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In the News… Friday, June 29, 2007
† 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...
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In the News… Friday, July 6, 2007
† “The Debate Over Subsidizing Snacks”: That’s the title of an article by Marian Burros published in the New York Times on the Fourth of July. If you’ve passed on reading other articles about the Farm...
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In the News… Friday, July 13, 2007
† The Two Americas of Food?: Are there two Americas for food, one for the well-off and well-located, and the another for the rest (i.e., the most)? This is the question posted by Anna Lappé in her...
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Alice Waters on the Importance of the Farm Bill
Alice Waters contributed her thoughts the subject of the Farm Bill in Sunday’s Sacramento Bee: “Farm Bill Should Focus on Healthful Foods“: The farm bill emerged originally to support farmers during...
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In the News… Tuesday, August 21, 2007
SlowFoodLA.com has taken a bit of a break from the news these last few weeks, but we’re back, energized, and ready to share more items of interest with our friends and members: † The U.S. House of...
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In the News… Wednesday, August 29, 2007
† “Organic Almond Supporters Roast Pasteurization Plan”: George Raine writes in the San Francisco Chronicle about the imminent rule requiring pasteurization of almonds. The Department of Agriculture is...
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In the News… Thursday, September 27, 2007
† Slow Food Nation fundraising dinner: Thanks to all who were able to attend last Sunday’s fundraising dinner for Slow Food Nation at Campanile, and special thanks to Mark Peel, Jay Perrin, Caroline...
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In the News… Sunday, November 4, 2007
† The Week of the Farm Bill: This week represents a crucial time in the Farm Bill debate. Whether you contacted your representative or senators earlier in the debate or postponed making a call or...
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Tracking the Farm Bill
† Dan Owens is live-blogging the Senate debates on the Farm bill on the Blog for Rural America. † C-SPAN.org carries House and Senate sessions on their website for those interested in the debates who...
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In the News… Friday, April 11, 2008
Digging out from a few busy weeks and catching up on news of interest to Slow Food members and friends… † Bill Moyers’ Journal and food policy: Tune in or set the recorder: Bill Moyers will turn his...
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In the News… Monday, April 21, 2008
† The cost of food: Lots of news in the last week about rising food prices, their current effects, and likely future effects: ++ Marion Nestle cites several articles, including pieces in The Economist...
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In the News… Thursday, May 8, 2008
† The Grim State of Bee Health: On the heels of yesterday’s announcement of a Slow Food Los Angeles event featuring a presentation by Professor May Berenbaum, one of the nation’s experts on the...
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In the News… Thursday, May 15, 2008
† The Farm Bill passed the House and the Senate: After passing the House by a vote of 318 to 106, the Farm Bill passed the Senate today by a vote of 81 to 15. Although President Bush has threatened to...
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In the News… Wednesday, May 21, 2008
† “A Disgraceful Farm Bill”?: So thinks the New York Times, which notes that while the Farm Bill “has some virtues,” it also has flaws aplenty, and big ones: “The bill is an inglorious piece of work...
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Tell Our Representatives You Want a Farm Bill That’s Good, Clean, and Fair
The Farm Bill is the single most important influence on what we eat and produce in the United States. Whether on the grocery shelf or in the planting row, the Bill touches the lives of every single...
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