November 2009 News and Events
In the month of thanks and giving, there is much to celebrate!
In this issue:
- Roots wins first place in Patagonia Voice Your Choice Awards!
- Classy Awards Nomination
- La Milpa Pizza-for-Water Fundraiser; Saturday, Nov. 7, 3pm
- Food for Thought Free Film Event: FLOW; Tuesday, Nov 10, 5pm, UCSD
- Sustainable Planet: Food Lecture Series Event; Tuesday, Nov 10, 6:30pm, San Diego Natural History Museum
- Friends of Local Farms Potluck Picnic, Music, Film; Saturday, November 21, 4pm, JR Organics
- Roots now on Facebook
- Get involved!
Roots wins First Place (and $2500!) in Patagonia Cardiff
Voice Your Choice!
Thanks to all who voted and helped to spread the word, San Diego Roots won first place at the Voice Your Choice program at Patagonia Cardiff. We will dedicate the $2500 contest gift towards our educational initiatives and are proud of our "competitors" WildCoast and the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy for their wonderful work as well (thanks to VYC, we all won!). Many thanks goes out to the staff at Patagonia Cardiff for providing us with this opportunity and making it so enjoyable!
To find out more about Patagonia and the work they do to help environmental causes, click here.
Roots Nominated for Stay Classy San Diego Awards
Presented by StayClassy.org, a local philanthropic social networking organization, we have been nominated for the Charity of the Year award, and need your help to win! The voting is open to the public from now until November 14, so please take a moment to vote for us by clicking here and then consider joining us at the awards ceremony!
La Milpa Friends for A Well
Pizza and Movie Fundraiser
Saturday, November, 7, 3pm
Come join us at La Milpa Organica Farm for a benefit party to help raise funds for our well. Pizza will be served $2 a slice. A raffle, music, and other activities will be held.
The event begins at 3pm with a free movie showing at 6pm (family-friendly film to be announced). Dessert donation -- consider donating a dessert to be sold for $1 a slice.
For more information and directions, please click here.
Food for Thought Free Film & Event
Tuesday, November 10, 5pm, UCSD Price Center
FLOW: An exploration of our food and water challenges
FREE to the public
FOOD | WATER | MUSIC | ART | FILM
UCSD Price Center East Ballroom
- 5 to 6:30pm Open House, Food;
- 6:30pm Flow Film Screening;
- 8pm Panel Discussion
For more information click here
To download a flyer, click here.
Part of the UCSD Water Awareness Month
Presented by: The Student Sustainability Collective, The Sustainable Food Project at UCSD, Aquaholics Anonymous, the San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project, San Diego Coastkeeper, and the San Diego Food & Water Watch.
Sustainable Planet: Food Lecture Series
Tuesday, November 10, 6:30pm
San Diego Natural History Museum
Hosted by Loren Nancarrow
You are what you eat. Learn how what you eat affects
the world around you.
$5 per person. Advance registration recommended.
Click here to go to the website.
Click here to download the flyer.
Cultivating Justice through Sustainable Food Systems
Lecture with Heather Fenney, Community Services Unlimited, Inc.;
and Ellee Igoe, San Diego International Rescue Committee
Learn where the conventional/global food system has gone wrong, and how building a local, sustainable and just food system can help get us back on course.
With nearly one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions coming from the food and agriculture sector, it’s critical that food-system changes be part of any effort to reduce and reverse effects of global warming. Learn where the conventional/global food system has gone wrong, and how building a local, sustainable and just food system can help get us back on course.
Friends of Local Farms Potluck Picnic, Music & Film Event
Potluck Picnic | Music | Film
Friend-raising Event
Saturday, November 21, 4-9pm
JR Organics, Escondido
up the street from La Milpa Organica
31030 Rodriguez Rd, Escondido 92026 (714) 235-3219
Click here to go to JR Organics website
Bring:
- a large dish (with your name on the dish) to share, preferably organic, locally sourced.
- utensils, plate, cup
- lawn chairs and blankets to sit on
- portable lights
- warm clothing for a cool night
- family (all ages), and folks you care about.
- Musical Instruments, Drums... etc.
Please no pets. Volunteers Appreciated for set up, break down, clean up, bands
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Roots is now on Facebook!
For those you on Facebook, you can now follow all things happening with SD Roots by becoming a fan of San Diego Roots by clicking here. Please invite your friends to join us as well!
Get Involved with Roots
We are always proud to engage our community with volunteer opportunities and there are many ways to be involved. From garden builds with Victory Gardens to event planning and fundraising, there are opportunities for everyone, so please join us at our weekly Action Team Meetings (Mondays at 4pm at the OB People's Co-op) or visit our volunteer page [linked] to find out more ways to get involved. Many thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers!
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