Can It! 2012: The Los Angeles Foodsteader Tour
Food Forward has announced the 2012 Can It! series of hands-on classes, four opportunities to learn from Master Food Preservers at unique locations in and around Los Angeles: March 31, 2012: To kick off the series, join Ernest Miller, founder of the Los Angeles Master Food Preserver program, at The Farmer’s Kitchen in Hollywood for [...]
“Gardening on the Farm and in the City” at the Santa Monica Public Library
Thanks to Laura Avery and Jodi Low for a reminder about the next Santa Monica Farmers’ Market Library Panel event, Gardening on the Farm and in the City: When: Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 7:00pm until 9:00pm Where: Santa Monica Public Library, Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica (MLK, Jr. Auditorium) Cost: Free [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mark Your Calendars for TOMATOMANIA! 2011
The dates for the 21st TOMATOMANIA! sales in California have been announced, and for those who grow their own tomatoes and enjoy discovering new varieties, these are events not to be missed. This year, sales will be held: ++ March 19 and 20, 2011, from 9:00am until 5:00pm San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas ++ [...]
Urban Homesteading in 2011
To start off 2011, the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market quarterly panel will address a topic of great interest to many Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends: urban homesteading. Urban dwellers are going beyond gardens and edible landscaping to produce even more of what they eat. Hear how urban gardeners and farmers on the edge [...]
Composting Workshop
Continuing its program of community education, the Milagro Allegro Community Garden is offering a free County of Los Angeles Smart Gardening composting workshop. Composting is a great way to reduce yard and kitchen waste and to improve your lawn and garden. Get step-by-step instructions on how to compost, and learn the benefits of and the science [...]
TOMATOMANIA! 2010
The dates for the 20th TOMATOMANIA! sales in California have been announced. These are perennial favorites for Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends, and a consistently great source for a stunning array of tomato varieties: ++ March 20 and 21, 2010, from 9:00am until 5:00pm San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas ++ March 26, [...]
Community Gardening: From Garden to Plate
Al Renner, the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Community Garden Council and Garden Master of Lavender Hill Farm, invites Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends to two events focusing on Garden to Plate, a multi-pronged effort to promote fresh food grown locally. When: Friday, March 19, 2010 beginning at 7:30pm Where: The G2 [...]
Organic Garden Project
Organic Garden Project is a young but growing website dedicated to chronicling the development of organic gardens in a variety of settings. As noted on their site: Organic Garden Project exists to bring the community of local sustainable food producers together. OGP is a hub of information regarding urban farms and gardens that are already [...]
Care & Pruning of Fruit Trees Workshop
For Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends who are interested in increasing the health and productivity of their gardens, the Milagro Allegro Community Garden is hosting a workshop that may be just in time for your spring planning: Master Gardener Lora Hall will lead a hands-on workshop on caring for various types of fruit [...]
The 2009 Tomatomania! Tasting Event
The organizers of Tomatomania!, the country’s largest tomato seeding sale, invite those of you enjoying your homegrown tomatoes to join them and other tomatomaniacs for their annual Tomatomania! Tasting: When: Saturday, August 8, 2009 beginning at 10:00am Where: The Loteria Grill in Hollywood, 6627 Hollywood Boulevard Cost: One perfectly ripe, correctly labeled homegrown tomato. Valet [...]
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