In the Spirit of Thanksgiving
Shouldn’t everyone have access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food? That’s the question posed by Roots of Change this holiday season. And one way Roots of Change is working to ensure that all Californians enjoy nutritious food is through the California Farmers’ Market Consortium’s Fresh Fund. Contributions to the Fund go directly into the hands [...]
Emily in Italy: Slow Life
Eight months after moving to Italy, Emily reflects on how the pace and quality of her life has slowed and changed. 18 October 2010 I knew we were coming to Italy to learn more about Slow Food, but I didn’t realize we would be learning so much in general about a slower life. This doesn’t [...]
On the Integrity of our Farmers’ Markets
Amelia Saltsman is our go-to person for advice and information on a range of farmers’ market issues, from management to menu planning and meal preparation based on the best our local markets have to offer. In addition to her role as author, teacher, and commentator, Amelia also serves as the Public Member of the State [...]
Olive Harvest Celebration in Temecula
Our colleagues with the Slow Food Temecula Valley chapter have alerted us to an event this Sunday in Aguanga, California that will benefit their chapter, which has been very successful in developing 26 school gardens. Coordinated by the Temecula Olive Oil Company, the event will feature demonstrations of traditional olive pressing and will offer tasting [...]
Continuing the Unprocessed Challenge
At the end of September we shared news of Andrew Wilder’s Unprocessed Challenge. Since then, 415 joined Andrew in swearing off (or significantly reducing) their consumption of highly processed foods. Rather than seeing this as a month of deprivation, many of us saw it as a challenge to expand our food choices, to try new [...]
Emily in Italy: Berkeley to Bologna, MO to BO: Nostalgia and Slow Food for Youth
We’re catching up on Emily Ventura’s Italian explorations, and in today’s installment, Emily shares with us the sense of community and engagement she found at an agriturismo farm near Bologna. I grew up in Berkeley, California, but because both of my parents are originally from Missouri (MO), I spent many summers as a child in [...]
Caltech Olive Harvest Festival
The California Institute of Technology is hosting its third campus-wide olive harvest festival this Friday, November 5, 2010, from 8:00am until 3:00pm. Volunteers are invited to help harvest olives from trees throughout the Pasadena campus, to share a harvest lunch, and to attend tastings and demonstrations in the afternoon. Olive oil resulting from the harvest [...]
Garden School Foundation’s Harvest Moon Fundraiser (and Workdays)
The Garden School Foundation invites Slow Food members and friends to Harvest Moon 2010, its autumn fundraiser to support the Foundation’s projects. All proceeds will benefit the Foundation, and those attending will enjoy hors d’oeuvres from Canelé restaurant and a live performance by The Silver Lake Chorus. When: Saturday, November 20, 2010 from 5:00pm until [...]
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