Upcoming Events
Plenty of local food-related events going on in the next month or so:
Next Thursday, Slow Food BU will be having a panel called The Foodie’s Dilemma: How Boston’s Cheapskates Can Eat Sustainably featuring a mix of local & visiting luminaries.
There’s an interesting new initiative afoot to build a statewide Local Food Cooperative, modeled on the Oklahoma Food Cooperative. Meetings are being held around the state, with the local one being in Cambridge on March 8:
Mass. Local Food Coop Meeting and Potluck
The new Massachusetts Local Food Cooperative will hold a potluck lunch featuring an informational and organizational meeting Saturday, March 8th, from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Central Square Branch of the Cambridge Public Library, in Cambridge, MA
The aim of the new coop is to enable Massachusetts consumers to purchase from local farmers and food producers using an online shopping cart and a volunteer distribution system. The group’s coop management software allows producers to post information about their products and allows consumers to search and view a variety of products. The payment goes to the farmer and the cooperative takes a small percentage to cover the coop’s costs.
Anyone interested in this new way to find and purchase local food and products is invited to join the discussion. For more information about this meeting or others planned throughout the state during the next month contact Kelley O’Connor at 978-422-7669 or kelleyoconnor@gmail.com.
Slow Food Boston has a film series going at Theodore Parker Church Sanctuary, in West Roxbury. The two yet to play are Eat at Bill’s on March 9, and The Real Dirt on Farmer John on April 13. Both start at 4 PM, and run $5.
The Boston Gardeners Gathering is on Saturday, March 22nd. I don’t see them on the web, but the following is culled from a BNAN pdf:
The 33rd Annual Gardeners Gathering will be on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at the Curry Student Center, Northeastern University from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Gathering is free and for ALL gardeners and others who would like to be gardeners; the emphasis will be on community gardening. Garden gloves will again be available at the discounted price of $2.00 a pair. As we are unable to mail to each gardener, we need your help in telling others, please spread the word.
Thanks to the Lionette’s newsletter for a number of these items — it’s a great resource, and I don’t say that just because they mention this blog favorably. Really!