Wendy gave us great Slow Foods coverage all weekend, be sure to check it out HERE. And in that spirit, here are our videos of the day

1) The Goat Whisperer of San Francisco @ Slow Foods 2008

For the Cinema YouTube Video of the Day, Click here >>>

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If you’ve been reading our coverage of Slow Food Nation, it is clear I was having the time of my life. I will never buy, taste and cook the same way again. And I was so inspired that I contemplated leaving the city to work on an orchard in Maine (it was a fleeting thought, but none the less…)

After returning from San Francisco, I took my new found enthusiasm and my re-usable shopping bags to Whole Foods for some groceries. And let me tell you, every time I reached for the local and organic option on the shelf, I heard a ka-ching! ring in my head.

For everything Slow Food and its leaders have done to bring its mantra of “good, clean and fair” food to the public, I can’t help but question about how absurd this must sound to the average American family.

Let’s examine the food from this weekend: the Victory Garden in in their heart of the Civic Center housed gorgeous edible garden and a farmers market of sorts for the entire weekend. Free samples were enjoyed by all but when it came to purchasing food, I paid $6 for 2 peaches. Now I’m extremely fortunate that i can spend  $6 but for some people, $6 can buy a fast food dinner for 3 or 4 people.

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Here are healthy eating tips from Slow Food Nation attendees:

From Diane Hatz of Sustainable Table

Alex Whitmore from Taza Chocolates

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I just came back from Slow Food Nation in San Francisco. It was a delicious, inspiring, invigorating weekend. Anyone who has read the likes of Marion Nestle, Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser and Alice Waters (to name a few) know that food politics is complicated. From organics and Monsanto to climate change and oil, and from GMOs and the Farm Bill to animal rights and human rights. Vandana Shiva, my hero and a true force of nature, eloquently said “Everything is food, everything is someone else’s food.”

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

TakePart Gang:

Chasing the DNC Flame by Fonda Berosini

TakePart at Slow Food Nation by Wendy Cohen

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Nicole Hughes:

State Fair Having Trouble Keeping It Green

TOMS Wrap Boot: Shoe Addicts Saving Lives

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Andy Kondrat:

Mexican Gov Spends $16M to Save Endangered Porpoise

Wilco Offers Section on Website for Carpooling to Shows

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Jon Popham:

Portland Gym Utilizes Human Energy

Angkor Wat Threatened by Tourism Boom

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Gina Telaroli:

10 Powerful Women Using Their Power for Good

10 A+ Worthy Movie and TV Teachers

Over 40,000 people will descend on San Francisco this labor day weekend for an unprecedented celebration of sustainable, just and delicious food in America.  TakePart will be covering the conference and speaking with food enthusiasts, chefs, filmmakers and change makers about the biggest issues facing food policy and how we make a difference.

Hungry for Change? Read our exclusive coverage.

Here are our 10 tips for eating a healthier and more sustainable diet. Help us grow this list by adding your tip below!

Hungry for Change?

10 Tips inspired by Food, Inc

1. Buy organic or sustainable food.

2. Go without meat one day a week.

3. READ LABELS- know where your food comes from and what’s in it.

4. Drink more water, fewer sugary beverages.

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What’s Organic About Organic is a new documentary project from Shelley Rogers that focuses on

the debates that arise when a grassroots agricultural movement evolves into a booming international market. The film’s six characters each personify different facets of the dilemmas facing the organic community.

It’s a character based piece that is still in development but sounds amazing - and being that Shelley is pretty amazing, I’m sure the film will be too! If you want to learn more and help support the film, there is a benefit tonight at 7pm at Dias Y Flores Community Garden at East 13th Street between Avenues A & B.

It will be a great opportunity to learn more about food and film! If you don’t live in NYC and want to learn more and support, takepart and visit the film’s website where you can make a donation.

And be sure to watch the trailer after the jump:

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

TakePart Gang:

Everything I Know About Climate Change, I Learned in the Fifth Grade by Martin Musatov

When Torture Is Condoned, Is FISA That Shocking? by Wendy Cohen

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Nicole Hughes:

Baltimore Woman Turns Tragedy Into Art

Why Don’t We Do More to Stop Global Warming?

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Andy Kondrat:

Foods You Should and Shouldn’t Buy Organic

Paper or Plastic? The Environmental Impact

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Jon Popham:

The Energy Independence Bill: A Filibuster Odyssey

“Bruno” Fools Mossad Agent

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Gina Telaroli:

While Iran Tests Missiles, Test These 5 Iranian Films

Mao’s Out, Time to Capitalize On the Olympics

Everywhere you go now, there’s organic this and organic that, and it all sounds pretty good except for the fact that organic food costs something like twenty-seven times more than regular food. So, that begs the question - if cost is an issue, what should you choose to be part of your organic diet?

The Daily Green’s got you covered. The website has created a list of the top 12 foods that you ought to eat organic, as well as the top 11 foods that you don’t need to splurge on. The list of foods that you should eat organic includes things like celary, because there’s no skin that you can remove, thus you can’t get the pesticides off, either. And, if you can’t find celary, the site gives you different options for similar foods you might be able to find.

As for the top foods that you don’t need to spend the money on, how about mango?

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