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Slow Food O'ahu News
Number 2013-2
Mailed January 23, 2013

Table of Contents
Slow Food Annual Meeting and Potluck - January 26 (Slow Food O'ahu event)
Third Annual Hawai'i Chocolate Festival - February 23
An Evening in Nepal - March 9, 2013 - REPEAT (Slow Food O'ahu event)
Dr. Vandana Shiva's Visit - A Recap
A little bit of this and that...

Slow Food O'ahu Annual Meeting and Potluck- REMINDER-  FREE 

January 26, 2013 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 

Waldorf High School Campus, 5257 Kalanianaole Hwy. (Aina Haina)

 

It's not too late to sign up for our Annual Meeting and Potluck (this weekend) 

 

Please join us for our Slow Food O'ahu Annual Meeting and Potluck on Saturday, January 26, 2013 to start off the new year.  What will be on the menu for 2013? Your participation is important to us. Share your ideas and talents! While our individual efforts as consumers and advocates are important, only by working together can Slow Food hope to create change in the food system. 

 

Let's brainstorm together and start the year on a positive note. We can choose from cooking classes taught by the creative cooks among us, legislative advocacy, school garden tours, lectures, films, themed potlucks, cookbook exchanges, farm tours and harvest celebrations...the calendar is yours to invent.

 

The meeting and the potluck will be at the Waldorf School in 'Aina Haina near the 'Aina Haina Shopping Center on the ocean side of Kalaniana'ole highway.  Parking is limited, but you can park at the Shopping Center or in the neighborhood. Also, please note that the Waldorf School has a lower campus at a different location. 

 

This is a green event.  Please bring your own plate, cup and cutlery. For reservations please contact Michelle at sfo.reservation@gmail.com

 

We are also seeking members who are interested to expand our efforts.  We are a completely volunteer effort and need committed members who are interested in conducting or creating an event, arranging a film or a speaker, and developing our "benefits" program with discounts for members at local establishments, etc. Are you up to the challenge? If you are interested please send your name to slowfoodoahu@yahoo.com  stating your interest.   

Third Annual Hawai'i Chocolate Festival - Volunteers Needed

February 23, 2013 Noon - 5:00 p.m.  

Dole Cannery in Iwilei 

 

You are invited to attend the Hawai'i Chocolate Festival on February 23, 2013 at Dole Cannery in Iwilei to celebrate 'all things chocolate' in Hawai'i, including locally grown cacao and locally made chocolate.  A plethora of vendors and classes will fill your every desire for the ultimate cacao bean and its many derivatives.  The large festival culminates a month of mini activities and workshops around the island, including demonstrations at various malls.  Check out the website for a list of activities and details of the festival (click on the website above) or to buy a $20 ticket on-line.

Slow Food O'ahu will have an informational table at the Dole Cannery festival.  We are looking for 4 volunteers to be available at our table to provide information about Slow Food to the visitors.  Shifts are available from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. with 2 people for each shift.  If you volunteer, you will be able to attend FREE without paying the $20 entrance fee.  If you are willing to volunteer please contact us at sfo.reservation@gmail.com.

An Evening in Nepal  - REPEAT  

Saturday, March 9, 2013 at  5:00 p.m.

Kahala private home

 

Due to overwhelming demand and a sell-out of our February dinner, we are repeating our "Evening in Nepal."  Here's your chance to take part in a great evening of food and good company. 

 

Join us for three-course dinner of Nepalese cuisine, on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 5 p.m. in a private home in Kahala. Sanjiv, our chef of the evening, is an Hawai'I Pacific University graduate in business and hospitality who loves to share his native fare. Recently returned from a family visit to Nepal, he returned with a fresh and intriguing cache of spices, with which he'll work his magic in the kitchen. While nibbling on pupus, we'll be enveloped in the aroma of Sanjiv's cooking mastery. If you like, bring your own wine to complete the experience (to complement the spices, a German Riesling or Alsatian Gewuerztraminer might be nice).

 

To register for this event, please RSVP to Michelle at  sfo.reservation@gmail.com  by January 25.  Please include in your RSVP your name and phone or email.  THIS CLASS IS LIMITED TO 15 PEOPLE. The cost of the class will be $30 for members, $35 for non-members. 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.

Dr. Vandana Shiva's Visit to Hawai'i - A Re-cap

 

We hope that you were able to hear Dr. Vandana Shiva in one of her passionate and eloquent presentations on food sovereignty, seed saving, and GMO production in Hawai'I last week.

 

A well-written summary of the issues Dr. Shiva's discussed are highlighted in The Honolulu Weekly's cover story "Food as Weapon"

 

Dr. Vandana Shiva's speech (along with Walter Ritte and Dr. Andrew Kimball) has been recorded by Hawai'I Seed and is up on OleloNet. Here is the link

http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=30&clip_id=32627

 

Dr. Shiva's presentation on Food Sovereignty at Kapolei will be aired as follows:

-      January 24, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. (OAHU 55)

-      January 30, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. (OAHU 55)

-      January 31, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. (FOCUS 49)


A little bit of this and that...

-  "Food Movement Rising" is a 3+ minute video on You Tube produced by The Roots of Change Network on the state of the food movement today.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySSbI0ZrNAE

  

-  A NY Times article spotlights large corporations dominating organic food industry

 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/business/organic-food-purists-worry-about-big-companies-influence.html?_r=1&hp

 

- Punahou School's Punavision features a 2+ minute video on You Tube featuring their Taro Cultivation and Cooking Project.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMSomrB6Bs&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Punahou+School&utm_campaign=aaf81669ea-The_Spring_Jan_2013&utm_medium=email

 

- Food Tank just released an article on 3 Exciting Initiatives for Changing School Food in the United States.  While you read the article, check out The Food Tank, a food think tank, as you might want to sign up for their e-news at foodtank.org.

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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