Membership Benefits
The Snail Journal

With your help, we can make an impact to ensure all people can eat food that is good for them, good for the people who grow it and good for the planet.

As a member, you will:
- Get connected to your local chapter, made up of people who care about food, agriculture, health and the environment.
- Get invited to local, regional, national and international events that celebrate good, clean, fair food.
- Receive member-only discounts on select events and publications.
- Become part of a growing movement that is changing the way America eats!

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Recommended Reading
Slow Food Publications

The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area

Sylvan Brackett, Wendy Downing & Sue Moore

The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco is the third in a series of destination city guides for “eco-gastronomic” travelers - those adventurous people who seek out quality, tradition, and the use of fresh, seasonal, and locally grown ingredients when they explore the restaurants, markets, and bars of a city.

The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco  and the Bay Area

Slow Food Nation

Carlo Petrini

Slow Food Nation will change the way you think about food! Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini describes how we can take back control of our food by outlining three central principles: food must be good (healthful and delicious); it must be clean (produced sustainably in ways that respect the environment), and it must be fair (produced with respect for social justice).

Slow Food Nation

The Pleasures of Slow Food

Corby Kummer

Corby Kummer's The Pleasures of Slow Food introduces readers to the movement and its goals, while acquainting them with some of the producers worldwide who embody its spirit and objectives. Kummer has also included 40 recipes from chefs and everyday cooks whose approach to food and cooking also represents the Slow Food ideal.

The Pleasures of Slow Food

Renewing America's Food Traditions

Edited by Gary Paul Nabhan

Highlighting the success stories of food recovery, habitat restoration, and market revitalization that chefs, farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and foresters have recently achieved, the book builds a persuasive argument for eater-based conservation.

Renewing America's Food Traditions