Terra Madre Forum, February 15

Slow Food members and friends are invited to participate in a Terra Madre Forum on Sunday, February 15th at Moxie in Beachwood.

We hope you'll join us to learn more about Slow Food and the biennial Terra Madre event which took place in Torino, Italy last October. Our 2008 Terra Madre delegates will be on hand to share their experiences and their plans for bringing a taste of Terra Madre home to Ohio!

Moxie's Chef Jonathan Bennett will prepare a hearty, winter lunch including three types of chili with all the fixin's. Non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. A cash bar will be available.

Terra Madre Forum
Sunday, February 15, 12:30pm
Moxie, Beachwood

$10 Active Slow Food Members
$15 Non-Members and Friends
(gratuity not included)

Paid reservations are due by Monday, Feb. 9, 2008.

To reserve your spot, please contact Kari Moore at tel: 216.225.6311 or email: karimoore55@gmail.com with the number in your party. Payment instructions will be emailed to you upon receipt of your request.

For additional information, please give us a call at 216.225.6311.

We hope to see you on the 15th!

The Ultimate Winter Beer Roadtrip

Every once in a while and event comes along that just sounds like too much fun. This one is being organized by our friends the SNOBs, the Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers. Serious winter brew lovers will not want to miss this one.

SNOB’s “Ultimate” Beer & No Sweat Road Trip
Michigan Brewers Guild 4th Annual Winter Brew Festival
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Saturday February 28, 2009

Join the SNOBs for the “Ultimate” Beer and No Sweat event on Saturday, February 28, 2009.
Ride in a comfortable motor coach to Grand Rapids, Michigan, arriving just in time for the brew festival. Partake of the many beers offered at the Michigan Brewers Guild 4th Annual Winter Brew Festival (www.mbgmash.org/)located at Comstock Park. Afterwards, be driven to your hotel, to relax before heading out to enjoy the Grand Rapids brewing scene. Continue with Beer and No Sweat on Sunday, stopping for lunch and beer at a Michigan pub. There are only 50 seats available on the bus, so gather your friends and reserve your seats early!!

This is FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Our bus will depart promptly at 7:00 am. Donuts, muffins, bagels and beverages will be available for munching on the way up. The brew festival is outside, under tents, so dress warmly for the weather. No sweating here! Our hotel is The Days Inn Suites, 3825 28th Street SW, Grandville, Michigan (http://www.daysinn.com/). Grab friends (old or new) and explore the Grand Rapids beer scene. Check out Founders (http://www.foundersbrewing.com/) , Hopcat (http://www.hopcatgr.com/), the Bob and more. Sleep in Sunday morning (11:00 am checkout). On our return home, we’ll stop at a Michigan pub for lunch and what else? More beer! Relax and enjoy the ride home. Additional munchies provided for the trip home. Raffle, SNOBs t-shirt/hat sales available on the bus.

The Road Trip Itinerary:
Saturday Feb. 28:
6:30am: Meet at designated parking location in Westlake, check in and board the bus
7am-Noon: Bus departs and travels to Winter Brew Festival at Comstock Park, Grand Rapids, MI. Donuts, muffins, bagels and beverages available for breakfast. Raffle and T-shirt sales.
Noon-5pm: Arrive at Winter Brew Festival and enjoy the many fine beers available
5-6pm Board the bus back to our hotel, Days Inn Suites, 3825 28th Street SW, Grandville, MI
6pm-?? Dinner (your choice), then explore the brewpubs and beer bars of Grand Rapids

Sunday, March 1:
Sun. 11am: Check out and board the bus for home with a stop at one of Michigan’s fine pubs.
Sun. 8pm: Arrive back at designated parking location in Westlake

Cost:
$150 per person for SNOBs members (double occupancy)
$160 per person for non-SNOBs members (double occupancy)

Price includes: Seat and snacks on the bus, ticket to the Brew Festival (12 tasting tokens), hotel room based on double occupancy, hotel continental breakfast Sunday. Price does not include: food at the Brew Festival, Saturday night dinner, Sunday lunch

Reservations and payment: This is FIRST COME FIRST SERVED as there are only 50 seats on the bus.

To register, contact the SNOBs:
Email John Majetic at kingsnob@gmail.com or
Call 440.463.0565 and leave message.

Happy New Year to all our Slow Food members and friends in Northern Ohio!!!

This note from the folks at Food Democracy Now arrived in my inbox today and I thought I'd pass it along to you. Why not kick off your new year with a vote for a more sustainable USDA?

-Kari

Help Food Democracy Now! — Send in the Sustainable Dozen...www.fooddemocracynow.org

We want to Thank You for signing the original letter at Food Democracy Now! In just three weeks, more than 60,000 Americans have joined Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, Alice Waters, Marion Nestle, Frances Moore Lappé, and Eric Schlosser calling for a sustainable USDA.

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Once the Secretary of Agriculture is confirmed, we will deliver this letter with your comments to him and President Obama in Washington DC.

We at Food Democracy Now! are continuing to give voice to these concerns with policy makers at the federal, state and local levels, to gain a seat at the table and keep these issues at the forefront of future policy decisions.

Currently we are MORE THAN 60,000 voices strong. Please help keep this conversation going...Donate today. By donating as little as $5 or $10 you can make a difference in shaping the conversation at the USDA. Through our collective efforts, this letter has successfully reached "the right people" in Washington and we need to continue this vital work to create a future that we can ALL BELIEVE IN.

From all of us at Food Democracy Now! — Have a Happy, Sustainable New Year!

Best,David Murphy
Food Democracy
Now!http://www.fooddemocracynow.org

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