Boston Flora

Tag: Slow Food

  • Sunday, April 13, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Seeds, Shoots and Leaves: A Sustainable Gardening Workshop and Seed Exchange

    This Slow Food Boston event on Sunday, April 13 from 5 – 7 at Allandale Farm, 259 Allandale Road in Brookline, is a workshop on seeds and what it takes to start and keep them growing! Guest speakers include Enid Hart Boasberg of the Concord Seed Lending Library and John Lee of Allandale Farm will teach about seed propagation and seed saving. Attendees will get a first hand look at sustainable gardening practices for hardy plants and will learn methods for preserving seeds for next year’s crop (and the year after that and the year after that…). Additionally, we ask attendees to bring seeds of a favorite vegetable, fruit, or herb to trade with their fellow gardeners. (Heirloom varieties are encouraged!) We will have materials on hand for seed sharing and hot beverages and snacks to keep us warm and spread on what will hopefully be a lovely spring evening. This is how Slow Food Boston does community gardening! $20 per person. To register, visit http://www.meetup.com/Slow-Food-Boston/events/174621102/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1.

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  • Holiday Wreaths 2011 – “Slow Wreath” Movement

    Holiday Wreaths 2011 – “Slow Wreath” Movement

    Well, we’ve all heard of Slow Food – The Garden Club of the Back Bay may have originated the Slow Wreath movement.  It takes time to create our one of a kind custom designed fully decorated orders.  Each decorator interprets an order in his or her unique way.  An order may request a plaid bow with all natural accents, but no two wreaths with plaid bows and all natural accents could be mistaken for each other, unless, of course, they are a matched pair.  Not only do our artists want to stretch their talents each time, but they are bored creating and recreating the same “look,”  so as the week progresses, the designs become more and more intricate.  Intricacy takes time, and often we’ll hear our Assignment Desk personnel pleading with the decorators to speed things up.  There are, after all, a lot more wreaths to decorate before Thursday December 8.  The pleading does tend to fall on deaf ears – no one is hurrying his or her design and manufacture.  Each wreath is checked and rechecked for proper mechanics as well – we can’t have people complaining that the decorations fell out after the wreath was hung.  So, Slow is the operative word.  To order, click https://bostonflora.com/products-page/.

  • Saturday, August 6, 10:00 am – Southeastern Massachusetts Food & Wine Tour

    Join Slow Food Boston on Saturday, August 10, beginning at 10 am,  for the opportunity to get out of the city and enjoy some of the beautiful farmland and vineyards of Southeastern Massachusetts.

    You will meet your guides at Bay End Farm in Buzzards Bay, which was founded in 1906 and has been providing produce to families, farmers markets and restaurants around Boston and Cape Cod for several years. At Bay End, we will partake in a farm tour and walk while learning about organic farming and CSA’s. Before you leave you will enjoy a lunch (a sandwich packed with plenty local goodness).

    After you depart Bay End, you head for Great Hill Dairy in Marion, known for their unique blue cheese, made by using traditional techniques.  You will hear from the cheese makers themselves as well as tour their facility. And of course, it wouldn’t be a Slow Food event without eating…so you will get the chance to sample some cheese!

    The Grand Finale of the tour is a visit to Westport Rivers Vineyard which is owned and operated by the Russell family. They are known for their sparkling wines and white varietals. Here you will partake in a wine tasting.

    Upon registration, driving directions will be sent to you. They encourage people to carpool and therefore, if you wish to be connected with other participants with whom to share a ride, let Slow Food know!  The cost is a modest $25, and you may reserve online at www.slowfoodboston.com.

  • Sunday, March 20, 2:00 pm – Lunch Line

    Filmmakers Michael Graziano and Ernie Park were originally inspired by the Organic School Project, a now-defunct school garden project in Chicago, and had intended to focus their  film Lunch Line on it. Once they started production, however, they realized that there was a much larger story to be told. The resulting film adopts a visually striking style as it portrays the surprisingly long and tortuous history of school food in this country. $5, co-sponsored by Slow Food Boston and The Museum of Science, at The Cahners Theater at The Museum of Science, 1 Science Park in Boston, at 2 pm on Sunday, March 20. To reserve, log on to www.slowfoodboston.com/reserve.cfm?eno=872.

  • Saturday, February 12, 10:30 am – 6:00 pm – TEDxManhattan Changing the Way We Eat

    TEDxManhattan “Changing the Way We Eat” will take place February 12, 2011, in New York City. The one-day event will highlight several aspects of the sustainable food movement and the work being done to shift our food system from industrially-based agriculture to one in which healthy, nutritious food is accessible to all. Speakers with various backgrounds in food and farming will share their insights and expertise. Speakers this year will include Laurie David, environmental activist, producer and author of The Family Dinner, Carolyn Steel, architect and author , Cheryl Rogowski, family farmer and MacArthur Genius Award recipient, Josh Viertel, President of Slow Food USA, and Ian Cheney, Peabody award-winning film maker. Relevant clips from the TED conference will be shown.

    Because the event can accommodate a maximum of 250 people, and is in Manhattan, chances are not everyone who wishes to attend will be able to. In order to allow everyone the opportunity to experience TEDxManhattan, they will webcast the show and hold viewing parties around the country. One such viewing party will be held at Harvard, in Boylston Hall 110 in Harvard Yard. RSVP to www.meetup.com/TEDxManhattan/Cambridge-MA/52670/.  The webcast will run from 10:30 – 6, and a complete schedule of speakers and topics may be found at http://tedxmanhattan.org/event/.

