Slow Food - Time for Lunch! in the New York Times

Big shout-out from the NY Times for school lunch reform! And a hefty mention for the Slow Food - Time for Lunch! campaign for school lunch reform and our Eat-In/Potluck Labor Day.

Join the Time for Lunch! campaign for better school lunches (we need volunteers!) and our Labor Day potluck at MLK Jr. Park* in Berkeley 11:30-3:00PM Labor Day, Monday Sept. 7 (more details in an earlier post). Go to slowfoodusa.org for more info and to locate a Labor Day potluck near you.

* Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park
2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, (between Allston Way and Center Street)
Berkeley, CA map

BIG HUGE REALLY IMPORTANT UPDATE

!!! TIME CHANGE !!!

The Slow Food East Bay: Time for Lunch! Eat-In/Potluck TIME HAS CHANGED

The new time is 11:30PM - 3:00PM

Please mark your calendars!

The Time for Lunch! Eat-In/Potluck will still take place Labor Day, Monday Sept. 7 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park 2151 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, (between Allston Way and Center Street) in Berkeley

See you there!

Join the Time for Lunch! campaign for better school lunches (we need volunteers!). Go to slowfoodusa.org for more info and to locate a Labor Day potluck near you.

Time for Lunch! Update: Kid Stuff and More

• More Activities for the Kids
- Magnolia Photo Booth, get a free souvenir photos in a vintage photo booth!
- Garden Fare will be doing plantings and other kid-friendly projects!
- Laloo’s Ice Cream will have free treats!

• Music
- Uncle Eye

Join the Time for Lunch! campaign for better school lunches (we need volunteers!) and our Labor Day potluck at MLK Jr. park in Berkeley 11:30-2:30 Monday Sept. 7 (more details in an earlier post). Go to slowfoodusa.org for more info and to locate a Labor Day potluck near you.

Time for Lunch! Update: Speakers

• Guest Speakers (more to come)
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee
- Jessica Prentice, Three Stone Hearth
- Leon Davis, Hope Collaborative
- Jacob Wright, Center for Ecoliteracy
- Youth Radio, Student Speaker
- Ecology Center, Berkeley High Student Speaker

Join the Time for Lunch! campaign for better school lunches (we need volunteers!) and our Labor Day potluck at MLK Jr. park in Berkeley 11:30-2:30 Monday Sept. 7 (more details in an earlier post). Go to slowfoodusa.org for more info and to locate a Labor Day potluck near you.

Marion Nestle: Let the school-meals revolution begin

w00t! The school lunch revolution is picking up steam. An article by noted nutritionist and author Marion Nestle gives a big shout-out to Slow Food's Time for Lunch! campaign for better school lunches. Join the campaign (we need volunteers!) and our Labor Day potluck at MLK Jr. park in Berkeley 11:30-2:30 Monday Sept. 7 (more details in an earlier post). Go to slowfoodusa.org for more info and to locate a Labor Day potluck near you.

Visit us at the Eat Real Festival!

Slow Food East Bay: Time For Lunch! campaign will be at the Eat Real Festival all weekend August 28 - 30. Come visit, sign up for the Time For Lunch! Eat-In/Potluck and enjoy the fantastic array of local street food! It's FREE! (food is $1 - $5)

Here's an update on the Eat-In Labor Day festivities!

• Guest Speakers more to come
- Congresswoman Barbara Lee
- Jessica Prentice, Three Stone Hearth
- Leon Davis, Hope Collaborative
- Center for Ecoliteracy

• Live Music

• Activities for the Kids
- Magnolia Photo Booth, get free souvenir photos in a vintage photo booth
- Garden Fair will be doing plantings and other kid-friendly projects

• Participants (partial list)
- Laloo’s Ice Cream
- Acme Bread
- Roots of Change