AN EAT-IN IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHERING IN A PUBLIC SPACE IN ORDER TO SHARE A MEAL. EAT-INS CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO GROW, PRODUCE, SELL AND COOK OUR FOOD AND DEMONSTRATE THAT GOOD, CLEAN AND FAIR FOOD IS OUR COMMON LANGUAGE AND A UNIVERSAL RIGHT.
UPCOMING EAT-INS:
NOVEMBER 22, SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Slow Food Nation is bringing together residents from all over San Francisco for a Community Eat-In in the Victory Garden in front of City Hall.
ARE YOU ORGANIZING AN EAT-IN?
PAST EAT-INS:
OCTOBER 24, NEW HAVEN, CT: Members of the student group Food From the Earth, an undergraduate food activist organization at Yale University, organized an Eat-In to bring the campus community together and provoke critical thought about issues in modern food and agriculture.
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OCTOBER 7, BEREA, KY:
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Students at Berea College organized a "Garden of Eat-In" protest as part of the Real Food Challenge's Month of Action. Live music, slam poetry, a honey bee box and fresh-pressed apple cider accompanied a local, fair trade meal for all Berea College students. READ MORE... |
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OCTOBER 4, CAMBRIDGE, MA:
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From Katherine Brooks, an organizer at Simmons College: "We could not have asked for a sunnier, more pleasant afternoon to hold
our first Eat-in on Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Interested and interesting students from five schools in the
Boston/Cambridge area came together to share stories, ideas, and
delicious food..." READ MORE... |
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| OCTOBER 3, BRA, ITALY: 200 students from the University of Gastronomic Sciences bought ingredients from local producers, cooked together in apartment kitchens and then set their table under the portico of the weekly farmers' market in Bra. View the photo album and watch the video. |
SEPTEMBER 1, SAN FRANCISCO, CA: |
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On Labor Day, September 1, 2008, 250 students and young farmers, cooks, artisans and activists gathered in San Francisco's Dolores Park for an Eat-In, closing five days of events that took place under the banner of the “Youth Food Movement” at Slow Food Nation. Over the weekend, teams of young people from all over the Bay Area, state and country divided into “cooking teams" and, with produce sourced from local farmers' markets and the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden, prepared food in professional and home kitchens. On Labor Day, they brought their dishes to Dolores Park and set them on a long, beautiful table curving around the upper rim of the park. READ MORE... |
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