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Conscious Lifestyle is proud to welcome the following new ventures:

• Bike Share Initiative - Southern CT State University
• Climate Solutions Coalition - Tufts University
• Fair Tees - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• GREEN House, Northwestern University
• M3E Consulting, Georgetown University
• Organic Garden, Skidmore College
• Slow Food – Princeton, Princeton University
• Slow Food – Rutgers, Rutgers University
• Slow Food – Madison, Univ. of Wisconsin
• Vegfest – Syracuse University

Conscious Lifestyle's recent partnership with Slow Food USA included a commitment to send the social innovators leading the Conscious Lifestyle - Slow Food Ventures to Slow Food Nation in San Francisco.

Slow Food Nation (SFN) was a summit of over 60,000 people who celebrated the birth of a broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system that is sustainable, just, and delicious. It included tastings, a farmers market, workshops, a concert, lectures, and a lot of great food.

Paul Valetutti and Kathy Helfrey represented Slow Food - Rutgers. Their venture connects local growers with Rutgers University Dining Services to dramatically increase the amount of "good, clean, and fair" food served to students.

Genya Erling and Megan Pease attended SFN on behalf of Slow Food - Univ. of Wisconsin Madison. They are working hard to start a sustainable food cart. This would be a pilot program leading to a Slow Food Cafe on campus.

In addition to all of the great food, the weekend was wonderful because it allowed the social innovators to spend time with one-another, as well as Conscious Lifestyle and Slow Food staff. All of the social innovators spoke at events about their ventures.

Conscious Lifestyle and Slow Food USA provided accomodations, access to Slow Food Nation events, and travel reimbursements for the four Social Innovators.