Slow Food Snail of Approval supports local businesses that support Good, Clean and Fair food for all. One goal of the program is to drive traffic to the award recipients’ businesses to encourage the slow food culture through local business patronage, and thereby further promoting sustainability. If approved, Slow Food will use digital and social media to help promote your farm.

Please be aware that we are not taking applications from wineries at the moment.

Please contact us with any questions you may have about the standards in this application form by emailing us at snailofapprovalsc@gmail.com

Information About Your Business

Evaluation of Your Business

 
Please describe your business’s adherence to the core Slow Food values of Good, Clean, and Fair. We understand the complexities and challenges of running a sustainable, profitable business that adheres to these values. Please be honest in describing where your business needs improvement and describe how you are working to improve those areas. Feel free to use as much space as you need.

GOOD

Suggested Topics as it applies to your product(s)

• Water quality, training, and sanitation, food traceability practices
• Livestock management practices
• Taste: Fresh and wholesome ingredients, products are prepared with care
• Biodiversity
• Use of heirloom varietals and heritage breeds
• Hand crafted/Artisan products

CLEAN

Suggested Topics as it applies to your product(s)

• Produces goods using processes and packaging that results in minimal waste for the consumer and has little impact on the environment
• Water sourcing
• Pest control practices
• Energy sourcing
• Connection with suppliers: are products produced locally, responsibly, sustainably and GMO free

FAIR

Suggested Topics as it applies to your product(s)

• Paying workers a fair wage and other benefits
• Community involvement
• Employee education, safety and career opportunities
• Involvement in the education of consumers