Edible Education: Marion Nestle on Food Politics
The third session of UC Berkeley’s Edible Education class featured Marion Nestle, whose contributions to our understanding of food politics and nutrition are significant and extraordinarily helpful. Dr. Nestle regularly blogs at foodpolitics.com and is an active member of the food community on Twitter where she writes @marionnestle. Once again, we offer our thanks to [...]
Edible Education: Peter Sellars on Food as Culture
Students and guests at the second session of UC Berkeley’s Edible Education class were treated to a provocative and timely lecture by Peter Sellars, whose passion for social justice and the role of art in opening eyes and minds is well known to fans of his theatrical work and his lectures as part of UCLA’s [...]
Edible Education: Carlo Petrini on the Rise and Future of the Food Movement
The inaugural session of UC Berkeley’s Edible Education class was held this evening and featured Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the Rise and Future of the Food Movement. Thanks to Bon Appétit Management Company, these classes are being streamed live and will also be available for later viewing on YouTube. The video of [...]
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 [...]
GMO Film Project: This is one to watch…
From the filmmaking team behind DIVE! comes a peek at their next project, on GMOs: GMO Film Project Sizzler from Compeller Pictures on Vimeo. For an update on the film’s progress and to donate to Compeller Pictures’ Kickstarter campaign, visit the Kickstarter page for the project.
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 [...]
Good Food Festival Film Series: July Event
The second event in this summer’s Good Food Festival Film Series will explore the issue of food waste through two films that are lively and thoughtful and take viewers from dumpsters in Los Angeles to the fields of rural France. Starting the evening will be a screening of DIVE! (55 minutes), which explores the staggering [...]
A Tale of Two Carrots
Whether you’re a regular shopper at one of the Santa Monica farmers’ markets or someone who’s never had the pleasure of visiting, we think you’ll enjoy this video love letter, which shares some of the reasons why they’re recognized as one of the best in the nation. This video is one of three produced by [...]
Good Food Festival Film Series: Celebrating 30 Years of the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market
We’re pleased to announce the first of several film screenings that will comprise the Good Food Festival Film Series, evenings of film and conversation about issues related to our food: How it’s grown, who grows it, and how we can make our food system better and fairer. This monthly series is presented by the Santa [...]
Support the Hollywood Farmers’ Market: Storytelling for Change
Thanks to Sarah Newman for alerting us to this lovely video celebration of the Hollywood Farmers’ Market: Support the Hollywood Farmers Market from Storytelling for Change on Vimeo. [This video was produced by Dance Aoki and Morgan Locke. Story by Dance Aoki; performances by Dance Aoki and Jessica DeWinter; cinematography by Jason Cochard; sound and [...]
Evan Kleiman in conversation with Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser
On February 9, 2011, as part of its Visions and Voices initiative, the University of Souther California hosted a conversation among Evan Kleiman, Michael Pollan, and Eric Schlosser that covered a number of perennial and current food issues: legislation including the recently passed Food Safety Act, the national school lunch program, and the upcoming Farm [...]
Event Announcement: Ingredients screening + discussion
In cooperation with the American Cinematheque, Slow Food Los Angeles is delighted to host a screening of Ingredients, a documentary that seasonally explores how farmers, ranchers, chefs, and consumers are cooperating to create more sustainable food systems across the United States and to revitalize the connection between food, our local communities, and our health. Immediately [...]
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