Family Supper at Good Girl Dinette
The Young Folks Urban Farmers extend an invitation to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to attend their upcoming event, “Family Supper: A Celebration of Good Food and Community” at Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park. This celebration of friends, family, community, and local food will benefit the Young Folks’ pilot project at the [...]
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 [...]
Organic Farmers v. Monsanto
Tom Willey is an organic farmer and has been a Slow Food chapter leader and the governor of Slow Food USA’s central California region. Tom and his wife, Denesse, have operated T&D Willey Farms since 1981, a seventy-five acre certified organic spread in Madera on which they grow a wide array of Mediterranean vegetables year [...]
Tell the LAUSD You Want Better Food For Los Angeles Students
Dr. John Deasy is about to take the helm of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Slow Food Los Angeles is joining with Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, USC’s Childhood Obesity Research Center, Food for Lunch, the Garden School Foundation, Kidding Around the Kitchen, and RootDownLA to encourage the public to let Dr. Deasy and [...]
Helping Students Speak Out… About School Lunch
Taking the opportunity presented by the broadcast of Season 2 of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and the arrival of a new superintendent, John Deasy, Slow Food Los Angeles has joined with several Los Angeles organizations to support improvements to the LAUSD’s school breakfast and lunch programs and to the District’s overall approach to food: in [...]
Los Angeles Times op-ed: “Our Schools’ Sweet Tooth”
Today’s Los Angeles Times features an op-ed by Emily Ventura on the need to pay closer attention to the sugar content in school food: Soft drinks were banned in Los Angeles schools in 2004. But if you think that means kids are protected from too much sugar at school, think again. Children are regularly able [...]
Valentine’s Day at the LAUSD
Emily Ventura shares an update on Slow Food Los Angeles’s social action efforts on the school lunch issue: Last Monday’s rally to support a reduction in sugar in the LAUSD food was a success! Thanks to the Slow Food LA members who participated. Mary MacVean of the Los Angeles Times covered the event, and her [...]
“Froot Loops or Fruit?”: Why President Obama’s Response Matters to Slow Food
As part of a recent YouTube interview, President Obama responded to questions posed by individuals about a range of issues. Of more than 140,000 questions submitted, a simple one posed by Slow Food USA president Josh Viertel was selected. Josh had the opportunity to put it directly to the President: Why is it cheaper to [...]
LAUSD Sugar Fact Sheets
Two fact sheets detailing the high sugar content of LAUSD meals–and what you can do to call for change–have been prepared by Emily Ventura in collaboration with colleagues at the Childhood Obesity Center at USC’s Keck School of Medicine. (An English-language fact sheet is on the left; a Spanish-language sheet is on the right.)
Tell the LAUSD to “Take Back the Sugar” on Valentine’s Day
Emily Ventura, the chairperson of Slow Food Los Angeles’s social action committee, is working with LAUSD parents and community advocates to call for improved food in our public schools. We share a late-breaking update from her about an event this Monday: Do Good this Valentine’s Day: Rally for the Kids of Los Angeles Tired of [...]
“Stopping Bullets With Jobs”: Father Greg Boyle in conversation with Tavis Smiley
Homeboy Industries and the Homegirl Cafe have been contributors to Slow Food projects, most recently the Time for Lunch campaign to raise awareness about the Child Nutrition Act and need to improve the national school lunch program. Staff and volunteers from Homegirl were hugely helpful at several of our local eat-ins, and the Homeboy and [...]
Hollywood Farmers’ Market: What *are* the L.A. Film School’s Intentions?
We’re receiving word this morning that the Los Angeles Film School declined to sign off on the statement issued by Eric Garcetti’s office regarding the 90-day extension to the Hollywood Farmers’ Market’s street closure permit. We’re getting conflicting information so we’ll share more news shortly as soon as we have a better sense of the [...]
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