Let's Talk About Food

Gluten, Dairy, and Nuts: Oh My!

Michael Hynes — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:00:41 +0000

This event has been rescheduled for Friday June 14th at 6:00pm at Harvard/MIT Broad Center

What’s Up with Food Allergies?

Michael Hynes — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:00:52 +0000

This event has been rescheduled for Friday June 14th at 6:00pm at Harvard/MIT Broad Center.

Let’s Redo School Lunch

admin — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:37:22 +0000

Let’s redo lunch. With school back in session, an area group tries fixing the meals students eat. We think that a group of focused people, working hard together, could fix the food children eat at school. This is an important challenge: For many Massachusetts students, the cafeteria meals they eat represent about half their total caloric intake for the day.

Food Day: October, 2013

smccrory — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:05:55 +0000

Louisa Kasdon

Mark your calendars! The 2nd annual celebration of Food Day, organized by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).

Slated for October, Food Day is nationwide. It’s a movement, a celebration, an opportunity to emphasize the importance of healthy, affordable and sustainable food. For everyone. You can [...]

Eat your leftovers! On “sell-by” dates and wasted food

LeighB — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:08:46 +0000

Did you know that the average American family pitches $2,000 worth of food into the garbage every year? Scaled up, it’s a mountain of waste totaling $100 billion annually. In a country and world where so many people don’t have enough to eat, the figures on food waste are enough to turn your [...]

GMO labeling debate continues in Hawaii, New Mexico,Washington

LeighB — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:42:46 +0000

Genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) are just one of the issues we’ll be discussing this March at the Harvard Law School Food Law Society’s 2013 Forum on Food Labeling, which we’re co-presenting. But it might be one of the most contentious. Last November, [...]

Second Annual LTAF Festival

admin — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:59:07 +0000

Second Annual LTAF Festival. Boston, October 2013. Our next free public Festival will be in Boston in early October. Fingers crossed that we will be able to announce the precise location and the precise date and time in the next few weeks.

Upcoming Plans for Let’s Talk About Food

admin — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:32:03 +0000

Let’s Talk About Food Festival 2013 –early next fall! Location and dates to be announced in February
Let’s Talk About School Food “Breakfast Group” Next meeting january 16

Putting the Label on the Table

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:46:54 +0000

Putting the Label on the Table. Harvard Food Law Society Friday March 8 – Saturday March 9th 2013. Sponsored by Let’s Talk About Food. LTAF has been working with the Harvard Law Food Society on a major conference on Food Labeling – a very important topic in our world today. What can you trust? What ”labels” have legal definitions and which are marketing handles? For registration and information visit http://www.hlsforumonfoodlabeling.com/sponsors.

School Lunch Breakfast Club

acuna — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:51:28 +0000

The Let’s Talk About Food Breakfast Club is a “Food Think Tank”, a once-a month working and networking session focused on School Food in Massachusetts. Co-chaired by chef Jody Adams, the Breakfast Club connects a broad cross-section of civic and policy actors, school officials, academics, chefs, professionals from not-for-profits and for-profits. Our focus is on sustainable change in School Food in Massachusetts. [...]