Storytelling at Gaia...

The lovely folk at Gaia have recently sent us this poster about a new storytelling evening they are hosting on the last Thursday of every month. Bit late notice for today, but the first one is tonight... Maybe see you there sometime!

The Age of Stupid is coming to the Royal Spa Centre

Well, after the Apollo cinema mysteriously pulled the plug on showing The Age of Stupid back in March, the Leamington Royal Spa Centre has come up trumps and will be showing the film on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th April, at 6pm (for more details, click on the link below).

Whether it sways you or not, apparently even Ken Livingstone was moved to say that "every single person in the country should be forcibly made to watch this film"!

So... if you possibly can, get yourselves down to the Spa Centre in a couple of weeks' time and we'll see you there!

The Age of Stupid at Leamington Royal Spa Centre

US regulation HR875 and its impact on sustainable food systems

Canalside member and fellow blogger, Elizabeth, recently forwarded on the below link about the new 'Food Safety & Modernization Act of 2009' that was introduced in the USA in February this year. This new proposal (as it still is) seeks to set in place heavy bureaucratic hoops for small producers to jump through, leading to the very likely destruction of small-scale and truly sustainable food production systems such as farmer's markets and CSAs. Cynics will certainly pick up on the point that the woman behind this Act, Rosa Delauro, is married to a political consultant who has worked with Monsanto in the past - need I say more?

We are not in America, so this may well not affect us now, but who's to say this draconian proposal won't find its way across the pond at some point...?

HR875 - The Death of Farmer's Markets, CSAs and Local Food

Master Pasta Event in Lillington

All welcome to consume or to help at the Action 21/Lillington Fresh Food Group Master Pasta family food event, on Thursday April 16th from 1pm to 3pm at the Youth Centre, Mason Avenue, Lillington (next door to children's centre near library).

Make fresh pasta, cook it and eat it with our sauces, or take away to cook at home.

Blendavenda smoothies too, and lots more…

Tell all your friends!