18 December 2008
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Many Slow Food members and friends have been expressing their opinions about how the next administration’s food policy should take shape and who should occupy key food-related positions in the Obama administration. Earlier this week President-elect Obama announced that former … Continue reading
11 December 2008
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Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed piece in yesterday’s New York Times suggests that while finding appropriate candidates for the Secretary of Agriculture position is necessary, we need a more radical rethinking of the position itself. “Secretary of Food” captures the spirit: Read … Continue reading
24 November 2008
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The Fall issue of Edible Los Angeles is now available and it features a host of stories of interest to Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends, including news about subjects ranging from the national Farm-to-School program to the importance … Continue reading
20 October 2008
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In print: Michael Pollan’s open letter to the next president anchored the New York Times Magazine of Sunday, October 12: “Farmer In Chief: What the Next President Can and Should Do to Remake the Way We Grow and Eat Our … Continue reading
28 September 2008
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As a companion to the events over the Labor Day weekend, Slow Food Nation has published Come to the Table: The Slow Food Way of Living. Edited by Katrina Heron and enhanced with photography by Jenny Elia Pfeiffer, Emily Nathan, … Continue reading
25 September 2008
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Thanks to the Slow Food Los Angeles members and friends for sending their impressions of Slow Food Nation; we’ll share those comments tomorrow, along with more Slow news and announcements. In the meantime, other news to digest: † Dr Marion … Continue reading
13 September 2008
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Tom Philpott of Grist has posted his observations of and several videos from and related to Slow Food Nation: Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, talks about the need to consider the rights of workers who help bring the … Continue reading
6 August 2008
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Thanks to Mindy Farabee of the Los Angeles Times for reporting on the Public Fruit Jam held on Sunday at the Machine Project in Echo Park: As pots of concoctions such as fig-lemon-lavender bubbled on portable burners, about 250 participants … Continue reading
31 July 2008
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We’re pleased to welcome a new contributor to the Los Angeles conversation about food: Edible Los Angeles. One of a family of fifty Edible Community magazines, Edible Los Angeles aims to shine a spotlight on the area’s exemplary farmers’ markets, … Continue reading
22 July 2008
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Chefs Collaborative recently published “Seafood Solutions: A Chef’s Guide to Sourcing Sustainable Seafood.” Although it is addressed to chefs who make seafood purchasing decisions, the guide offers definitions, helpful information, and useful questions to consider when making seafood purchases for … Continue reading
3 July 2008
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† What’s Going on with Tomatoes? The New York Times is not alone in asking what’s going on with tomatoes, and are they really the key to the salmonella outbreaks that have been reported in several states? Marion Nestle, one … Continue reading
22 June 2008
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† Two from Tara Parker-Pope: In “Boosting Health with Local Food,” Ms. Parker-Pope writes in the New York Times about a University of North Carolina study that will assess “the impact of moving toward a local, sustainable food system.” Ms. … Continue reading