19 March 2009
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Digging begins tomorrow on a garden that will have practical value but may also come to have significant symbolic value: an organic garden on the White House lawn. The idea of a visible garden on the White House lawn has … Continue reading
15 March 2009
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Thanks to the members and friends who alerted us that Lesley Stahl’s profile of Alice Waters will be featured on tonight’s episode of 60 Minutes (CBS). Slow Food Nation and The Edible Schoolyard serve as the backdrop for portions of … Continue reading
9 March 2009
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If so, Michael Pollan would like to hear about them. He’s preparing a new project on food rules and is looking for readers’ input, whether they’re rules that you’ve heard from parents or grandparents, ones you’ve collected throughout your life … Continue reading
1 March 2009
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Several articles in the current issue of Mother Jones will be of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends: ++ In “Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner,” Clara Jeffery interviews “America’s favorite food intellectual” about ethanol and biofuels, food lobbies, … Continue reading
20 December 2008
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† Cheap food isn’t so cheap when there’s this mess to clean up. Kudos to Elanor Starmer of The Ethicurean.com team for her work on the report. † Seafood sustainability and supermarkets: Greenpeace recently issued its report on how supermarkets … Continue reading
18 December 2008
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Slow Food member and Kitchn contributor Emily Ho sings the praises of Weiser Family Farm and their glorious root vegetables. Many Slow Food members are die-hard fans of Alex Weiser’s potatoes and carrots, but Emily’s piece reminds us not to … Continue reading
18 December 2008
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Many Slow Food members and friends have been expressing their opinions about how the next administration’s food policy should take shape and who should occupy key food-related positions in the Obama administration. Earlier this week President-elect Obama announced that former … Continue reading
11 December 2008
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Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed piece in yesterday’s New York Times suggests that while finding appropriate candidates for the Secretary of Agriculture position is necessary, we need a more radical rethinking of the position itself. “Secretary of Food” captures the spirit: Read … Continue reading
29 November 2008
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In her op-ed piece in today’s New York Times, Marcella Hazan talks about the increasingly frequent elision of “chef” and “cook” and why an appreciation of the latter is so important: I am my family’s cook. It is the food … Continue reading
24 November 2008
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As part of the Web 2.0 conference earlier this month, Michael Pollan talked with John Battelle about many of the issues Pollan raised in his recent New York Times Magazine article, “Farmer in Chief: What the Next President Can and … Continue reading
24 November 2008
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The Fall issue of Edible Los Angeles is now available and it features a host of stories of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends, including news about subjects ranging from the national Farm-to-School program to the importance … Continue reading
3 November 2008
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Naomi Starkman interviews Wayne Pacelle, President of the Humane Society, about Proposition 2, a California ballot measure that’s of significant interest to Slow Food members and friends in California, and one that should be of interest to anyone who consumes … Continue reading