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Videos Posted for Slow Food Nation’s Food for Thought Series |
October 9, 2008
Watch videos of the sold-out Slow Food Nation Food for Thought discussions with Wendel Berry, Vandana Shiva, Alice Waters, Carlo Petrini, Michael Pollan and others. They are hosted via FORA.tv, a site which has an Open Tools interface that allows you to see a Table of Contents for each video’s lengthy talk and jump to a particular topic. Check it out here...
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People's Grocery Bids for Shopping Center |
Oct. 7, 2008
In September 2008 People's Grocery moved closer to made its Grocery Market for the People real with an offer to lease a 14,000 sq ft building at the old West Grand Shopping Center, located at 925 West Grand Ave at the corner of Market St. This location used to be the main shopping center in West Oakland back in the 1960’s and 1970’s and People's Grocery is trying to bring this historic site back into action through a unique food retail store that links to public health, green economic development and local food systems. While they haven’t secured the building yet they are optimistic that they will be able to do so and demonstrate a new model for West Oakland, and urban neighborhoods throughout California. Find out more here...
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September 30, 2008
Take the October 2008 Eat Local Challenge - find out more here . Even if you don't commit to eating locally for the entire month, there are lots of ways that you can support eating locally in October in the Bay Area. Here are just a few ideas:
1. Support restaurants in the Bay Area that make a habit of buying from local farms. Just a few ideas include Delfina, A16, SPQR, Flea Street Cafe, Coi, Piccino, Pizzetta 211, Serpentine, Hog Island Oyster Company, Pauline's Pizza, NOPA, and so many others.
2. Support restaurants in San Francisco that are committing to buying locally in October. Eat Local SF is a local organization that has worked with restaurants to provide special Eat Local menus during October. Those restaurants can be found via Open Table .
3. Learn more about eating locally by attending a lecture. The Commonwealth Club is hosting a four week series about eating locally. I will be attending several of the events. I sat in on some of the planning sessions for these events, and am excited about the panelists at each. Events include:
October 1. Local Food, Local Pride: Policies for Sustainable Economies
October 8. The Water Connection: State Policies and the Impact on Local Food Systems
October 15. From Farm to Feast: How chefs, farmers and artisans strenghten our community
October 22. Food as Medicine: Health and Food Safety
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Feeding People Can Be As Patriotic As Protecting People |
September 30, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle writer Janet Fletcher's Food Conscious series this week features a new organization that helps American veterans become farmers. The Farmer-Veteran Coalition helps returning combat vets could find healing and productive work on farms, while communities burgeoning with locavores would benefit from new recruits to local food production.
Read full article here.
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Schwarzenegger Signs Anti-Sprawl Bill |
September 30, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday establishing new incentives to discourage sprawl in future decades, solidifying a major deal between environmentalists, homebuilders and local governments. Read about it here.
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