Wednesday night was our first ever Food Meet at GFU. And what a lot of fun we had. We viewed clips from the excellent film FOOD, INC. and heard from local farmers and from local businesses and organizations--all doing great things to help us stay connected with our food by eating good, delicious, local food.
We had over 23 booths with everything from goat cheese, truffle oil and fair trade chocolate cupcakes to activities such as sticking your hand in soil, planting native flowers, getting jars with sprout seeds in them. There were books, coffee, many different colored eggs, more food samples and fun, easy ideas for how we can eat more ethically, locally, healthily--all while eating more deliciously.
There were over 130 people present and everyone I talked to spoke of the great energy in the room. I was inspired by it myself, and am looking forward to an even bigger event where we'll dig into these same things more deeply on April 22, 2010.
If you missed the first ever FOOD MEET, you can:
a) talk to others who went or ask me about it
b) visit the website, where shortly, we'll have a list of many good places to get produce, eggs, meat, honey, cheese, truffle oil, and much more from good, local sources.
c) come to the next Food Meet on April 22, 2010.
d) watch Food, Inc. yourself--find it at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, or NetFlix, or borrow my copy.
e) read Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma which was the inspiration for the film.
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