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Monday, March 30, 2009

April Fresh Food, Farmers Market, Restaurant Events for SF Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area Events:

From: Buy Fresh, Buy Local

Eat Your View (Locavore) Dinner
Good food, good company, great information. Join us this month for our monthly tribute to eating locally with Anya Fernald and event chef, Leif Hedendal.

Thurs., April 9

Cheese Tasting Intensive with the Cowgirls
Join Cavallo Point for a not-to-be-missed workshop with nationally celebrated cheese makers, Peggy Smith and Sue Conley of Cowgirl Creamery.

Tues., April 7

Moveable Feast, One Market
Part of the Moveable Feast Seasonal Supper series, the dinner will feature produce from County Line Harvest and benefit
CUESA.

Sat., April 11

Fran Gage on The New American Olive Oil
Check out San Francisco's Omnivore bookstore. Learn something new and maybe surprising about fine olive oils.

Thurs., April 23

A New National Food Policy
Panel discussion on the intersection of food & poverty. Panelists include A.G. Kawamura, Paul Ash, Paula Jones, and Michael Dimock. Sponsored by the Commonwealth Club & Bay Gourmet.

Sat., April 25

Full Circle Feast
Join Chef & Author Laura Stec and the Art Institute of California for a local food dinner to benefit CAFF and other local nonprofits working to build a sustainable food system.

Sun., June 7
Dirt to Dining
Join Chef Jesse Cool for a day of educational fun in her kitchen garden and an evening of delicious fun sampling its bounty. A benefit for the
Ecological Farming Association.

There has been a flurry of media activity around reclaiming food for the commons (ie the local food movement) in recent months, culminating last week in a 60 Minutes feature. Here are some of the highlights in case you've been snowed in:
  • Alice Waters suggests that people should put more thought, time, and money into their food choices, in a somewhat controversial
  • 60 minutes interview;
  • The New York Times asserted that a
  • food revolution is now in seasonand deconstructedthe meaning of "organic";
  • The blogosphere (and more than a couple of forwarded and frantic emails), claimed Congressional Bill HR875 would bring about an end to organic farming -- read the sober
  • Civil Eats take on the issue here;
  • Michelle Obama and a few dozen elementary school kids made us shout out loud by breaking ground on the
  • long-awaited White House garden.
Also Read:
San Franciscco Bay Area Farmers Markets: Eating Well on a Tight Budget
Weds., April 1

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