Eat-In
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An Eat-In is a group of people gathering in public in order to share a home-cooked meal. Eat-Ins bring us together to talk about what we need to do to ensure our food system is satisfying everyone's right to produce or eat food that is good for our health and good for the planet. It's time to rally your community and take action. Organize an Eat-In.



November 22, San Francisco, CA
November 22, San Francisco: Slow Food Nation brought over 100 San Francisco residents together for an Eat-In at the Victory Garden in front of San Francisco City Hall. Activists and organizers from local food and hunger organizations talked about ways to ensure everyone has access to good, healthy, real food. Read more...

Food From the Earth
October 24, New Haven, CT: The Yale University student group Food From the Earth organized an Eat-In to bring campus food activists together and "provoke critical thought about issues in modern food and agriculture."

October 7, Berea, KY

October 7, Berea, KY: Students at Berea College organized a "Garden of Eat-In" protest for 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...
October 4, Cambridge

 

October 4, Cambridge, MA: "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...

October 3, Bra, Italy

 

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

 

September 1, San Francisco, CA: 250 students and young farmers, cooks, artisans and activists gathered in San Francisco's Dolores Park for an Eat-In, closing five days of activities hosted under the banner of "The Youth Food Movement” at Slow Food Nation. Groups of participants 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... Read more...