Here are some links to some food-related stories and content I’ve been looking at recently:
- Short films on food from the Media that Matters Film Festival (by way of Slow Food)
- 10 restaurants around the world worth the cost of the plane ticket, by the late R.W. Apple (by way of Rebecca’s Pocket)
- The dilution of organic standards by agribusiness (not quite news, but a good reminder nonetheless: by way of mercola.com)
- A list of sustainable agriculture links (by way of mercola.com)
Upcoming events in the San Francisco Bay Area:
- Litquake Lit Crawl: Writers on Food and Wine, Saturday October 14, 8:30pm-9:30pm. The San Francisco literary festival includes a lineup of foodwriters at Laszlo Bar, MCed by Shuna of Eggbeater (by way of Eggbeater)
- Food for Thought: Filmmakers Lilach Dekel and Rod Bachar travel 15,000 miles over 5 months to document where exactly their food comes from (sponsored by commonwealth.org, to be screened in San Jose on November 8)