Good Food Festival Film Series: July Event
The second event in this summer’s Good Food Festival Film Series will explore the issue of food waste through two films that are lively and thoughtful and take viewers from dumpsters in Los Angeles to the fields of rural France. Starting the evening will be a screening of DIVE! (55 minutes), which explores the staggering [...]
Organic Farmers v. Monsanto
Tom Willey is an organic farmer and has been a Slow Food chapter leader and the governor of Slow Food USA’s central California region. Tom and his wife, Denesse, have operated T&D Willey Farms since 1981, a seventy-five acre certified organic spread in Madera on which they grow a wide array of Mediterranean vegetables year [...]
Save the date for the next event in our film series!
The next event in the Good Food Festival & Conference film series will held Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. We’re bringing together two food-focused documentaries–a classic film and a provocative new one–and will again offer a local perspective through a panel discussion. More details coming soon!
A Tale of Two Carrots
Whether you’re a regular shopper at one of the Santa Monica farmers’ markets or someone who’s never had the pleasure of visiting, we think you’ll enjoy this video love letter, which shares some of the reasons why they’re recognized as one of the best in the nation. This video is one of three produced by [...]
“We work like dogs, but we eat like kings.”
That subject line sums up the theme of yesterday evening’s event at the Aero Theatre, the first in the Good Food Festival & Conference Film Series that Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to be coordinating with the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, FamilyFarmed.org, and the American Cinematheque. Thank you to everyone who joined us for [...]

