Updates & Announcements

[Slow Food Spokane River Hall]

CHILDHOOD NUTRITION WORK...

To all who made it to our Eat-In at Comstock on Labor Day and/or were able to sign the national Slow Food USA petition, thank you for your support! Check this out! Our efforts helped make change! http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/09/0441.xml  Please continue to be involved in our local Slow Food activities. If there is someone out there willing to head up more child/youth related events in our area, please contact us at sf.spok...@gmail.com. And to all... don't miss out on the special offer for new people to join Slow Food USA for a year by 9/30/09 for any level donation you can afford (usually a $60 payment)! https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5986/t/6238/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=1166 

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LOCAL NUTRITION WORK...

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The Food Bank has received hundreds of egg donations to give out to families in need, but they don't have enough egg cartons to put them in. 

We have eggs.  We NEED cartons! 

Help others in need by donating your gently used egg cartons downtown at the Saranac Building lobby by September 30th (collection bin will be on site) at 25 West Main St. or contact Spokane Valley Partners Food Bank at (509) 927-1153 to find out how you can get involved.

If you're going to a movie at the Magic Lantern or a meal at Isabella's, don't forget to bring an egg carton donation.

The need is immediate — thank you for your support!
Main Market Co-op is proud to partner on this request for a healthier & more resilient Inland NW, one bite at a time.  Member owned.  Locally driven. www.mainmarket.coop <http://www.mainmarket.coop/> 

Just in from our friends at Project H.O.P.E.

West Central Market Place (with Riverfront Farm and Vinegar Flats Garden) made a quick and late decision to continure BUT we will operate 
every Saturday through Oct 17th from 10-11:30 at 1414 W. Broadway.

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LOCAL SLOW FOOD MEMBER READING RECOMMENDATIONS, AVAILABLE AT AUNTIE'S!  

Look for the SF Snail on the Sustainability Shelf on the 2nd floor.  Not bad to use for book club recommendations and/or think birthday or holiday gifts!

Seeking additional Slow Food Spokane River book recommendations and reviews about this length.  Please do share - about sustainable food production, cooking and eating.  

Make email subject = SF Book Recommendation

Righteous Porkchop by Nicolette Hahn Niman

The author exposes some realities of the modern day meat, poultry and dairy industries.  Not all doom and gloom, the book also highlights traditional farmers and ranchers doing things.  Find out how a single, vegetarian lawyer ended up a married meat-producer at the eco- friendly Niman Ranch.  -- Karen Berube

 

Farm City by Novella Carpenter

A first-time non-fiction novel that takes you on the journey of raising your own food in the city, in this case the ghetto of Oakland.  From her squat garden to her colorful neighbors, hard to believe it's not fiction.  Carpenter grew up in this area and has the candid humor that proves it.  Book your calendar for her Oct.20th reading @ Auntie's!  -- Jennifer M. Hall

 

In Late Winter We Ate Pears by Deirdre Heekin & Caleb Barber

This is packed with simple and fresh Italian recipes organized by season and accompanied by charming memories of the couple's travels through Italy.  This delightful melding of armchair travel meets cookbook will bring a smile to the food lover's face and a tear to the romantic's eye. --  Kristi Fountain

 

Salmon Forest by David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis

This children’s book is a great story about the life cycle of a salmon.  It stresses systems thinking and the interconnectedness of all things and includes a recipe and glossary at the end. --  Stacey Selcho

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EVENTS ON THE HORIZON...

10/7 - Annual Wheat, Wine & Wild Salmon Dinner at Hill's Restaurant. Always a sell-out - More info & tickets... http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/77327