This Tuesday brought the third installment in the “Food for Thought” film series sponsored by San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project, Slow Food San Diego, and Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-op. In addition to viewing the movie The Future of Food, the event’s attendees were also treated to a panel discussion with professionals in [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on October 8th, 2008 under
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This weekend brings us the second installment in the “Food for Thought” film series presented by San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project, Slow Food San Diego, and the Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-op. King Corn will show this Saturday (9/27/08) at the Serra Mesa/Kearny Mesa Public Library on Aero Drive. I first saw King [...]
Over Labor Day weekend, San Francisco played host to the first annual convention of Slow Food Nation. While I was unable to attend the historic gathering in celebration of American food traditions, my sister was lucky enough to stumble across the event while passing through the city on her vacation. She had the opportunity to [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on September 4th, 2008 under
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Sometimes a book will come into your life at just the right moment. It will speak to you in a way that resonates so strongly with your beliefs that you become giddy with the pure joy if its discovery. You clutch it to your chest like a life preserver and know that its contents will [...]
Posted by Renée Woodring on August 14th, 2008 under
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