Applications Now Accepted for the Los Angeles County Master Food Preservers Spring 2012 Class
Los Angeles has seen a surge of interest in food preservation techniques, from pickling and canning to liqueur making, fermentation, and cheesemaking. Thanks in large part to the leadership of Ernest Miller, chef of The Farmer’s Kitchen in Hollywood, the program has quickly become one of the most sought-after educational opportunities in southern California. Applications [...]
School Garden Plugmob Alert
Irrepressible school garden advocate Mud Baron has announced the first plugmob of 2012. Representatives of school gardens can benefit from Mud’s work at the San Pedro Science Center and his network of donors and take away seeds and seedlings to get a garden started or to supplement plantings that are already underway. Details noted below. [...]
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 [...]
Positions Available at Roots of Change
Roots of Change is an ally of Slow Food USA and has worked with several Slow Food chapters throughout California as part of its commitment to further the establishment of a sustainable food system in California by 2030. With this goal, Roots of Change has been steadily building a network of farmers, ranchers, and other [...]
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Internship
An announcement from our colleagues in Sonoma County: In 2011, the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) is pleased to offer a new internship opportunity in our beautiful rustic vegetarian kitchen. The Kitchen Internship is just under 10 months long, starting Feb. 22, 2011 and ending Dec. 15, 2011. The kitchen is the hub and [...]
Cooking Opportunities with Jennie Cook at the 24th Street School Garden
Jennie Cook, who coordinated one of our stellar Eat-Ins as part of the Time For Lunch campaign last September, remains active in the fight to bring real, whole foods into schools. In addition to advocating for change within the LAUSD, she’s joined forces with the Garden School Foundation to expand the benefits provided to students [...]
Food and Farming Veteran Career Fair
Slow Food Los Angeles is pleased to be supporting the Farmer-Veteran Coalition’s first southern California Food and Farming Veteran Career Fair: When: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 from 10:00am until 4:00pm Where: The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main Street, Santa Monica Cost: Free to veterans If you’re a veteran and are interested in considering career [...]
Bands Wanted! A call for music from the Santa Monica Farmers’ Markets
Next Garden School Foundation Workday Scheduled
The next Garden School Foundation workday has been announced and will be held on Saturday, March 27, at the 24th Street School (2055 West 24th Street, in Los Angeles). If you’re interested in contributing to the school’s efforts to develop its garden and are available between 9:00am and noon, please contact Nat Zappia, the GSF [...]
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, [...]
Food Forward in February 2010
Food Forward continues to grow, reducing waste and helping to put fresh fruit in the hands of those who are most in need. Slow Food Los Angeles has been pleased to help spread the word about Food Forward’s work, and we are delighted that so many of our members have volunteered to pick fruit and [...]
Greening the Food Desert: Food, Inc. Screening & Market Makeovers
As part of its Center Scene public programs, The California Endowment is presenting an event focused on bringing good, clean, and fair food to food deserts and other underserved communities. In many neighborhoods across the country–including several in Los Angeles–access to fresh fruits and vegetables is nearly nonexistent while junk foods abound. This Center Scene [...]
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