Slow Food Los Angeles

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

What is an Eat-in?

We’ve received many inquiries from those of you interested in supporting improvements in school lunches but unsure what an eat-in is, or what it means in the context of the Time For Lunch campaign.
What is an eat-in?
An eat-in is a public potluck with a purpose. In connection with the Time For Lunch campaign, the purpose [...]

Farmers’ Markets: 30 Years & Growing, A Celebration

Next Thursday, the City of Los Angeles will mark the 30th anniversary of certified farmers’ markets in the Los Angeles area with a celebration at City Hall:
When: Thursday, September 3, 2009, from 10:00am until 2:00pm
Where: Arts District/Little Tokyo, Certified Farmers’ Market on the lawn at Los Angeles City Hall, 1st and Spring Streets
Cost: Free
Confirmed guests [...]

School Lunch on KCRW’s Good Food

Evan Kleiman’s “Good Food” on KCRW is a favorite of Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends for timely information on good, clean, and fair food in and around the city. Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow morning at 11:00am when Evan will interview Slow Food USA president Josh Viertel about the state of school [...]

School Lunch in the News

Mary MacVean looks at the growing momentum in Congress for substantive changes to the Child Nutrition Act–the focus of Slow Food’s Time For Lunch campaign.
Among those supporting improvements to the Act are Representative George Miller (D-Martinez) and Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma).
Slow Food Los Angeles heartily supports the Time For Lunch platform which calls for increases [...]

Calling Cooking Team Leaders for Our Time For Lunch Eat-ins!

Are you planning to attend one of the six Eat-ins planned across Los Angeles for Labor Day? Are you looking for a way to become more involved? Sign up to host a small cooking team to get to know neighbors in your area who are also planning to participate.
No need to be a professional chef–you [...]

Time For Lunch in the Los Angeles Times

News is spreading about the Time For Lunch campaign and about Slow Food Los Angeles’s Labor Day Eat-ins: This morning’s “Daily Dish” on the Los Angeles Times’ website features a piece by Mary MacVean about the goals of the campaign and local efforts to change the Child Nutrition Act, which is the foundation of the [...]

Farming for the Next Generation

Another offering in the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market quarterly panel series is on the horizon, with another great roster of local speakers:
When: Thursday, August 27, 2009 from 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Where: Santa Monica Public Library, Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica (MLK, Jr. Auditorium)
Cost: Free and open to the public
As Slow Food Los Angeles [...]

In the News (part 2)… Wednesday, August 19, 2009

School lunches are more and more in the news, which itself is good news. Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign is in full swing, and today’s news links reflects that:
† “Why a Twenty-Something Should Care About School Lunch“: Claire Stanford shares her twenty-something perspective on school lunches on the Civil Eats blog and makes [...]

Orange County Event: A Green Feast in San Juan Capistrano

Our colleagues with Slow Food Orange County are supporting a Green Feast in San Juan Capistrano and invite Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to participate. Details below:
Green Feast September 12, 2009 4:00pm until 9:00pm
San Juan Capistrano, CA
This unique farm-to-table fundraiser is designed to inspire and involve our guests in the stewardship of the [...]

2009 Modesto Reel Food Film Festival

This year, the Modesto Reel Food Film Festival will once again present short contemporary international movies about food, food production, farming, cooking, eating, and enjoying food. A joint project of the Modesto Film Society, the State Theatre, and the Modesto Art Museum, this is the only annual food film festival in California, and one of [...]

In the News… Friday, August 14, 2009 (part 1)

There’s lots of news of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends in recent days, so this update will be in two parts:
† “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch”: Michael Pollan’s recent article in the New York Times Magazine looked at food from another perspective:
Today the average American spends a mere [...]

The 2009 Culinary Historians of Southern California Cookbook Sale

Every summer there’s one Sunday when many food lovers and bibliophiles make a point of arriving at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market early, and this Sunday is it: The annual Culinary Historians of Southern California cookbook sale. The sale includes both vintage and recent books, all at incredible prices. Whether you’re looking for a volume on [...]

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