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. [...]
Chasen Kuyo 2011
A perennial favorite among Slow Food members and friends is the annual Chasen Kuyo (Tea Ceremony Celebration) of the Zenshuji Soto Buddhist Temple. Many thanks to Lauren Deutsch for alerting us to each year’s details, including those for this year’s event: When: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 11:00am – 3:00pm Where: Zenshuji Soto Mission, 123 S. [...]
Edible Education: Marion Nestle on Food Politics
The third session of UC Berkeley’s Edible Education class featured Marion Nestle, whose contributions to our understanding of food politics and nutrition are significant and extraordinarily helpful. Dr. Nestle regularly blogs at foodpolitics.com and is an active member of the food community on Twitter where she writes @marionnestle. Once again, we offer our thanks to [...]
Edible Education: Peter Sellars on Food as Culture
Students and guests at the second session of UC Berkeley’s Edible Education class were treated to a provocative and timely lecture by Peter Sellars, whose passion for social justice and the role of art in opening eyes and minds is well known to fans of his theatrical work and his lectures as part of UCLA’s [...]
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 [...]
Edible Education: Carlo Petrini on the Rise and Future of the Food Movement
The inaugural session of UC Berkeley’s Edible Education class was held this evening and featured Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the Rise and Future of the Food Movement. Thanks to Bon Appétit Management Company, these classes are being streamed live and will also be available for later viewing on YouTube. The video of [...]
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 [...]
GMO Film Project: This is one to watch…
From the filmmaking team behind DIVE! comes a peek at their next project, on GMOs: GMO Film Project Sizzler from Compeller Pictures on Vimeo. For an update on the film’s progress and to donate to Compeller Pictures’ Kickstarter campaign, visit the Kickstarter page for the project.
Food Movement Rising: Take Action!
Roots of Change, in partnership with Slow Food USA and a stellar list of organizations devoted to the promotion of a sustainable food system, has put out a video call to action: We stand at a moment of opportunity. Today, more than ever, a growing network of citizens, businesses, and organizations are rethinking and challenging [...]
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 [...]
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