Slow Food Los Angeles

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

California’s “Food Deserts” Considered

The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities has announced another program in its ongoing series about food access and security:
What: Deserted: How to Solve the Crisis of Poor Access to Healthy Food
When: Thursday, May 1, 2008 beginning at 7:00pm
Where: The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles 90012
Cost: Free admission and parking, but reservations [...]

In the News… Monday, April 21, 2008

† The cost of food: Lots of news in the last week about rising food prices, their current effects, and likely future effects:
++ Marion Nestle cites several articles, including pieces in The Economist and The Washington Post in her blog entry, “Food Price Misery”.
++ Andrew Martin and Kim Severson of the New York Times consider [...]

King Corn on PBS

We’ve just learned that King Corn, the documentary about which we’ve written before, will air on the “Independent Lens” program on PBS stations beginning this evening, April 15. Visit pbs.org for broadcast dates and times.

In the News… Friday, April 11, 2008

Digging out from a few busy weeks and catching up on news of interest to Slow Food members and friends…
† Bill Moyers’ Journal and food policy: Tune in or set the recorder: Bill Moyers will turn his attention to food policy:
As food prices go sky high and millions go hungry in America, why are tax [...]