Food Thinkers + Doers Coming to LA – Good Food Festival

General Information not meant to be negative disclaimer

Despite the name shared with your favorite food radio show, the Good Food Festival is organized by a Chicago based wonderful non-profit Family Farmed, not by KCRW’s Good Food. They’be been doing a Good Food festival in the MidWest for years under that name.

What: Good Food Festival & Conference

When: September 14-18, 2011 (Next Week!)

Where: Various Venues in Santa Monica

Why: Whatever you’re into food wise (except for the fast and ugly) it’ll be there. Great Food? – yep Fun Chefs? yep Great Thinkers from National Food Movement? definitely yep Farmers? yep Film Series? yep

So check out the schedule and see what intrigues you. I’ll be doing the following:

Moderating the Opening Symposium with the following stellar Panel (FREE)

Thurs Sep 15 at 6:30pm at SAMO HIGH

Will Allen, Growing Power

Laura Avery, Santa Monica Farmers Market

Mayor Richard Bloom – City of Santa Monica

Father Greg Boyle, Homeboy Industries

Suzanne Goin, Lucques, AOC, Tavern

Kathleen Merrigan, USDA Deputy Secretary

Michael O’Gorman, Farmer Veteran Coalition

Fran Pavley, California State Senator, 23^rd District

Mark Peel, Campanile

Amelia Saltsman, author, Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook

Alex Weiser, Weiser Family Farms

Cooking with Sang Yoon (Fathers Office + Lukshon) – part of Chef’s at Play series

Sat, Sep 17 at 10:30am at SAMO High

Moderating Panel on Food and Media – part of Good Food for Thought Speaker series

Sat, Sep 17 at 12noon at SAMO High

Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly

Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly

Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times

Tom Philpott, Mother Jones

Naomi Starkman, Civil Eats