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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2012-14
Mailed October 31, 2012
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Food (+ Policy) Dialogue
Thursday November 1, 2012 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Henke Hall 325 (Center for Biographical Research)
Food (+) will be featuring speakers on different food policy issues -- with a special emphasis on state-level legislation including food security and GMO-food labeling -- and talking together about ways we can get involved in policy-making. We will also be trying to make political, and poetic, connections not just between Hawai'i and the US, but to the larger Pacific. Light local refreshments will be available.
Speakers are:
Joseph Farber (William S. Richardson School of Law, organizer with Label It Hawai'i)
Ashley Lukens (Dept of Political Science, Hawai'i Food Policy Council)
Craig Santos Perez (Dept of English, poet and activist)
Moderated by Annie Koh (Dept of Urban and Regional Planning)
(This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members)
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North Shore Organic Farm Film Series
November 2, 9, and 16, 2012
5:00 p.m. farm tour; 6:00 movie
See below for locations and description of the movies
Sponsored by Label It Hawai'i and Hawai'i SEED, the North Shore Organic Farm Film Series will feature three excellent movies about our food system to focus on the movement to label GMOs. Each film will be preceded by a farm tour and followed by a discussion. For more information, contact Mary Lacques at 652-5286 or hokuokekai50@msn.com.
The films are as follows:
November 2, 2012
Film: Dirt! The Movie
Waihuena Farm, 59-414 Kamehameha Hwy
Guest speakers: Jeri DiPietro, E.D. of Hawai'i SEED, will talk about efforts on Kaua'i to keep agricultural drift out of local schools and neighborhoods. Walter Ritte, Hawaiian activist and Aloha 'Aina Warrior, will share his experiences on Moloka'i and a call for community action. For more information on the movie, click here.
November 9, 2012 Film: Vanishing of the Bees Kolea Farms, 59-241 Pupukea Rd. Guest speakers: Anthony and Gwen Maxfield, Beekeepers and Partners in Honey Girl Organics; Wink Arnott of the Hawai'i Bee Neighbor Friendly" Campaign and Consultant for NYR Organic Skin Care. For more information about the movie, click here. November 16, 2012 Film: Living Downstream Mohala Farms, Thompson's Corner, Waialua Guest speakers: Dr. Hector Valenzuela, U.H. Manoa CTAHR Program, will discuss pesticide usage and a vision for an agro-ecological food system. Ted Nakamura will share his experiences as a North Shore organic farmer. For more information about the movie, click here. (This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members) |
U.H. Town Hall Meeting
U.H.'s Responsibility As A Land Grant Institution
Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
UH-M Architecture Auditorium
The public is invited to a FREE town hall meeting co- sponsored by the UH Food Sovereignty, UH GMO Education Project, Makawalu, UH-M English Department to discuss:
1. What are the University of Hawai'i's obligations to the community as a land grant institution?
2. How can this university system help meet the needs of a society that imports 90% of its food?
3. The UH Strategic plan calls for the university to be "a Hawaiian place of learning." What is the role of Hawaiian traditional knowledge in fulfilling the University's obligation as a Land Grant Institution?
The panel:
Tom Apple (Chancellor, UH-M)
Scott Enright (State Department of Agriculture)
Maria Gallo (CTAHR Dean, UH-M)
Z 'Aki and Brandi Eliloanaauikeakuamakalani Hyden (Students with Makawalu, UH-M)
Jon Osorio (Hawaiian Studies, UH-M)
Moderator:
Walter Ritte (Community Activist and off-the-grid fish farmer and hunter)
(This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members)
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GMO Talk Story for Parents and Families
Sunday, November 11, 2012 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Baby Awareness, Manoa Marketplace Second Floor
2752 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 5-209
Learn how you can make a difference in ensuring that your family can eat GMO-free at this open forum with expert speakers, Mama T (Down to Earth) and Mary Oyama (Label-It Hawaii). Find out what you should be concerned that over 75% of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). For more information contact Baby Awareness or call 988-0010.
(This is not a Slow Food O'ahu event but may be of interest to our members)
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Congratulations Madre Chocolate
Just announced, Madre Chocolate, based in Honolulu, has won the World Silver Medal for their Triple Cacao bar in the International Chocolate Awards in England. Madre was one of only 4 US companies to win world final medals, and the youngest company to win at only 2-years old.
This same bar had recently won the US Gold medal and Americas Silver medal in the International Chocolate Awards flavored dark chocolate category and the NW Chocolate Festival Inclusions Silver medal.
Madre Chocolate's co-founders David Elliott and Nat Bletter are proud Slow Food O'ahu members.
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A little bit of this and that...
- LEAF Hawai'i announces a few spaces available in their LEAF Aina Corps Organic Farmer Training Program, November 12 - December 21, 2012. For more information, call 389-1819.
- Kolea Farm presents "Introduction to Permaculture" on Sunday, November 18, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $50. Fore more information 638-0151 or email hunafive@yhoo.com.
- If you are interested in participating in the December 30, 2012 "Moms March for GMO Labeling" contact Dr. Melissa Yee at drmlysukyo@yahoo.com.
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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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