We are offering three $500 scholarships to attend the 2022 Terra Madre Salone del Gusto. Please submit the application below to be considered. Apply by June 15, 2022. Scholarships will be awarded on June 20, 2022.
Simple Promise Farms Tour
Date: Sunday May 1, 2022, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Simple Promise Farms, 263 Roemer Rd, Elgin, TX 78621
Tickets: CANCELED
WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE IN THE FALL.
Simple Promise Farms is a non-profit farm located in Elgin that empowers individuals through meaningful work, service, and community. Guests to our farm will have a guided tour of our three-acre garden, interact with our farm animals, harvest some take-home produce, and sample snacks made with our veggies.
A Taste of Beerburg
Date: Sunday 24 April, 2022 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Beerburg Brewing, 13476 Fitzhugh Road, Austin, TX 78736
Tickets: $40 please purchase tickets in advance
Enjoy locally brewed beer and delicious food in the hill country as you learn about Beerburg’s commitment to local food and drink.
Join Beerburg Brewing and Slow Food Austin for a private tour with chief herbalist and Beerburg owner Trevor! Guests will enjoy an on-site herb walk, where they will learn about the use of locally foraged herbs in brewing, along with a sample of Beerburg’s new spring menu and a flight of beer selections.
Tickets: $40 please purchase tickets in advance
beer and cheese tasting with 512 brewing and antonelli’s cheese
Date: Thursday, December 12th, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: virtual
Tickets: $120 non-members (tasting for two), $110 Slow Food members, (tasting for two) Purchase Online
Join us on Friday, January 8th for our Annual Beer and Cheese Tasting Event with (512) Brewing Company and Antonelli’s Cheese Shop! This time, it will be a virtual tasting.
Antonelli’s Cheese pros will talk us through a tasting of six different featured beers, each paired with a cheese (for a total of six cheeses). Plus, fun flavor combinations will be thrown in with some other food pairing bites like jams and fruits.
All items can be picked up with Antonelli’s Cheese Shop curbside service from 1-5pm the day of the event at Antonelli’s Cheese House OR at (512)Brewing. You’ll select which pickup site you want when purchasing tickets.
At 7pm, you’ll click on the zoom link. Certified Cheese Professional Casie Wiginton and Owen Sawyer, Head Brewer of (512) Brewing, will be leading this yearly favorite.
- 1 Hour
- $100 Slow Food Members (tasting for 2)
- $120 Non-Slow Food Members (tasting for 2)
- Each ticket includes a TWO 6-packs of (512)Brews, 2 Cheese Tasting Plates (with 6 cheeses), a bread box assortment from Abby Jane Bakeshop, a jar of Chicken Liver Pate from Casero, and a jar of preserves from Confituras. We’ll also be including a pickles pairing from Sheena’s Pickles. Celebrating local!
We can’t wait to see you virtually!
Antonelli’s Cheese House Curbside – 4220 Duval Street ATX 78756 / 500 Park Blvd
(512)Brewing Company – 407 Radam Lane ATX 78745
This has become a mainstay in our annual scheduling. A Beer and Cheese Pairing…an homage to the bi-annual event held in Bra, Italy by Slow Food International, CHEESE.
Proceeds benefit Slow Food Austin programming including our Scholarship Program, Community Garden Grants, and Farmer Relief Grants.
slow session: jester king brewery at apt 115
Date: Monday, February 17th, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: APT 115 2025 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702
Tickets: this is a FREE event, but please reserve your spot by claiming a ticket
Jester King Brewery is known for pushing the envelope with their innovative farmhouse ales and constantly developing food and beverage program. For the March Slow Session, founder Jeffrey Stuffings will be appearing at eastside wine bar APT 115, where he will be pouring some of Jester King’s beer-wine hybrid experiments from 4-5pm! Once APT 115 opens at 5pm, enjoy happy hour specials and take home the following bottles from their cellar:
2019 SPON Syrah & Cab Sauv (spontaneous beer, grape fermentation)
2018 Birra de Sangiovese
2019 Terroir Project (Cab Franc)
Agresto (unripened Black Spanish and spices)
Be sure to RSVP here— space is limited!
scholarship opportunity for the 2020 tofga conference
Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday January 3rd, 2019
Slow Food Austin is offering a scholarship to the 2020 TOFGA Annual Conference from January 16 – 18, 2020, in Temple, Texas. This conference focuses on education and advocacy for Texas farmers, ranchers, and gardeners who practice organic and sustainable measures. Hundreds of attendees from around the state are expected to come and build community around like-minded, sustainable practices. For additional information about the conference, please visit the TOFGA Website.
