Slow Food Los Angeles

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

News from the LA Sprouts Program

The L.A. Sprouts after-school program at the Milagro Allegro Community Garden is in full swing. Reports thus far are that the 4th- and 5th-grade students from the Loreto Elementary School are quite the team of enthusiastic young gardeners and cooks!

To improve the quality of their lessons, the Milagro Allegro Community Garden is using a pair [...]

Garden School Foundation Workday

Update, February 26, 2010: We’ve just received word that tomorrow’s workday has been cancelled due to anticipated rainstorms in the area. The next workday has been scheduled for March 27.
The Garden School Foundation has announced that it will hold a workday on Saturday, February 27th, at the 24th Street School (2055 West 24th Street, in [...]

LA Sprouts at the Milagro Allegro Community Garden

This week saw the launch of LA Sprouts, a new program at the Milagro Allegro Community Garden in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

A partnership between the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Childhood Obesity Research Center (USC-CORC) and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Loreto Elementary School in Cypress [...]

Public Hearing Announcement

Thanks to Emily Ventura and Lauren Cook of USC’s Child Obesity Research Center for an alert regarding a public hearing next week.
Members of the public are invited to attend a hearing of the California Senate Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes, “Exploring the Link between Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and Obesity”:
When: Thursday, November 5, 2009, beginning at [...]

Alice Waters to Speak About Edible Education in Santa Monica

Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse and the Chez Panisse Foundation and an international governor of Slow Food, will speak in Santa Monica about her experience bringing the Edible Schoolyard program to public schools.
Alice will be joined by Sam Levin, a 15-year-old student who developed an acclaimed sustainable garden for his school district in western [...]

Learning More about RootDownLA

Jennie Cook, whom many Slow Food members and friends know as the founder and chef of Cook’s Double Dutch, is inviting those interested in learning more about RootDownLA to a food-focused event. Details below:
RootDown LA asks: What will you bring to the table?
If you love food,  love talking about food, or want to play a [...]

Garden School Foundation Fundraising Event

Event Announcement: Two Angry Moms Screening

In conjunction with Freshlunches, Healthy Child Healthy World, and Clif Bar, Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to support the free screening and Los Angeles debut of Two Angry Moms, a documentary by Amy Kalafa.
What happens when two fed-up moms try to change the school lunch program to get better food for children? Freshlunches has [...]

“L is for Lunch”: Schools Emphasizing Food Education

The New York Times has just published the second in a series of articles about schools that are making food–and food knowledge–an important part of the educational experience.
The first article, “How Does Their Garden Grow?”, describes the impact a program at the Bronx High School of Science has had on its students, motivating many to [...]

Fertile Ground: Slow Food in Schools

Slow Food USA has emailed members regarding Fertile Ground: A Benefit for Slow Food in Schools, and invites members and friends to support Slow Food in Schools by donating an item to the online auction, which will run from May 13-22. Your generosity will allow Slow Food to help these existing programs grow and to [...]