2 March 2011
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In cooperation with the American Cinematheque, Slow Food Los Angeles is delighted to host a screening of Ingredients, a documentary that seasonally explores how farmers, ranchers, chefs, and consumers are cooperating to create more sustainable food systems across the United … Continue reading
25 February 2011
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The dates for the 21st TOMATOMANIA! sales in California have been announced, and for those who grow their own tomatoes and enjoy discovering new varieties, these are events not to be missed. This year, sales will be held: ++ March … Continue reading
13 February 2011
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Kim Severson will launch the paperback edition of her memoir, Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life, in the Los Angeles area, and we encourage Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to attend a reading and booksigning: When: … Continue reading
12 February 2011
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Emily Ventura, the chairperson of Slow Food Los Angeles’s social action committee, is working with LAUSD parents and community advocates to call for improved food in our public schools. We share a late-breaking update from her about an event this … Continue reading
10 January 2011
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As part of its Films 4 Change Festival, The Broad Stage in Santa Monica is presenting a screening of Food, Inc. this week, followed by a panel discussion about making wiser food choices and a tasting: When: Friday, January 14, … Continue reading
9 January 2011
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The Los Angeles Mycological Society has alerted us that this year’s Mushroom Fair will be held on February 13, 2011, at Ayres Hall at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden at 301 North Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia. This … Continue reading
9 January 2011
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Homeboy Industries and the Homegirl Cafe have been contributors to Slow Food projects, most recently the Time for Lunch campaign to raise awareness about the Child Nutrition Act and need to improve the national school lunch program. Staff and volunteers … Continue reading
9 January 2011
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To start off 2011, the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market quarterly panel will address a topic of great interest to many Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends: urban homesteading. Urban dwellers are going beyond gardens and edible landscaping to produce … Continue reading
2 November 2010
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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 … Continue reading
1 November 2010
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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, … Continue reading
31 October 2010
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A perennial favorite among Slow Food members and friends is the annual Chasen Kuyo (Tea Ceremony Celebration) of the Zenshuji Soto Buddhist Temple. Although we received notice a bit later than usual this year, we’re grateful to Lauren Deutsch for … Continue reading
28 October 2010
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These are questions that will be posed to panelists at the next Santa Monica Farmers’ Market quarterly panel on Thursday, 4 November, beginning at 7:00pm. These panel discussions are always lively and informative and this one will be no different, … Continue reading