Slow Food Los Angeles

supporting good, clean, and fair food production and consumption in Los Angeles

Tomatomania 2007!

Tomatomania!TM, the country’s largest tomato seedling sale, will be celebrating its 17th year with several events in southern California.
The team at Tomatomania has just posted their 2007 schedule and related information on the Tomatomania web site. As in years past, the Tapia Brothers Farm Stand will be the site of the kick-off, and new locations [...]

Roots of Change: Los Angeles Meeting on February 26

We’ve just received late notice that the Los Angeles session of Roots of Change’s initial series of meetings will be held this coming Monday.
When: Monday, February 26, 2007 from 1:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Center for Healthy Communities, The California Endowment, 1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles
Cost: Free, but advance registration is requested. Contact Nicole Mason by email [...]

Starting Today: Our Daily Bread

Beginning with a screening today and continuing through late March, the American Cinematheque is presenting Our Daily Bread.
As noted in Manohla Dargis’s review in The New York Times:
Late in his indispensable book “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” Michael Pollan suggests that one way to change America’s lamentable eating habits is to build slaughterhouses and egg factories with [...]

“Got Real Milk?” a Sustainable Los Angeles lecture

Our friends at Sustainable Los Angeles invite Slow Food members and friends to join them at a two-part lecture and presentation on permaculture and “real milk”:
When: Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 10:00am (Introduction to Permaculture lecture) and 2:00pm (“Got Real Milk?” presentation)
Where: Audubon Center at Deb’s Park, 4700 North Griffin Avenue, Los Angeles 90031
Cost: Free, [...]

Movie Screening: Black Gold

Our Social Action committee has learned of a screening of Black Gold, a documentary that examines the global coffee industry:
When: Friday, February 23, 2006 at 7:00pm
Where: Ten Thousand Villages, 496 South Lake Avenue, Pasadena. Discussion about the movie will follow at the Magnolia Urban Lounge next door.
Cost: Free, but seating is limited.
From the movie’s promotional [...]

Opportunity with the California Food and Justice Coalition

Our colleagues at the California Food and Justice Coalition have asked us to share the following opportunity with members and friends of Slow Food Los Angeles:
The California Food and Justice Coalition is a statewide membership coalition of 150 state and community-based organizations that work together to create a socially just and sustainable food system through [...]

Catching Up: Readings and Recommendations

Several articles have appeared in recent days that may be of interest to Slow Food members and friends:
Leslee Komaiko of the Los Angeles Times spotlights the Freeze Relief efforts by local chefs and restauranteurs to assist farmers in the wake of last month’s damaging weather. Read the article on the L.A. Times’ site.
Nicole Gaouette and [...]

More on Freeze Relief

In addition to the restaurants noted below, the following will participate in the Freeze Relief effort:
AMMO
1155 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles
323.871.2666
Farmers’ market brunch on Sunday, February 11
And please contact these restaurants to learn more about their participation:
The Little Door
323.951.1210
Pizzeria Mozza
323.297.0101
Tiara Cafe
213.623.3663
Ford’s Filling Station
310.202.1470
Joe’s
310.399.5811

Freeze Relief in February

Several local restaurants will offer menus during the month of February from which a portion of the meal price will benefit farmers who have been dealt an economic blow by the recent freeze. Many restaurants have developed close relationships with local farmers, and these dinners are one way to help those who grow the produce [...]