29 June 2007
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† EWG Farm Bill Petition: The Environmental Working Group is collecting signatures online and has asked that Slow Food Los Angeles and other organizations concerned with the Farm Bill debate spread the word to our members and friends. The text … Continue reading
4 June 2007
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† Is the honeybee problem greater than we thought? Salon.com convened a roundtable of honeybee experts to talk about what we know, what we don’t know, and what amounts to urban myth in the matter of the dwindling honeybee population. … Continue reading
12 January 2007
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What’s the attraction of farmers’ markets? Some may say the fresh produce, others may note specific products or producers they wish to support. But perhaps the attraction is even deeper, and Carol Lloyd considers this in her “Surreal Estate” column, … Continue reading
12 October 2006
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Since the controversial closing of their neighborhood’s only local chain grocery store in 2004, Echo Park residents have been trying to secure a local source for quality fresh fruits and vegetables. Long known as a hotbed of community activism and … Continue reading
21 May 2005
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The ever productive SEE-LA, the nonprofit organization which operates the Hollywood Market as well as others in low economic areas of the city is proud to announce the opening of another market in a community that could really use one. … Continue reading
13 April 2005
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Pompea Smith, Executive Director of Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles (the operator of the Hollywood Farmers’ Market, Hollywood-Sears Farmers’ Market, and Central Avenue Farmers’ Market) has alerted us to this troubling development. THE MARKETS NEED OUR HELP: Please continue … Continue reading