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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2012-7
Mailed May 12, 2012

Table of Contents
Food Movies at the Art House - May 13
Organic Farming Training Course - May 22 - August 9
Brioche Making Class - June 30 (Slow Food O'ahu event)
A little bit of this and that...
Food Movies at the Art House (Doris Duke Theater)
May 13, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Doris Duke Theater at the Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts)

 The Doris Duke Theater is offering two excellent movies related to food and food sustainability. They will both be shown together (total 90 minutes for both films).

"The Kings of Flint: A Documentary about Urban Farming" - Karate masters Jacky and Dora King see farming as a means of self-defense and a a way to revitalize the Michigan City.

"And This is My Garden" - A documentary that follows teachers and students for a season of planting, harvesting and preserving the fruits of their labor at a Canadian school.
 
Tickets are available at the door.

(This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members)
LEAF Offers Organic Farming Training Course
May 22 - August 9, 2012
 

Are you currently unemployed and interested in a career in organic farming? Then you may be interested in LEAF Project Hawaii's Organic Farming Training Course, which runs May 22- Aug 9. LEAF Project Hawaii is a community-based 'green' nonprofit organization, which aims to create Food Systems that connect at-risk populations with affordable, nutritious food, and enable them to grow their own food wherever possible. The lessons cover a full range of knowledge to qualify you as a successful organic farmer. Registration deadline is May 16 but do it sooner, to ensure you have all the documentation required.  Full course info available at:

http://www.sesphawaii.com/courses/courses.cfm?course_id=56

 

(This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members)

Brioche Making Class

June 30, 2012 11:00 a.m. private residence in East Honolulu

 

Slow Food O'ahu is delighted to feature a brioche-making class with French chef, Michele Haines. Hailing from the Touraine region of France, Michele learned to cook from her grandmother. She started Spring Mill Caf� in the Philadelphia area as a five-table lunch spot. Over the next thirty years, it has expanded and developed into a full-service restaurant serving bistro fare with locally-sourced ingredients.

 

The class will be on Saturday, June 30, at 11:00 a.m. at a private residence. This event is limited to 12 participants, with preference given to Slow Food O`ahu members. We will sample the brioche with home-made p�t� and preserves (feel free to bring some wine).  

 

To register for this event, please RSVP to Michelle at [email protected].  Please include in your RSVP your name and phone or email.  THIS CLASS IS LIMITED TO 12 PEOPLE AND YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO ATTEND. The cost of the class will be $20. Please note:  Due to the nature of this event and the necessity of purchasing ingredients beforehand, if cancellations are required after the RSVP date and we are unable to fill your spot, you will be held responsible for payment.  Payment information and directions will be sent to you following your RSVP with the address. Final details will be sent to all confirmed guests a few days prior to the event.    

A little bit of this and that... 
 
-  Please drop by Kokua Market's Appreciation Days May 19 - 20, 2012 at Kokua Market.  Slow Food O'ahu will have a presence there with an informational table.

- Reminder: Transition Oahu invites you to view "Permaculture in the Tropics" on May 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. from the Global Gardener series with Bill Molisson with a followup discussion moderated by Matt Lynch and Hunter Heaivilin and potluck dinner.  If you would like to partake in potluck dinner, come at 6 with a favorite dish!

- "What is GMO and How Does it Affect My Food?" will be the topic of a lecture on May 17, 2012, 6:30 - 8:30p.m. at the Waimanalo Health Center, with Dr. Hector Valenzuela and Dr. Melissa Yee.  For more information contact the Health Center at 259-7948.

- Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with Oran Hesterman, author of "Fair Food", talks in this video about how to make food healthy, green, fair, and affordable.

- Duff WIlson and Janet Roberts write "How Washington Went Soft on Obesity" in Reuters, April 27, 2012 on the battles in Washington from corporations undermining efforts to combat obesity.

Civil Eats is a great website that may be of interest to our members.  Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities. Civil Eats supports the development of a dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad with its many contributing editors.  Civil Eats can be humorous, serious, academic, philosophical, conversational-its style of conversation is as diverse as its 100+ contributors-but it is always thought provoking, innovative, and focused on food politics.

-  Mahalo to Waldorf School for offering Slow Food O'ahu an opportunity to share its mission at the school's annual fair.  We also appreciate Otsuji Farms for the donated produce that we sold to participants at the school.

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

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