Now that the final touches of the Spring issue of HopeDance are complete... I am eager to get on with getting edible CENTRAL COAST off the ground and into reality! Here are some ideas, notions, topics, suggestions....

Also, this is what we "advertised" on the back cover of the Spring HopeDance issue:

<<edible CENTRAL COAST:

A new FREE quarterly magazine is coming to San Luis Obispo County... featuring stories about sustainable agriculture, healthy eating venues, wonderful local farmers and gardeners, CSAs, Farmer’s Markets transitioning wineries... celebrating local and seasonal recipes... The new colorful magazine will be about eating healthy food as well as learning HOW our food is grown and prepared and all the exciting new developments in this area, especially the farm-to-school programs, Food-not-Lawns, and the local slow food movement!

Send us a list of your favorite wineries, restaurants, foods, recipes, ideas for stories we ought to cover, places we ought to feature, events we need to cover, etc. We will send you a FREE eBook (about Food) as our thanks.

Contact Bob Banner at

bob.banner@gmail.com.>>

Topics to cover for the premiere issue of edible CENTRAL COAST

central coast grown

ncredible edibles ... how grassroots urban farmers/gardeners are creating a movement

food not lawns

slow food

farm to school

farmers markets

permaculture guilds in the area

how many foodies are there: omnivores, locavores, vegans, raw, vegetarians, carnivores.. can we all work together?

conferences, workshop, classes

CSAs

Cafe Vio in Paso

Natures Touch

Spencers?

radio shows about food: Melanie (Natures Touch), Charles (Big Sky),

new CSA and new restaurant Tom Hill Organics in Paso

the 13 acre urban garden in SLO (Dalidio)

the community garden waiting list

the vineyard team / sip

sustainable wineries

withering food coops

the winery that is growing food and having a storefront in Templeton, I believe....

films, books to review

websites to explore

food directories