28 August 2009
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Evan Kleiman’s “Good Food” on KCRW is a favorite of Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends for timely information on good, clean, and fair food in and around the city. Don’t forget to tune in tomorrow morning at 11:00am … Continue reading
26 August 2009
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Mary MacVean looks at the growing momentum in Congress for substantive changes to the Child Nutrition Act–the focus of Slow Food’s Time For Lunch campaign. Among those supporting improvements to the Act are Representative George Miller (D-Martinez) and Representative Lynn … Continue reading
25 August 2009
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News is spreading about the Time For Lunch campaign and about Slow Food Los Angeles’s Labor Day Eat-ins: This morning’s “Daily Dish” on the Los Angeles Times’ website features a piece by Mary MacVean about the goals of the campaign … Continue reading
19 August 2009
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School lunches are more and more in the news, which itself is good news. Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign is in full swing, and today’s news links reflects that: † “Why a Twenty-Something Should Care About School Lunch“: … Continue reading
14 August 2009
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There’s lots of news of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends in recent days, so this update will be in two parts: † “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch”: Michael Pollan’s recent article in the New … Continue reading
10 July 2009
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The newswires are hot with information and commentary of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends: † San Francisco’s Food Policy: How can urban land be put to better use? How do cities decrease the amount of food … Continue reading
2 July 2009
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Slow Food USA president Josh Viertel and Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet, appeared recently on Leonard Lopate’s WNYC show to discuss the importance of sustainable agriculture and how good, clean, and fair food can be affordable and accessible. They also … Continue reading
31 May 2009
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Saturday’s New York Times featured an op-ed contribution by Amanda Hesser that deserves attention. “Commander in Chef” highlights the fact that all too often, developing cooking skills–and the desire to cook–is overshadowed by issues surrounding the acquisition of food: [T]errific … Continue reading
22 May 2009
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Earlier this week, the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC welcomed Mark Bittman, author of Food Matters and the popular Minimalist food column in The New York Times, and José Andrés, chef, author of Made in Spain, and advocate … Continue reading
5 May 2009
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Rick Nahmias contributed a wonderful summary of Food Forward’s mission and the great reception it has received to today’s Huffington Post. Alleviating hunger, fostering community interaction, and reducing the amount of wasted fruit from the bounty available in southern California… … Continue reading
5 May 2009
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That there is anything to report about food and farming in the first 100 days is striking in itself… Michael Pollan is one of several writers and other commentators invited by Salon.com to review the first 100 days of the … Continue reading
23 March 2009
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The front page of the Sunday New York Times Business section posed the question, “Is a Food Revolution Now in Season?” and considered the promising steps already taken by the Obama administration toward the goals set by food activists, including … Continue reading