Alice Waters on the morality of food
As part of the Washington Post‘s “Divine Impulses” interview series, Sally Quinn talked with Alice Waters about the morality of food, about our connectedness with others, and about the “good, clean, fair philosophy” that summarizes Slow Food’s efforts to make good food a right shared by all, not a privilege enjoyed by the few.
The Real Cost of Subsidies
The graphic above was originally published in 2007 during the Farm Bill debate, but Raj Patel is reminding us again of the hidden costs associated with food that is fast, cheap, and easy. In his new book, The Value of Nothing, Patel examines the hollowness of prices and the danger of equating price with value. [...]
“Food Fight” Screening in Westwood
Chris Taylor has alerted us that his documentary, Food Fight, will be screened as part of the “Something to Talk About” documentary film series, a unique independent series of films that are meant to provoke conversation about positive change in American society. The films will screen monthly at the Crest Theater in Westwood. For those [...]
Getting ready for the journey
Emily has penned the following entry as she prepares to travel from Los Angeles to Italy for a fellowship at the University of Gastronomic Sciences: Here it goes…this is my first blog post! It is now a few days until we leave and last Friday was the first in a series of many good-byes. I [...]
Buona fortuna, Emily!
Many Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends first heard of Emily Ventura, the chairperson of our Social Action committee, in connection with our chapter’s participation in Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign. Emily not only managed volunteer organizers at all six of the Los Angeles-area Eat-Ins but also took the lead role in [...]
News from the LA Sprouts Program
The L.A. Sprouts after-school program at the Milagro Allegro Community Garden is in full swing. Reports thus far are that the 4th- and 5th-grade students from the Loreto Elementary School are quite the team of enthusiastic young gardeners and cooks! To improve the quality of their lessons, the Milagro Allegro Community Garden is using a [...]
LA Sprouts at the Milagro Allegro Community Garden
This week saw the launch of LA Sprouts, a new program at the Milagro Allegro Community Garden in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. A partnership between the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Childhood Obesity Research Center (USC-CORC) and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Loreto Elementary School in [...]
Time For Lunch Eat-ins: Hollywood
Thanks to Elisa Hunziker for capturing scenes at the Hollywood eat-in, displayed in the slide show below: Terry and Wally August, proprietors of Fancifull Gift Baskets and Fine Foods, have been enthusiastic supporters of Slow Food Los Angeles and The Farmer’s Kitchen. When Slow Food USA put out the call for eat-in organizers, Terry and [...]
Time for Lunch Eat-ins: Elysian Park
Labor Day was a beautiful day in Elysian Park, and it was captured by Gregory Han and Jennie Cook, whose photos are included in the slideshow below with their kind permission. Thanks to Emily Ho for making these and other photos available via her Flickr collection. (Rolling your cursor over the photo will display navigation [...]
What’s going on with the Time For Lunch Campaign?
Since meeting so many members, friends, and neighbors at our Labor Day Eat-Ins we’ve been quiet on the subject of Slow Food USA’s Time For Lunch campaign and the Child Nutrition Act. What’s going on? Plenty, as it turns out. With so many pressing issues before it, members of Congress decided in early October to [...]
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 [...]
Public Hearing Announcement
Thanks to Emily Ventura and Lauren Cook of USC’s Child Obesity Research Center for an alert regarding a public hearing next week. Members of the public are invited to attend a hearing of the California Senate Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes, “Exploring the Link between Sugar-Sweetened Drinks and Obesity”: When: Thursday, November 5, 2009, [...]
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