  • Sunday, February 27, 2:00 pm – Vanishing of the Bees

    Where did all the bees go? If you’ve been aware of the news in the past few years, we’re sure you’re familiar with CCD: Colony Collapse Disorder. Discovered first in late 2006, hordes of bees literally….disappeared. The worker bees leave for the day and never return, abandoning the queen, the young, the eggs. Everything. So maybe the darn queen was crackin’ the whip too hard. But maybe not — the theories abound. Was it a virus? Environmental changes? Malnutrition? An affect of pesticides?

    Want to explore these questions? If so, come to the Small Metcalf Hall in Boston University’s GSU, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, on Sunday, February 27th at 2:00PM for the film Vanishing of the Bees, which explores the issues in greater detail, outlining what led up to the problem and what can be done differently going forward in order to prevent it from happening again. We’re following the film with a panel of local beekeepers and honey makers (Golden Rule Honey, Allandale Honey Co & more!) discussing their work… And then we’ll get to taste their bounty! It’s your chance to learn the nuances of honey and talk to the folks that make it. And understand exactly why we need to be informed and make changes to prevent honeybees from disappearing again. This screening is generously co-sponsored by Slow Food Tufts and Slow Food BU. $5 fee. You may reserve a space on line at www.slowfoodboston.com/reserve.cfm?eno=873.

  • Sunday, February 13, 2:00 pm – Forks Over Knives

    Diabetes. Heart Disease. Obesity. What is going on in our society? Why are we so sick? The next film in Slow Food’s 2011 Winter Film Series explores these issues, and even tries to make some recommendations for what we can do to stop sliding down this slippery slope of illness.

    On Sunday February 13th at 2:00PM come by the Museum of Science (co-sponsor of the event)  for a screening of Forks Over Knives, an amazing and eye-opening documentary about the connection between our diet and the diseases that are so prevalent in our society today.

    Now, the health side of the eating equation isn’t our normal stomping ground, we know — but encouraging folks to eat more sustainably is. And we believe that eating more sustainability means eating closer to the source: locally grown fruits and vegetables, pasture-raised antibiotic & hormone free meats and dairy…. (You know the drill by now!) Eating sustainably also means cooking more, taking time to enjoy the process of preparing and eating your meals. And frankly, we believe that all of this dovetails nicely into the questions raised in the film. Because it is our oh-so-humble opinion that many of society’s health related ills could be solved by eating this way.

    But enough of the soap box rant! Come check out the film for yourself, and learn more from the *special* speaker planned for afterward. We can guarantee you’ll walk away with your eyes opened wide and a few small changes ready in your toolbox! $5 fee.  Reserve now at    www.slowfoodboston.com/reserve.cfm?eno=851.

  • Wednesday, December 1, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Amy Cotler

    Slow Food BU is hosting author Amy Cotler at the George Sherman Union Building, Boston University Central, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, On Wednesday, December 1,  from 7 – 8:30 pm.  Amy writes:

    “I have been a chef, culinary educator, farm to table and school advocate for almost 3 decades. I have a Farm to School book that has been distributed free to every district in the state and is free on my website. I began my career with my colleague Robyn Van En, the founder of the CSA movement in North America and have been working towards a better food system ever since, founding the non-profit Berkshire Grown, coordinating farm to restaurant work for the Chefs Collaborative and much more.  I will be doing a speaking and book signing from my book, The Locavore Way, which is a comprehensive guide for everyone to seeking out and savoring local food, as well as becoming an advocate in your community. To find out more, visit my website and local food recipes blog at : http://www.amycotler.com.”

  • Wednesday, June 16, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Farm to Fork Discussion Panel – Willow Speaking

    Come to Boston University’s Sargent College, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 101, on Wednesday, June 16, beginning at 6:30 pm, for a provoking panel discussion in the Farm to Fork series. How do we get the food we eat? At the grocery store? From the deli? Out of a backyard? This panel of specialists is excited about local food, but beyond passion, they are ready to share with you how they farm, how they buy, and how they serve with intention. You’ll walk away inspired by what’s possible! Meet the panelists: John Lee of Allandale Farms, chef JJ Gonson, Jeff Morin, Manager of City Feed and Willow Blish, volunteer co-leader of the Boston chapter of Slow Food. The evening will be moderated by Drew Love, FRESH’s Event Coordinator for Boston and Intern for the Real Food Challenge. Tickets: $10.   At this event, you will receive a free voucher to see FRESH at the Brattle Theatre June 18-23. More information: http://action.freshthemovie.com/p/d/freshthemovie/event/display-theater-event.sjs?event_KEY=21814#freshweek3

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  • Wednesday, March 31, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Eat It to Save It

    “Eat It to Save It” is a growing movement led by the Slow Food USA Organization’s Ark of Taste Committee. It is an effort to save regional food systems by showing how you can support biodiversity and sustainably-produced foods by EATING them.  You can all do your part as consumer activists to promote and support responsibly-made and sourced foods. There are a number of local businesses working hard to do the right thing: making and selling quality products that are good for the people and planet. Please join the next Agrowcity event on Wednesday, March 31, at Bunker Hill Community College, 250 Rutherford Avenue in Boston,  to meet some of our local heroes and see how you can vote with your dollar! Harvest Co-op is a community-owned, not-for-profit grocery cooperative.  Hilltop Farm is a 28-acre local farm running a Community Support Agriculture (CSA)program. You will also have the opportunity to meet other local businesses and producers in the area. For more information, log on to  http://www.meetup.com/Agrowcity/calendar/12838697/

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