Jill Richardson from La Vida Locavore in San Francisco March 11th

I’m hosting a discussion on on sustainable food issues with food politics writer Jill Richardson this Thursday evening in San Francisco, along with writer-farmer Jason Mark from Alemany Farms. If you saw the movie “Food, Inc.” and care about changing our food system, Jill’s blog “La Vida Locavore” is one to follow.

Jill will talk about what current important food issues we can all participate it in right now. including food safety and school lunch reform Jason will provide some tips on how we can get involved in food production in our own backyards.

Jill Richardson is the founder of La Vida Locavore, one of the top ten blogs on sustainable food according to Mark Bittman at the New York Times. She also contributes regularly to AlterNet. She’s a member of the Organic Consumers Association policy advisory board and the author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System Is Broken and What We Can Do to to Fix it.“

Jason Mark is a writer-farmer active in the sustainable food movement. He is a co-author of Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots and the editor of the Earth Island Journal. His writings have appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Utne Reader, San Francisco Chronicle, Gastronomica, Alternet.org, and Grist.org. He co-manages San Francisco’s Alemany Farm, a four-acre organic fruit and vegetable garden in the city.

Event starts at 6:30pm and goes until 8pm at Viracocha, a new arts space/store at 998 Valencia. Make sure to RSVP here or directly to me at vera00 (at) gmail.com. I’ll have donations from fair trade chocolate company Alter-Eco and Bi-Rite market too, and the space is quite cool!