[Lapg] Fw: ..a delightful human experience (SOL Food Fest)

[Joan Stevens]

Oh how I long for this to be here in LA.  Anyone want to spend a little 
conversation time dreaming about how it could be so?
Maybe we already have our own version (ideally East side!) under a different 
name and I'm just not aware? If so, let me know!
Joan
 "There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We 
must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world,and train all our 
young people to help. They want to.
We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, 
clean energies, secure communities,stable regions, and to know how to do it from 
hands-on experience"
"...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even 
if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is 
enough for everyone.
Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the 
very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and 
shelter." 



- Bill Mollison 



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Sent: Thu, September 29, 2011 12:32:24 PM
Subject: ..a delightful human experience


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Stop and think for a minute about the food and drink in front of you today. 
 Chew and drink slowly, read the ingredients, think about how much time and 
energy has gone into the food that is finally reaching your mouth.  Even ten 
years ago, food was just a daily routine, a non entity for many of us.  Go to 
the store, buy your food, come home, prepare, eat and replay the next day.

Times have changed.  That plate of food in front of you has transformed into one 
of the most exciting and powerful ways to genuinely make a better world.  Human 
health, climate change, labor, protection of natural resources, community well 
being, land use, transportation and the list goes on...they are all intricately 
tied to your daily food and drink choices.  

As important, gaze upon and then TASTE that food again.  Pop that ripe tomato in 
your mouth, slice open that ripe avocado or savor that local beef..what a 
delightful human experience.  We live in one of the most naturally productive 
growing regions in the world and our access to ‘SOL - Sustainable, Organic, 
Local’ food is unparalleled.   If the taste and quality of our food was an 
indicator of wealth, we’d be filthy rich.

Two years ago, Alison Hensley and Heather Hartley, SOL Food co-founders, posed a 
beautiful visionfor the SOL Food Festival to the LoaTree team.   No budget, no 
partners, no problem.  Now in year two, the Festival has grown.  We have more 
great food options, more incredible workshops and more opportunities for YOU to 
plug into a brighter food future.  The bottom line is, this festival is both an 
incredibly good time and a meaningful way to reconnect with your food.  

We have much to be thankful for and we should enjoy it together.  Everyone 
knows, the best place to hang at any party is the KITCHEN..well our KITCHEN is 
about a city block wide.  Thanks for the support...we’ll see you on Saturday!

-David
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Check the complete festival guide here!Special thanks to the SB Independent.


The Workshops: Want to learn how to can?  How to portion a whole chicken? How to 
fillet a fish? What about worms?  Backyard poultry?  Seed saving? Beekeeping? 
Beer Brewing? Edible Landscaping?  Food policy?  4 stages, over 30 workshops.

The Food:Pizza, tapas, ratatouille, handmade sodas, fresh juices, sopes, sliders 
and more.  We’ve literally paired local farmers with local chefs and caterers to 
bring you some of the tastiest SOL Food you’ve ever experienced.  Check the food 
line up here!

The Drink:The expanded beer and wine garden is a paradise for the discerning 
palate.  Beers include Firestone, Telegraph, The Brewhouse and Figueroa 
Mountain.  Wines include Alma Rosa, Martian, Carr and Buttonwood.  You can 
simply have a ‘taste’ or enjoy a whole glass.  Also, don’t forget about the 
workshops INSIDE the beer garden headlined by the talk “My Friend Beer” by Pete, 
The Brewhouse brewer.

The Kids: The Hungry Caterpillar inspired by Eric Carle has returned!  Special 
thanks to Rachel Gately for putting this together again as kids wander around 
the festival learning about food as they slowly turn into a butterfly.  Don’t 
forget about the farm animals, tractors, and a really fun play structure.

The Animals:Goats, chickens, turkeys, alpaca and a baby calf?  Come check it!

The Art:Come check out the Lexicon of Sustainability photo art exhibit at SOL 
Food.  Want to see an incredible photo illustration behind the buzz and meaning 
behind the ‘sustainable food movement.’ In all, over one hundred leaders in food 
and farming from across the country have contributed their valued experiences to 
this rapidly growing Lexicon of Sustainability.  These insights have been 
translated into large format “information art” photo collages.


Special thanks to the SBCC Center for Sustainability and Bamboo DNA for making 
this happen.

The Street: It’s closed...something to celebrate on its own.  The Farmer’s 
Market will be buzzing, grab your veggies/fruit, you can ‘check’ your veggie bag 
at the Wheelhouse in cold storage, then walk right over to the SOL Food 
Festival, right down the middle of Cota Street.  n 

translated into large format “information art” photo collages 
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS:Been logging those community service hours? Use those hours 
for this fun event?  Sign uphere!  Most critical: Saturday 7am - 11am and 5pm - 
8pm.


***The other good stuff.***

Register for Central Coast Bioneers Conference on Oct 14 - 16, San Luis Obispo:
The 2nd Annual Central Coast Bioneers conference is a neat opportunity to head 
to San Luis Obispo and get inspired to make about making a better world.  World 
class speakers, workshops and field trips.  Make a weekend out of it.
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Van Jones: Green for All - The Next American Economy, Saturday, October 
29th.  Having a national dialog about building a more sustainable, just economy 
right here in our town?  What is the green jobs plan for your region?  Let’s 
make the debate in this country about how to stimulate innovation to build the 
economy while  improving the planet. Benefits our peeps at Sustainable 
Vocations.  Let’s do this...
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Save the Date: Our good friends at Horny Toad are throwing open the warehouse 
doors and offering 50 - 75% off everything.  Proceeds benefit the Orella 
Stewardship Instituteand the Organic Soup Kitchen.  Get some!
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Join us for a preview of Revenge of the Electric Car, Wednesday, October 5.
Did you watch the film "Who Killed the Electric Car," about the auto industry's 
backlash against California's electric car requirements and how GM crushed the 
EV1?  The film is a cult classic and inspired many of today's electric vehicle 
owner or future owners to pledget that their next car would be electric.On 
Wednesday, October 5, CEC and the Sustainability Projectare bringing an 
exclusive preview of the sequel- "The Revenge of the Electric Car"to the 
gorgeous Marjorie Luke Theater, months before its theatrical debut.

Thursday (tonight!), Sept 29, Kick Off Party for Transparentsea at the Maritime 
Museum. Finally...join our peeps at Transparentsea as they launch right up near 
our hood in Gaviota to paddle many miles to the south to raise awareness about 
the big beautiful creatures in our ocean.

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Cheers to Good Food, Good friends and Good times..


dave, eric, kiyome, edward and the rest of the LoaTree team. 

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