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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2012-15
Mailed December 1, 2012

Table of Contents
Frankie's Nursery Tour and Fruit Tasting - December 9 (Slow Food O'ahu event)
Movie: Why in the World are They Spraying? - December 3
Webinar Series: Food and Justice: Who is at the Table? - January to March
Slow Food O'ahu to place another Moloka'i Beef Order
ADVOCACY ALERT: Monsanto in Congress
A little bit of this and that...

Greetings! As we go into the holidays, we wish you a happy and healthy season of sharing.  We encourage and remind everyone to select and prepare local foods that are good, clean, and fair as you partake of food this season.

We look forward to 2013 with more events, including our Annual Meeting in January. We will send you one more newsletter to close out the year to announce the meeting and our events.

Your Executive Committee

Frankie's Nursery Tour and Fruit Tasting

Saturday, December 9, 2012  9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

 

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.  This is a great opportunity to find the best botanical Christmas gifts, a potted Meyer lemon for the lanai or a Rapoza mango for the yard or even a grafted "eggplant" tree that will yield year after year. Frankie's is the best source by far for selecting fruit trees and other shrubs for your garden.  Lynn and Frank can advise you on exactly what varieties are best for your neighborhood.  Please RSVP by December 7, 2012 to Michelle at [email protected].  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/

Movie: Why in the World Are They Spraying?

Monday, December 3, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Monday Movie Caf�, 1146 Bethel Street

BAMBU Venue

 

Join BAMBU Caf� for a screening of "Why in the World Are They Spraying?" (Dir: Michael Murphy. USA 2011 94 min.) The most in-depth analysis of the chemtrail/geo-engineering issue to date, clearly outlining the motives behind this insidious program of altering natural weather patterns, changing soil chemistry, and taking control of our food supply in the process.  It lifts the veil on a major geo-engineering agenda that is at the forefront of our fight for food sovereignty. A Q&A with director Michael Murphy about the implications of spraying chemicals over Hawaii follows. Tickets are $10 general, $5 for students at the door.   Call 436-4326 for more information.

 

A preview of the movie can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmV9YZ9NYRI

 

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

Community Dialogues on "Food and Justice: Who is at the Table"

Webinar Series mid-January to mid-March

 

You are invited to participate in the upcoming workshop and dialogue series, Community Dialogues on Food and Justice: Who is at the Table?  This series will be structured as a series of eight, 2.5-hour long workshops, giving participants the time and space to discuss issues of race, class, and difference using the lenses of social justice and food systems. This series is supported by the Institute for Sustainable Solutions (ISS) at Portland State University. ISS is acting as a facilitating body and in no way endorses the opinions of the facilitator or organizers of this dialogue series. The dialogue will focus on Portland but is open to other. The series will occur between mid-January - mid-March.  Exact days and times will be determined by the availability of applicants (the option to rank days and times exists in the application). Applications are due by December 14, 2012. If you have any questions about this dialogue series, contact [email protected].

 

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

Slow Food O'ahu to place another Moloka'i Beef Order in January

 

Slow Food O'ahu is placing another order for Moloka'i beef.  This next order is anticipated to be here in January, depending on how quickly we can sell all eight portions.  Each shipment contains one cow split into 1/8 portions.  Generally you will receive between 55-60 pounds of meat, 1/2 in ground beef and 1/2 in roasts and steaks.  Our price for 1/8 of an animal is $345 for Slow Food members and $395 for non-members.  Other prices for special orders have changed as follows (with non-members adding 50 cents per pound for any of these products):

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Beef heart, $2.50 per pound, order by the piece

Beef tongue, $3.00 per pound, order by the piece

Beef live, $2.50 per pound, order by the piece

Marrow bones, $2.25 per pound, order by the pound

Beef cheeks, $5 per pound, order by the piece

Ground beef 15% fat, $4.50 per pound, order by the pound

Oxtail, $4.95 per pound, order by the piece

Skirt steak, $5.25 per pound, order by the pound

Flank steak, 5.75 per pound, order by the pound

 

We pick up the order and distribute it at the Queen Lili'uokalani Botanical Garden parking lot, usually on a Wednesday between 3:00 -  3:30 p.m. on the day it arrives from Moloka'i.  If you are interested in an order for a 1/8 portion, please send your check made out to Slow Food O'ahu to Laurie Carlson, 1020 Maunawili Loop, Kailua, HI 96734.  If you are ordering from the list of other products, please email Laurie your order at  [email protected] and you can pay for it upon pickup.  Please include your cell phone number in your order and Laurie will keep in touch with you about the timing.  It will take a few weeks to finalize the order and receive it.

 

Thank you for supporting local sustainable beef.

ADVOCACY ALERT: 
Congress Is Back. And So Is Monsanto's Sneak Attack.


TAKE ACTION!

With the elections over, Congress has returned for a lame duck session to clear its plate of post-Thanksgiving legislative leftovers. Not surprisingly, Monsanto is back, too, pushing a rider to the FY 2013 Agricultural Appropriations Bill that if passed, would grant the biotech engineering giant immunity from Federal law.

The so-called "Monsanto Rider" would require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a temporary permit for planting or cultivating a genetically engineered crop, even if a federal court has ordered the planting be halted until an Environmental Impact Statement is completed.

Why does Monsanto want to cut off our access to the courts? Because the courts have ruled that farmers have a right to grow non-GMO crops and consumers have a right to eat non-GMO food. Judges recognize that GMO contamination takes away those rights. So Monsanto is trying to bypass the courts.

Right now, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees are drafting an omnibus appropriations bill behind closed doors, in the hope of passing it before January. The public won't know what's in the bill until it's ready for a vote. And when the bill does hit the floor, amendments won't be allowed.

Power-hungry Monsanto is counting on a sleepy public, distracted by the holidays, to let them slip this latest outrageous power grab through Congress.

Don't let them do it! Contact your member of Congress and urge them to stop Monsanto's rider.

TAKE ACTION! Learn more here at the Organic Consumers Association.
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-  Permaculture News... A'ilani Gardens is offering an Introduction to Permaculture Class on December 15.  Transition Oahu is also sponsoring a Permaculture Design Certificate Course 2013 from January 19 - March 31 on 6 alternating weekends in multiple locations on Oahu.  This course has truly transformed the lives & enhanced the careers of thousands of people around the world. Learn this holistic design system based on care of the Earth and its inhabitants, and efficient use of natural resources. Even in the most difficult conditions, permaculture empowers people to turn wastelands into food forests.   Also, check out a wonderful 6 minutes video on permaculture titled "Permaculture Is..." with Hunter Heavalin and Matt Lynch.

- If you are interested in participating in the December 30, 2012 "Moms March for GMO Labeling" contact Dr. Melissa Yee at [email protected].

- Michael Simon writes "Did you Eat Today? Thank a Food Worker" in the Huffington Post, November 16, 2012.

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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