Monday, March 29, 2010

Brew-off and Beer Luck tickets!

Tickets are now officially on sale for Slow Food Tufts upcoming Brew Off and Beer Luck - the first ever student homebrew competition and beer tasting! Enter your own brew, or just come to taste (and judge!) your fellow students' concoctions. 


Slow Food Tufts Brew Off and Beer Luck
Thursday April 29 - 5:30 pm
Jaharis Cafe & Patio (weather permitting)
150 Harrison Avenue


Admission is $5 and includes entry into the event, homebrew samples, edible beer/food pairings, and a chance to talk beer with your talented Tufts homebrew community. Expert judges include brewmasters from local breweries and other beer aficionados who will also be on hand to indulge your brew knowledge. Plus, you'll be able to vote for your favorite brew and nominate a students' favorite!

And don't forget...

DEADLINE TO ENTER IS THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST. Send an email with your name, school, and beer you'll be brewing to Juli.Obudzinski@tufts.edu.

Happy brewing!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Film Series: Bullshit

Please join Slow Food Tufts and Slow Food Boston for a film and panel discussion addressing the truly thorny issues facing agriculture around the world: the rise of globalisation, seed patenting, genetic engineering, bio-piracy, and the loss of indigenous knowledge.


3rd Annual Film Series - Bullshit 
Sunday, 03/14/2010 3:30PM (tickets $5)
Location: Posner Hall, 200 Harrison Ave
        

Bullshit is a documentary film from Pea Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian about Vandana Shiva, who TIME Magazine calls "...a hero of our times, an icon for youngsters all over the world."

Shiva is an Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist, as well as an organic farmer who doesn't hesitate to travel far & wide in order to argue the plights of the Indian farmers. The film follows her as she does battle with one of her toughest opponents, Monsanto, when they try to patent an ancient Indian strain of wheat.

The issues facing the Indian farmers are facing the farmers in our own country as well, as we have seen in films like Fresh or Food, Inc. We use our post-film panel to bring these issues home; we'll be joined by local foods advocate Jamey Lionette, Tufts professor Dr. Sheldon Krimsky, Christie Higginbottom, garden historian at Old Sturbridge Village and heirloom produce advocate and FarmAid associate director Glenda Yoder.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tufts Dining Services to pilot ‘going trayless’

We've been following the trayless initiative spearheaded by a determined Ex-College class on the Medford Campus. The Tufts Daily reports that the students have been successful in convincing Dining Services to agree to a pilot to start in Carmichael Dining Hall after spring break! Great work!

Check out the full story here:
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/dining-services-to-pilot-going-trayless-1.2177528

Monday, March 1, 2010

Brew off!!

Click on the image to read more about the awesome upcoming Brew-off & Beer-luck:



Slow Food Tufts Brew-off and Beer-luck
Thursday, April 29
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Jaharis Cafe - Boston Campus


Let the brewing begin!

Friday, February 5, 2010

SFT & SFBoston present "The End of the Line" this Sunday



Slow Food Tufts & Slow Food Boston are proud to present "The End of the Line," as part of SFB's 3rd annual film series, this Sunday, Feb. 7 at 3:30 pm. 
  
    

Details: 
Grilling beautiful tuna steaks. The ubiquitous shrimp cocktail. Polluted fish farms. Mercury. Omega 3 fatty acids. Fishing quotas. Ouch - purchasing & consuming seafood has never been so rife with conflict as it is now. Well, we're trying to help - the next film in our 3rd Annual Winter Film Series might, if we're lucky, provide more insight.

This somewhat unnerving documentary The End of the Line explores issues like those above in what the LA Times called a "...crisp, informative and convincing way..." The NY Times says, despite some flaws, that it "...subverts our ancient faith in the ocean as an inexhaustible resource, offering a persuasive case that the major species of edible fish are headed for extinction."

Join us for this in-depth look at current research and thoughts on our oceans, the fish that populate them and the people whose livelihoods depend on them. Oh, not to mention the effects all of it has on those of us on the other end of the chain: the consumers!

Our post-film panel includes founder of 'Teach a Man to Fish,' writer Jacqueline Church, director ofconservation at the New England Aquarium Heather Tausig and activist Niaz Dorry, who works with groups such as Cape Ann Fresh Catch and the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance. They will help us learn about issues facing the New England coastline, our local fishing industries and the mouths that depend on th

em.

Please do join us and our co-sponsor, Slow Food Boston, for this eye-opening and thought-provoking film. Cost is $5, payable at the door by cash or check.

Directions: 
Posner Hall at Tufts' Friedman School of Nutrition is located at 200 Harrison Avenue, off

 of Kneeland Street. It is close to Chinatown, the Theater district and the New England Medical Center.

Closest public transport options are the Orange Line NE Medical Center stop, Silver Line SL4 & SL5 stop on Washington St @ the Medical Center, as well as the Green Line Boylston St stop. South Station is also in the vicinity. Street parking is limited in the area, but there are garages on Washington Street.

A Google map of the area can be found HERE.