IT’S COMPLICATED

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A Series of Conversations about Eating, Cooking,
and The Politics of Food

On Hiatus until Fall 2013

Oliveto owners Bob and Maggie Klein and Executive Chef Jonah Rhodehamel are pleased to announce It’s Complicated, a series of conversations about eating, cooking, and the politics of food, aimed at going beyond the quick-take, 140 character understanding of complex food-system issues.*

Upcoming It’s Complicated events:

Rethinking School Lunch in Oakland
Sunday, October 14, 2012
1:00 – 2:30

in conjunctions with Oakland Unified School District and The Center for Ecoliteracy
Panelists will include:
Zenobia Barlow, Executive Director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, Jennifer LeBarre, Oakland Unified School District Director of Nutrition Services, Jody London, Chair of Oakland Unified School District Board of Education, and Ruth Woodruff, Co-Founder of Oakland School Food Alliance
THIS IS A FREE EVENT

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A GMO Primer: How GMO Crops Can Affect Biodiversity, Food Safety, Sustainable Farming, the Food Economy, and the Ecosphere
Sunday, October 21, 2012
1:00 – 2:30

in partnership with 18 Reasons
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All eyes are on California this November and on Proposition 37, a ballot initiative mandating labeling of foods containing genetically engineered crops. Huge resources are being thrown at this proposition, also known as the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. But what exactly are GMOs and why do they matter?

Before you fill out your ballot, join us for a conversation about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their effects on our health, crop-diversity, cultural heritage, the environment.

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