatment needs of businesses & individuals throughout the Bay Area since 1985. Our emphasis is to provide a delicious, ecological & economical alternative to bottled water by providing drinking water equipment which treats water at the point of use (i.e. your kitchen sink, your break room at work, or the grocery store where you shop), rather than at a treatment plant hundreds of miles away. This eliminates fuel intensive delivery of heavy bottles, and the need to dispose of plastic bottles. Our technicians remain abreast of industry developments and are happy to help you make informed decisions about your drinking water. Please feel free to call 800-776-7654 or 415-883-9900 or email at mdwater@uspurewater.com with any questions you may have.

  www.uspurewater.com

• San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

  The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is a department of the City and County of San Francisco that provides water, wastewater, and municipal power services to San Francisco. Under contractual agreement with 28 wholesale water agencies, the SFPUC also supplies water to 1.6 million additional customers within three Bay Area counties. San Francisco’s tap water – pristine snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada Mountains – is some of the purest, safest and best tasting water in the world.

  www.sfwater.org

• Zipcar

  Zipcar is the world’s leading car-sharing service with 225,000 members and 5,500 vehicles in urban areas and college campuses throughout 26 North American states and provinces as well as in London, England. As a leader in urban transportation, Zipcar offers more than 30 makes and models of self-service vehicles by the hour or day to savvy city residents and businesses looking for an alternative to the high costs and hassles of owning a car in the city. For more information, visit www.Zipcar.com.

• 2 Twigs and a Bay Leaf, Leslie Lavitt

  ~ A Sustainable, Community Based Florist ~ It’s a “green” idea that 2 Twigs & a Bay Leaf capitalizes on. It’s what great chefs ask, much like food and wine, taking your cue from Mother Nature’s seasonal bounty. What is readily available in my garden, my friends and neighbors’ gardens? We produce organic, relaxed floral designs while supporting the earth, recycling and reducing fossil fuels by using local materials, mostly what’s in the backyard.

  2twigs@gmail.com

• San Francisco Conservation Corps

  The San Francisco Conservation Corps (SFCC) is a non-profit job and academic training organization serving young people ages 18-26. Corpsmembers develop their job and academic skills, leadership abilities and environmental awareness by completing outreach, conservation and community service projects throughout the city.

  www.sfcc.org

• Dharma Merchant Services

  Dharma Merchant Services is a merchant service provider, enabling businesses to accept non-cash payments such as credit and debit cards. Their intention is to provide these services in a manner that reflects a genuine respect for the people we serve and the planet we live on.

  www.dharmamerchantservices.com

We would like to additionally thank:

• Office of Economic and Workforce Development www.sfgov.org
• Department of the Environment www.sfgov.org
• Mayors Office On Disability www.sfgov.org
• San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department www.sfgov.org
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area www.nps.org
• City of San Francisco Public Health Department www.sfgov.org
• San Francisco Police Department www.sfgov.org
• San Francisco Fire Department www.sfgov.org
• Herbst Theater www.sfgov.org
• Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building and The Milton Marks Conference Center (State Building) www.courtinfo.ca.gov
• National Parks Service www.nps.gov
• San Francisco County www.sfgov.org
• Department of Public Health www.dph.sf.ca.us
• Environmental Health Section www.sfdph.org
• Friends of the Urban Forest www.fuf.net
• Atherton Appliances www.athertonappliance.com
• Kombucha Botanica www.kombuchabotanica.com