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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2012-4
Mailed March 19, 2012
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Welcome to Spring
The rains are abating (but hopefully not completely because we need to nourish our 'aina and farmlands) and spring has arrived. Along with the arrival of spring, we hope to have a full plate of activities and events in spring and summer.
2012 is also the biennial year where Slow Food International hosts Terra Madre. Applications to be a delegate are due April 1 (please see the article in this newsletter for more information). Slow Food O'ahu will assist in the financial sponsorship of one or more persons to attend as delegates.
Please check out our updated website <www.slowfoodoahu.org> We have created a tab/page with our Events so that you can readily see our current and past events, a tab/page "Slow Press" with an archive of our newsletters, and a tab/page "Merchandise" where you can find our Slow Food O'ahu t-shirts, bag, cards, bumper stickers, and other merchandise. Mahalo to Wendy Kajiyama Hee for her talent in revising our website.
We hope to see you at one of events soon.
Your Executive Committee.
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Slow Food Terra Madre October 25 - 29, 2012 in Torino, Italy
Applications are open and due April 1, 2012
Terra Madre, October 25 - 29, 2012, hosted in Torino, Italy by Slow Food International, is a conference in the global political and economic landscape convened as a "World Meeting of Food Communities," to push our thinking in the increasingly interconnected fields of food, agriculture, sustainable development, gastronomy, globalization, and economics.
Terra Madre puts diverse communities across the globe at the forefront of the grassroots battle against industrial food production. In this way, it is similar to the World Social Forum, but rather focused on food and farming. Terra Madre establishes a space "for those who seek to grow, raise, catch, create, distribute and promote food in ways that respect the environment, defend human dignity and protect the health of consumers" to exchange ideas and solutions. It promotes solidarity between eaters and producers, those from the city and those from the countryside, the global North and the global South. It encourages all of us to be united in an international, diverse movement rooted in many different histories, cultures, and communities. Terra Madre shows the international public that a diversity of people-powered, values-based solutions can pave the way for better food and farming around the world.
Since 2004, Terra Madre has become a biennial conference, inspired an annual global day of action called Terra Madre Day, and grown into an international network of food producers, cooks, educators, students, and activists. Various countries have also hosted their own regional Terra Madre meetings, and last year we saw the first Indigenous Terra Madre conference.
Hawai'i is allocated five (5) delegates statewide. With chapters statewide, the decision was made to spread the delegates statewide. Slow Food O'ahu will have one (1) guaranteed delegate and there will be one (1), possibly two (2) at-large delegates, depending upon the response and interest of other chapters in the state. In prior years, our local chapters received applications and screened them to recommend delegates. However this year Slow Food USA implemented a few changes and is now requiring ALL applications to go to Slow Food USA. After receiving the applications, Slow Food USA will send them back to the chapter for review and recommendation.
If you are selected, Slow Food International will provide housing and Slow Food O'ahu will assist in subsidizing a major portion of your travel (airline) costs to Torino. Slow Food O'ahu will also consider subsidizing additional participants that are not selected as delegates, but wish to attend as participant observers. Slow Food O'ahu is giving high priority to farmers and producers, particularly taro farmers. If you are interested in being a sponsored delegate, then you must apply BY THE DEADLINE OF APRIL 1, 2012. Go to Slow Food USA's website for more details and application form. |
Liliko'i Butter-Making Workshop
Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Kahala private home
Would you like to learn to make Liliko'i (Passionfruit) Butter (also called curd)? We have a few spaces left for this workshop announced in our last newsletter with one correction: the location of the private home where the workshop will take place is Kahala, not Hawai'i Kai.
Liliko'i (Passion Fruit), Passiflora Edulis, is a vine species of the passion flower, known for it very strong and flavorful taste. Passion fruit is not widely available in stores, so most of the fruit comes from backyard gardens or wild groves. It can be found, however, in farmers' markets throughout the islands. In Hawaii, the varieties are called yellow liliko'i and purple liliko'i and the fruit is normally eaten raw. We usually crack the rind of the passion fruit either with their hands or teeth and suck out the flavourful pulp and seeds. We often have an abundance of fruit from family, neighbors, and friends. Here is a chance to learn what to do with the liliko'i pulp.
In this workshop, you will learn how to prepare liliko'i butter from scratch using local liliko'i fruit pulp and all organic ingredients. We have already done the hard part for you ... picking and storing the fruit. Join us at a private home to learn the rest of the process. Participants will actively help with the butter-making and will receive a jar of liliko'i butter to take home at the end of the session.
Please RSVP by March 21 to Michelle at sfo.reservation@gmail.com. Please include in your RSVP your name, member status, phone or email and the name of any nonmember or member guests you would like to bring. THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 12 PEOPLE and tends to fill up fast, so please reply quickly if you know you would like to attend. The cost for members is $25 and nonmembers is $30 and payment must be received by the date of the event. Payment information, address and final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event.
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Frankie's Nursery Tour and Fruit Tasting
Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Optional lunch to follow at Sweet Home Waimanalo (not included in this fee)
Frank of Frankie's Nursery will conduct a tour for Slow Food O'ahu through the grounds of his extensive fruit tree nursery. He and his wife Lynn, have spend many years establishing these unique collection of tropical fruit trees and plants. They have collected many new varieties on trips to Southeast Asia and Tropical Americas. They are uniquely able to help pick the right fruit tree for your Oahu location, be it a lanai in Waikiki or a rainforest at the back of Manoa.
