Slow Food Los Angeles

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

Will You Take the Unprocessed Challenge?

We often talk about the importance of eating “real food,” of choosing food that’s “good, clean, and fair,” and of supporting local producers who are committed to sustainable practices. But could you add to those criteria “unprocessed?” Could you go for an entire month without consuming processed food? Andrew Wilder is challenging himself to do [...]

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“The Inedible Egg”: Slow Food USA Calls for Food Safety Accountability

A new video from Slow Food USA calls on all of us to let Congress know that “we want our food to be edible, that we demand better control of and more accountability from our food industry to ensure the health of all Americans.” Watch here: More from Slow Food USA: The Story Behind Your [...]

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“Good Food For All”: A Taste of the Los Angeles Foodshed

The Los Angeles Food Policy Task Force was convened last fall and has prepared a report with recommendations for how we can increase access to healthy, affordable, fairly and sustainably produced foods and strengthen our connection to the regional food economy. The resulting report is The Good Food for All Agenda. Roots of Change will [...]

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“The Search for the Legendary Fragrant Sun Fruit of Shangri-La and Other Tales of Adventures in the World of Citron”

It’s rare that we receive news of an event with such a dramatic and exotic title, but we were not surprised to learn that it involved the Culinary Historians of Southern California and David Karp, known and respected as “The Fruit Detective”! David Karp, a citrus researcher at UC-Riverside and writer for the Los Angeles [...]

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Cooking Opportunities with Jennie Cook at the 24th Street School Garden

Jennie Cook, who coordinated one of our stellar Eat-Ins as part of the Time For Lunch campaign last September, remains active in the fight to bring real, whole foods into schools. In addition to advocating for change within the LAUSD, she’s joined forces with the Garden School Foundation to expand the benefits provided to students [...]

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