Brigham Young University - Hawaii on Saturday and Punahou School on Monday include screening of Food Inc. and discussion
Time for Lunch, Slow Food's campaign in support of fresh, wholesome, local school lunches, is sponsoring a potluck lunch this Labor Day weekend. All are invited. See what local elementary schools and BYU-Hawaii are doing with school gardens and food programs.
Bring a picnic blanket and a home-cooked dish to share. In keeping with the eco-friendly nature of the event, bring your own reusable plates, forks and cups.
BYU-Hawaii Eat-In, Laie, Oahu, Saturday, September 5:
Potluck from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the BYU-Hawai’i cafeteria lawn, Laie. A free screening of Food Inc. will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the BYU-Hawaii auditorium. Due to some graphic factory farming scenes, this film may not be appropriate for young children under the age of 12. Parental discretion is advised.
For families attending the screening, a keiki-friendly film and activity will be provided nearby. Panelists will include Pamela Boyar, Hale'iwa Farmers' Market founder and coordinator; Dexter Kishida, Kokua Hawai'i Foundation school food coordinator; Ryan Costello, founder & owner of Land of Organic; Dean Okimoto, Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation president and owner of Nalo Farms; and others.
55-220 Kulanui Street, La'ie, HI 96762
Organizer email (Kaliko)
Organizer email (Laurie)
Punahou School event, Honolulu, Oahu, Monday, September 7
If you don't get to Saturday's potluck, at 4 p.m. on Monday, September 7 there will be a Food Inc. screening and discussion at Punahou School’s Thurston Memorial Chapel, Honolulu. Instead of potluck, this event will start off at 3:30 p.m. with a light food tasting provided by Town Restaurant’s Ed Kenney. Seating is limited.
1601 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96822
Kamuela, HI (Big Island) Eat-In, Monday, September 7, 2009
Where: Waimea Elementary School Cafeteria, 67-1225 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kamuela, Hawaii 96743-8399
When: Community Potluck Lunch from 11:00 am - 1 p.m.
Organizer: Jeanne Oshima
Organizer email
Waikoloa, HI (Big Island) Eat-In, Monday, September 7, 2009
Where: Waikoloa Elementary School Cafeteria, 68-1730 Hooko Street, Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
When: Community Potluck Lunch from 11:00am-1:00 pm
Organizer: Jeanne Oshima
Organizer email
Maui Eat-In, Monday, September 7, 2009
Where: Baldwin High School, 1650 Kaahumanu Avenue, Wailuku, HI
When: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Organizer: Charlene Kauhane
Organizer email
More Maui Eat-In details: Maui's own George Kahumoku will perform from noon – 1 p.m. Kahumoku is a long-time farmer and educator. He currently teaches at L?hainaluna High School. Joel Katz of Seaside Recording and a member of the Cool Katz will also perform, from 11 a.m. – noon. Maui will provide FREE letter writing and art supplies donated and organized by Dania Katz, mother of two elementary school children, and sales representative for the magazine Edible Hawaiian Islands.
For more details on the Oahu BYU-Hawaii Eat-In and the Punahou light tasting and Food Inc. screenings, see the press release (pdf).
Links:
Kokua Hawaii Foundation website
Get real food in schools
Food Inc. Movie site
