Food, Farm and Eco-Eating

Thursday April 24 - 'Food, Farm and Eco-Eating' presented by the Food and Agriculture committee. For additional info call Dale 646-7229.

Posted by Communications / Publicity Committee on April 23, 2008 1:46 PM

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More locally grown food coming to Ojai and rest of California!
The August 30th Washington Post has a great article entitled, "As Food Becomes a Cause, Meeting Puts Issues on the Table." It describes how far some people will go these days to get locally grown food. In California, more than 40 residents volunteered their back yards to an aspiring young bicycle-riding farmer who couldn't afford to buy land of his own. In exchange for a weekly supply of produce, they would let him till their all-American lawns into rows of lettuce, broccoli, squash and peas.

I bet the Washington Post would love to feature a story on Steve Sprinkel and his wife, Olivia Chase, of Farmer and the Cook; Dulanie Ellis-La Barre and other members of the Ojai Valley Green Coalition Food and Agriculture Committee; Kris and Joanne Young, leaders of the Ojai Locavores; and other Ojai foodies...
Here's a link to the Washington Post story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903447.html?referrer=emailarticle

Comment #1 Posted by Suza Francina | August 30, 2008 1:33 PM

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