all across the country, on september 7th, communities joined together to hold an
"eat-in." the message was simple...show congress that it is time for change. its time for children to start eating "real" food, no more over-proccessed reheated frozen foods. i was lucky enough to take part in one held at spiraling orchard in los angeles.
sometimes life gets pretty hectic and we forget to give back to our communties. i'm glad someone (cara speckhals) woke me up and offered me a chance to be a part of this. being that i go the farmer's market every week, i was responsible for hunting and gathering all the donations. cara graciously organized all of the prepping and cooking of the meal, all while holding down a full time job and some very intense personal obligations. nancy zuniga and lisa nunez are the two amazing women who brought the whole thing together. without their dedication to the community, kids and spiraling orchard this would not have been possible. in the days leading up to the event, my team over at tavern (cara, stephanie and ty) all helped prep boxes and boxes of fruits and veggies for the big day. once all of our crisps and crumbles were assembled, we had a whole room full of them.
cara and all the crisps
all the donations from the santa monica farmer's market
thank you to all the farmers who helped make this possible:
bettina birch
peter schaner
coleman
tenerelli
honeycrisp
*for more photos of the event please visit:
spiraling orchard's "eat-in"
