Good Food Film Series September Event: The Harvest/La Cosecha
In some countries, children pick crops for 14 hours a day. The United States is one of those countries. The fourth event in this summer’s Good Food film series, part of the opening day of the Good Food Festival & Conference, will feature The Harvest/La Cosecha, a documentary directed by U. Roberto Romano that provides [...]
At the Market: Kicking Off the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market
Join Amelia Saltsman, author of The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Cookbook, and friends as they kick off the Good Food Festival and Conference with a day of cooking demos, tastes, and conversation at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market. Special guest Suzanne Goin will open the day’s festivities, and she and Amelia will also sign their [...]
Good Food Festival Film Series August Event: Queen of the Sun
The third event in this summer’s Good Food Festival Film Series will feature Queen of the Sun, a documentary directed by Taggart Siegel that explores the phenomenon known as “colony collapse disorder” from the perspectives of biodynamic beekeepers, farmers, entomologists, and advocates for more sustainable agriculture. Among the notable contributors to the film are Michael [...]
Special Offer for Slow Food members…
Interested in attending this Sunday’s pig roast at Craft LA in Century City? Event organizers have graciously agreed to extend a substantial discount to Slow Food members: Simply use the discount code GFFCSF when ordering tickets on Eventbrite and a 50% discount will be applied to your tickets. For more information, see our original post [...]
Call for volunteers: Good Food Festival and Conference Summer Events
Volunteers are needed to help with a variety of tasks at several pre-Festival events this summer. If you’re interested and available in volunteering your time at one of the events below, please contact Kelsey Youngman by email to kelsey.youngman [at] gmail [dot] com for further details. August 2, 2011 September 8, 2001: Conversation and cocktails [...]
Sunday Afternoon Pig Roast: Good Food Pre-Festival Event
Update: Special Pricing for Slow Food members: Event organizers have graciously extended a discount to Slow Food members for this weekend’s event. Enter the discount code GFFCSF when selecting your tickets on Eventbrite and a 50% discount will be applied! In addition to the Good Food Film Series, the organizing committee of the Good Food [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Good Food Festival Film Series: Celebrating 30 Years of the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market
We’re pleased to announce the first of several film screenings that will comprise the Good Food Festival Film Series, evenings of film and conversation about issues related to our food: How it’s grown, who grows it, and how we can make our food system better and fairer. This monthly series is presented by the Santa [...]
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