The scholarship will cover the ticket for the entire two day conference, the Friday night banquet, and a travel stipend of $75. For an opportunity to win this scholarship, please submit the application below. The deadline for submission is Friday, January 3, 2019. The scholarship winner will be contacted directly by Slow Food Austin.
As advocates and members of Slow Food Austin, we strongly encourage, but do not require, our applicants to be members of Slow Food USA. While this is not a requirement to apply for the scholarship, it is an additional way to stay up to date with current events in the community. To learn more about joining Slow Food USA, please click here.
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Date: Thursday, December 12th, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: 512 Brewing Company, 407 Radam Lane, Austin, TX 78745
Tickets: $70 non-members, $60 Slow Food members, Purchase Online
Join us on Thursday December 12th for our Annual Beer and Cheese Tasting Event with (512) Brewing Company and Antonelli’s Cheese Shop! We’ll have charcuterie trays from Casero and a selection of breads from Abby Jane.
This has become a mainstay in our annual scheduling. A Beer and Cheese Pairing…an homage to the bi-annual event held in Bra, Italy by Slow Food International, CHEESE.
Proceeds benefit Slow Food Austin programming including our Scholarship Program, Community Garden Grants, and Farmer Relief Grants.
farm tour at new leaf agriculture with the multicultural refugee coalition, 11/9/2019
Date: Saturday November 9th, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: 17312 Littig Rd, Elgin, TX 78621
Tickets: $23.00 please purchase online in advance
Attend both of our November Farm Tours, and get a FREE Slow Food Austin hat! (See our Farm Tour at Farmshare on 11/2.)
Join us for our Fall farm tour with farm-fresh snacks at New Leaf Agriculture.
Their Mission:
Connect refugees to sustainable farming opportunities by operating community gardens and a commercial farm.
New Leaf Agriculture is a nonprofit social enterprise of MRC ( Multicultural Refugee Coalition). They support refugee families in 20 community garden plots around Austin, and just last year launched a commercial farm in nearby Elgin, TX. The New Leaf team employs organic, sustainable practices while training refugee farm apprentices for paid agricultural work that is dignified, in-demand and familiar from their countries of origin.
Meg Erskine will talk about the Multicultural Refugee Coalition’s work to create livelihood opportunities for refugees through social enterprise, including the New Leaf Farm. Established on a conservation easement, the farm grows directly for local makers and markets, as well as operating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscription.
Directions:
New Leaf Farm
17312 Littig Road
Elgin, TX 78621
There is a small, white New Leaf Farm sign on the side of the road where you turn in. Parking will be along the dirt road in front of the open-sided barn.
farm tour at farmshare, 11/2/2019
Date: Saturday November 2nd, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: 3608 River Rd, Cedar Creek, TX 78612
Tickets: $25.00 please purchase online in advance
Attend both of our November Farm Tours, and get a FREE Slow Food Austin hat! (See our Farm Tour at New Leaf Agriculture on 11/9.)
Join Slow Food Austin at Farmshare Austin this November 2nd. Assistant farm manager, Erin, worked as a chef before embarking on her farming journey. She’ll be preparing the farm snacks with food she and the rest of the Farmshare team grew. Team members from Farmshare are acting tour-guides, and refreshments are included.
Remember to wear close-toed shoes as we’ll be walking around the farm fields and orchard.
happy hour: bento picnic, 9/19/19
Date: Thursday, September 19th, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Bento Picnic, 2600 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
RSVP: See the Facebook event
Cost: $10 suggested donation payable via cash or credit card
Summer is flying by, and we’re excited to celebrate the last days of the season with our September happy hour. Come out to Bento Picnic for healthy, seasonal, locally-sourced snacks and ice-cold cider provided by Austin Eastciders for our attendees. $10 suggested donations will benefit Slow Food Austin programming including our Scholarship Program, Farmer Relief Fund, and Community Garden grants.