Welcome to Slow Food Hawai‘i!

Upcoming Local Events and News

• November 30, 2008 - Jam Sessions 8:30 am., repeat class at 1:30 pm
  Class size limited to 15 each. Cost: $15 for Slow Food Hawaii members; $20 for others.   Would you like to learn everything you need to know about making jams and jellies (and maybe syrups) with the fruit you have in your back yard or find in the farmer's markets?  SFH member and tropical fruit expert Ken Love and Chef Betty Saiki will teach you everything you need to know:  equipment, pectins, how cooking time changes taste and texture, how to preserve safely.  The class will be taught at the Culinary Arts kitchen at Hawaii Community College at Kealakekua.  You will leave with a jar of jam or jelly and a lot of knowledge.  To register, send your check to Slow Food Hawaii, P.O. Box 6954, Kamuela, HI 96743.  Don't wait - this one will sell out!
• December 14, noon-3pm Christmas potluck - Anna Ranch.  Members and guests welcome.  These is always a popular event, with great food.  No charge, but this year we'll have be having something special to support our local food banks (more later).
• January 31, 2009 Hilo potluck and Tour of Lyman House Museum's "Key Ingredients," a Smithsonian traveling exhibit focusing on local food culture. $7 entry fee for Museum (kama'aina), more info to follow.
• Do you have overflowing orange, tangerine, avocado, etc. trees, or runaway zucchini? As part of an Urban Farming initiative, volunteers in Waimea and Waikoloa will pick or pick up fruits or vegetables from your garden you wish to share. These will be delivered to the Food Bank. Call Tina Wirth at 887-1087 or email Sue Kilbride.
• We would like to expand the presence of Slow Food Hawaii to other farmers markets on the Island, and are looking for volunteers in Kona, North Hawaii or Volcano who might be willing to set up a booth from time to time at the Keauhou, Hawi or Volcano farmers markets.  Please help!
• For past events please see the Event History Page.

About Us

As a chapter of Slow Food USA, we support national and international efforts on behalf of sustainable agriculture and rediscovery of the pleasures of the table.

To join us, you join the national group at www.slowfoodusa.org. Please let the Big Island convivium know you’ve joined!

As a Big Island resident or visitor, when you join Slow Food you can participate in all the events of the Big Island convivium.  We look forward to sharing our Big Island food and food culture with you.

Join us in supporting and enjoying the fruits of our local producers:

• tropical fruits, vegetables, coffee and herbal products
• taro poi
• meats, poultry and livestock products
• other diversified agricultural and artisanal food products

Some examples of past events:

• A tour of the renown Schattauer tropical fruit orchard and gourmet lunch featuring exotic fruits from the Twelve Trees Project
• A working tour of Mala'ai, the Waimea Middle School’s culinary garden
• Tour and Potluck annual meeting at historic Anna’s Ranch
• Barbeque at Kahua Ranch
• Tour and sampling at Kona Brewery
• Private tour of Kona Historical Society's Uchida Coffee Farm

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Other Convivia in Hawai'i

• Slow Food Oahu
• Slow Food Kaua'i
• Slow Food KCC (Kapiolani Community College, on Oahu)
• Slow Food Maui doesn't have a website yet, but email tcallender@mlpmaui.com.