by lisa on September 1, 2010
Date: Monday and Tuesday, September 13-14
Location: Mexican-American Cultural Center, 600 River St., Austin, TX 78701
Registration: Register online at http://farmandranchfreedom.org/conference-2010 or download a registration form and mail it to P.O. Box 809, Cameron, TX 76520.
Agenda: A full listing of topics, speakers, and the schedule is available at: http://farmandranchfreedom.org/sff/Agenda.pdf
Come join an exciting gathering of farmers, consumer, and nonprofit activists at the 4th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference, in Austin, Texas on September 13-14, 2010! This two-day event will focus on policy and regulatory issues affecting agriculture and our food supply, including raw milk, Codex, NAIS, the next Farm Bill, water use issues, regulation of slaughterhouses, Slow Money, and more. There will also be workshops to help you become a more effective activist, including how to lobby and how to develop an effective message.
National radio commentator and author Jim Hightower will provide the keynote address, and the lunches will be prepared by Dai Due using delicious local foods.
Come learn about the latest developments in agriculture and food, and get the tools you need to help make a difference!
HOW CAN YOU HELP? Spread the word about the conference! You can also become a sponsor or donate an item for the silent auction. Download the form at:
http://farmandranchfreedom.org/sff/sponsorship-form-v3_1.pdf
For more information, visit
http://farmandranchfreedom.org/conference-2010
or contact the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance at info@FarmAndRanchFreedom.org.
by lisa on September 1, 2010
Date: Saturday, September 11
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Green Sprout Preschool, 1019 Reinli Street, Austin, TX 78723
Itching to plant your own garden? Would you like to learn some hands-on gardening installation techniques from the experts at Austin’s Resolution Gardens while also supporting a local pre-school?
On Sept. 11th, Slow Food Austin is hosting a garden installation workshop where participants will help install a raised-bed garden for Green Sprout preschool and gain practical skills to start a home garden. Once the garden is complete, we’ll all enjoy a meal together- lunch provided by blu African: http://www.bluafrican.com.
Bring the family to learn about home gardening and support a local pre-school’s garden education program. Cost to participate is $5 for Slow Food members, $10 for non-members (children under 12 are free). Attendance is limited so buy your tickets today. Questions: email president@slowfoodaustin.org.
Buy your tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/123782
by lisa on August 9, 2010
Date: Wednesday, August 11th
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Habitat Suites
August 11th will be a wine education and tasting Slow Session with Scott Collier, Rockroom Winemaking Cooperative founder and winemaker, and Mason Arnold, Greenling founder and CEO.
Wine is nature’s way of preserving fruit for us to enjoy year round, so we will taste our way through wines that give us the chance to demystify what it means for a wine to be natural, organic, biodynamic, sustainable and local. Come ready to ask questions, learn, and taste.
Included in the tasting will be organic and sustainable wines available from Greenling as well as a Rockroom wine made from California certified organic grapes (rated 89 by the Pinot Report), and even a natural process wine made from 100% fresh pressed chardonnay juice with nothing added at any stage in the winemaking process.
This is a free event as the wines are being donated by Rockroom and Greenling, but donations to Slow Food Austin are encouraged and attendance will be limited to the first 35 who RSVP to anneh@slowfoodaustin.org.
