From coast to coast, food chains have been turned upside down this year. But we are blown away with the creative and resilient response of individuals and communities in response to this pandemic. Slow Food leaders nominated over 70 outstanding people, and a panel of independent judges selected one person in each of eight categories — biodiversity, children + education, cooking + community, emerging young leader, family farming, fishing + waterways, food + ag advocacy, and food justice.

Join us on December 6 to celebrate these Snailblazers, raise a cocktail in their honor, and turn the COVID pivot into a dance. All proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards Slow Food USA’s National Resilience Fund in 2021.

The Snailblazer Awards Party will feature Dominican singer-songwriter and healer Irka Mateo; breakout conversations with the Snailblazer awardees and Heritage Radio Network hosts Chef Aarón Sánchez, Lisa Held, Harry Rosenblum and Hannah Fordin; and a special cocktail demo with the Cocktail Bandits. Awardees will be introduced during a virtual award ceremony and celebration on December 6, 2020, with recognition given by well-known celebrities and activists Isabella Rossellini, Alice Waters, Pierre Thiam, Edie Mukiibi, Winona LaDuke, Raj Patel and Chef Aarón Sánchez.