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Membership Status?
Currently a Member of Slow Food USA/International
Hometown:
Pensacola, FL
About Me:
I love food and culture and even though I have a very digital lifestyle I like to help as much as I can move our world towards better choices by having those choices.
Website:
http://andy.ciordia.info
Favorite Foods:
Meat, Fish, Scallops, Sweet Potatoes, et al!
Favorite Music:
Ambient downtempo electronica.. I just groove. Check out my Last.FM profile for exactly what I'm listening to: http://last.fm/user/ciordia9/
What would you like to see Slow Food Charlotte do?
Awaken consumers into activists. We all have one just waiting to find something to be passionate about.

Peek Inside

Hi everyone! I'm Andy Ciordia, Slow Food aficionado and general crazy guy.

I learned about Slow Food from Lell Trogdon and Thom Duncan over three years ago. We worked hard to build a custom infrastructure that took far too much time to manage so I built a Ning community here. I love supporting our local farmers and co-producers. Having everyone make connections, learn a story, engage in the dialog, and then further a cause that fights for good things lights my fire.

I've run a personal blog for years now called 'it's my island'. I can be found all over the net and am generally very reachable/available.

I left the corporate lights for my own gig with Nuance Labs. A company helping you get your small business online while staying highly productive with a product aptly named, Liquid Minded.

My wife, Robin, is a special needs teacher for Union County. She also helps me run IMI Photography. We work events, weddings, food & product photography; selling prints and stock of the perspectives we find along the way. You can see more of my work at Photoshelter or Flickr.

Andy Ciordia's Blog

Alice Waters & Mary Ann Esposito

Recently I've published a few articles from the culmination of Alice's visit and the interview with Ciao Italia's Mary Ann Esposito.

Links:

Down the Rabbit Hole, Alice in Charlotte

Table Talk with Ciao Italia's Mary Ann Esposito

Posted on October 15th, 2007 at 9:54am — No Comments (Add)

Grateful Growers Alice Waters Press Release

Tickets Now Available for Alice Waters’ Keynote Address in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, NC 20 August 2007 Alice Waters is visiting Charlotte at the end of September, and you are invited! The chef, restaurateur and food activist will speak at Dana Auditorium on the campus of Queens University on September 27. The architect of The Edible Schoolyard, Ms. Waters will speak about the opportunities and responsibilities of a sound school lunch p… Continue

Posted on August 23rd, 2007 at 2:07pm — No Comments (Add)

Slow Food Charlotte Online is Blooming

Sunflower, Day 3 Hi all, it's great to see we've had a great number of local sign-ups since the newsletter went out. May I be the first to welcome you to the site!

There are some great things we can do here to keep the conversation and thoughts going from when we meet at events… Continue

Posted on July 27th, 2007 at 12:03pm — No Comments (Add)

You Are What Your Animals Eat

You Are What Your Animals Eat by Jo Robinson
from: http://eatwild.com/articles/index.html

In my investigation into pasture-based farming, I’ve stumbled upon an alarming state of affairs: few animal scientists see any link between animal feed and human food. “Feed animals anything you want,” say the experts, “and it makes no difference to their meat, milk, or eggs.” Because of this mindset, our animals are being fed just a…

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Posted on July 5th, 2007 at 9:29pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 8:23am on July 18th, 2008, Regina Grippo- Lefauve said…
Hi Andy, it was great meeting you at the SF fundraiser. I am starting to set up the lake norman slow food chapter and would like to link us to the charlotte web site, as we spoke about. what would be the best way to do that? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Regina
At 7:04pm on June 25th, 2008, Taylor said…
hey Andy - I'd love to see pictures from the Grateful Grower's farm dinner. Thanks!
At 11:19am on June 13th, 2008, Fabio Burattini said…
Hi Andy.
It was very nice meeting you, your wife and all the other members of Slow Food Charlotte last night.
I think that the event was wonderful and everybody was so nice!
Let me know if you can teach me a different way how to get in touch with a member other that leaving a comment on the comment wall. Thanks.
Ciao, Fabio
At 8:42pm on April 29th, 2008, Marla Thurman said…
I want one of the great pics you took at the Case's farm how can that happen?
At 1:05pm on March 30th, 2008, Carol Buie-Jackson said…
Andy,
Its the 11th hour but I wanted to add the meeting notice for the HAWK/Grateful Growers meeting on Tuesday to the calendar but couldn't figure out how to do it. I'm including the info if you have time to do it. Sorry for the late notice!
April HAWK Meeting

Natalie Veres will speak at the April 1st meeting of HAWK. Natalie Veres is a farmer and an owner of Grateful Growers Farm in Denver, NC. Grateful Growers produces pork and poultry products using humane and sustainable farming techniques. Their pigs and poultry roam the farm while enjoying a natural diet free of pesticides, fertilizers, hormones or antibiotics. Ms. Veres will speak about her experiences as a farmer and the importance of buying wholesome, locally raised food.

The meeting starts at 7pm at the Matthews Community Center at 100 McDowell Street in Matthews. The meeting is free and open to everyone. Come and join us to hear about life on a pig farm and learn about the benefits of buying locally produce foods. For more information, www.habitatsteward.org or call 704 814 0877
At 8:29am on March 14th, 2008, Mark Hibbs said…
I will call you. Lets talk in person.
At 4:12pm on February 29th, 2008, Amy Hayes said…
Great slideshow of the event last night, Andy!
At 9:34pm on February 25th, 2008, Cheryl Cristini said…
Yeah! thank you so much! I changed to firefox and viola!
We picked up a virus so my husband changed the browser because I told him what you said (internet distroyer).
At 9:08am on February 22nd, 2008, Cheryl Cristini said…
what do you mean by a different browser? I still have not had any luck the regular way but haven't tried this week. I will try now. But let me know what you mean by diff. browser if my pic. has not changed! THANKS! :-)
At 12:57pm on February 3rd, 2008, Cheryl Cristini said…
I still can not get my photo to save! (profile picture). I will try from another computer soon and see if that works
 
 

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