Please RSVP by March 28 to Michelle at sfo.reservation@gmail.com. Please include in your RSVP your name, member status, phone or email and the name of any nonmember or member guests you would like to bring. THIS EVENT IS LIMITED TO 20 PEOPLE and tends to fill up fast, so please reply quickly if you know you would like to attend. The cost for members is $10 and nonmembers is $15 (please note: Lunch is not included in the price) and payment must be received by the date of the event. Payment information, directions and final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event. You can learn more about Frankie's Nursery at http://frankiesnursery.com/
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Food for Thought Series featuring the Movie "Ingredients:Hawai'i"
April 4, 2012 5:30 p.m. Samplings from Local Farmers; 6:15 Screening and Discussion
Punahou School Thurston Chapel
Punahou School and Slow Food O'ahu invite you to the next in the film series "Food for Thought". Initiated in 2008, the Food for Thought series offers a forum for dialog centered around Punahou's sustainability initiative. Each event features a movie in combination with speakers, displays or tastings to further thinking about the movie topic. This series represents the school's efforts to create opportunities to help us shape a more sustainable world together.
Punahou has joined with Slow Food O'ahu in presenting the film "Ingredients:Hawai'i", a film that inspires us to live Hawai'i and love Hawai'i through food. A discussion will follow the film and will feature Robert Bates, Director of "Ingredients" (2009) and "Ingredients Hawai'i" (2011).
Admission is free. No RSVP is required but seating is limited. For more information see www.punahou.edu/foodforthought
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Slow Food O'ahu Slow Suppers @ Home
April 15, 21, and 28, 2012 Various locations
Slow Food O'ahu is pleased to announce our Spring Slow Suppers @ Home dinners in the month of April. The dinners are an opportunity for members to gather over good, local food and enjoy an evening of slow conversation. Here's how it works:
- The host(ess) will offer his or home for the dinner, eating utensils, and provide the main dish.
- Guests will contribute $5, upon arrival, to the host(ess) and bring another dish to complement the main dish and the 'theme' of the dinner.
We have three host dinners as follows:
* April 15 (Sunday) - Location: Alewa. Time: 6:30 p.m. Capacity: 6 people. Theme: "From the farmer's market". Please make your contribution from items available at the farmer's market.
* April 21 (Saturday) - Location: Kahala. Time: 6:00 p.m. Capacity: 15 people. Theme: "Seafood, Veggies, and Sides." Please no shellfish.
* April 28 (Saturday) - Location: Ewa Beach. Time: 6:30 p.m. Capacity: 10 people. Theme: "Asparagus Party- Welcome to Spring". Any dish to use or complement asparagus is welcome. Let's be creative.
If you are interested in attending one of the dinners, please RSVP to Michelle at sfo.reservation@gmail.com. You will then be informed of the host(ess), the address, and your name will then be forwarded to the host(ess) for further communication in coordinating the menu items. Please pay your $5 to the host(ess) at the dinner.
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Kauhale 'O Wai'anae Film Series at Ma'o Organic Farms
March 24, April 28, and May 21
Kauhale 'O Wai'anae is hosting a series of three unique films on location at Ma'o Organic Farms in a natural outdoor amphitheater in Lualualei Valley. Proceeds will be used to support a huaka'i and cultural exchange of Wai'anae students, faculty, and community members with their Maori cousins in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The films are "Come Hell or High Water" on March 24, "Papa Mau The Wayfinder" on April 28, and "Ingredients Hawai'i" on May 21. Your ticket includes a simple, yet delicious dinner and a talk story with the directors and/or cast members of the three films. All events will begin at 5:00 p.m. with the film to start promptly at 7:00 p.m.
The cost is $20/film or $50/series for adults; $10/film or $25/series for children; keiki under 5 free. Please view the event flyer. Purchase tickets by emailing info@maoorganicfarms.org or by calling 696-5569.
(This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members) |
A little bit of this and that...
- Slow Food O'ahu will be partipating in an educational and environmental fair at the Waldorf School in Niu Valley on May 5, 2012 from Noon - 6 p.m. We need volunteers to help staff an educational table. If you are able to help out, please contact Rike Weiss at rikeweiss@hotmail.com.
- Council Member Tom Berg is hosting a free town hall on March 29, 2012 on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) & Environmental Injustice. The Town Hall will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. in Nanakuli at Nanaikapono Elementary School - 89-153 Mano Avenue, Nanakuli. For more info call 768-5001 or go to www.councilmanberg.com. - Transition O'ahu announces several upcoming events: Thursday, March 22, they will sponsor a free movie: " Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way" at 7:00 p.m. with Geoff Lawton at Peace Cafe, 2239 S. King St., Honolulu. On Monday, March 26, they will feature the film " The Crisis of Civilization", a fundraiser for Transition O'ahu at 7:00 p.m. at Bambu~the Venue, 1146 Bethel St., Honolulu. $10 at the door. On Sunday, March 31, they welcome all to their potluck/picnic at Kapiolani Park from Noon - 4 p.m. - The Spring of Sustainability is a free series of online events to help transform the state of our planet into hope and action It features pioneers of sustainability - including Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, John Robbins, Hazel Henderson, Frances Moore Lappe' -- all sharing insights and tools you need to connect and collaborate with others to create a sustainable and thriving world. This season-long virtual series is happening March 26 - June 22, 2012. You can listen in live via your phone line or computer to as many sessions as you'd like, or access the replays at a time more convenient for you. (Information courtesy of the Hawai'i Food Policy Council listserve). |
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Slow Food Leadership
Slow Food O'ahu Officers:
Laurie Carlson, President; Mae Isonaga, Treasurer; Rike Weiss, Secretary; Michelle Phillips, Events Coordinator; Francine Wai, Newsletter Editor; Nina Bermudez, Membership and E-mail correspondent.
Facebook manager: Brilana Silva
Quick Links
Slow Food O'ahu Convivium website
Slow Food Hawai'i Convivium website
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