Ed Yowell has been a member of Slow Food since 2000. Presently, on the Slow Food NYC Board, he: co-chairs the Urban Harvest Committee, supporting good food education in 15 New York City schools and on a tuition-free, educational, urban farm in East New York, Brooklyn; serves on the Development Committee; and volunteers regularly with the SLOW U committee, that produces “slow” educational events. He also serves on the advisory committee of the New York City Greenmarket and on the American Farmland Trust New York Advisory Council. He is a Co-Chair of the Slow Food USA Food and Farm Policy Steering Committee and served as the Slow Food USA Northeast Regional Governor from 2005 to 2015.