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Urban Green at Good Food Festival and Conference in Santa Monica

The Santa Monica Farmers Market is celebrating its 30

anniversary by partnering with FamilyFarmed.org to launch the

GOOD FOOD Festival & Conference. This unprecedented

multi-day festival showcases locally and sustainably produced

food and innovative leaders from the good food movement.

It will focus on regional and national issues integral to building

local food systems, supporting California family farms, and

educating people and families about the benefits of good food.

Participants include some of the nation and region's most distinguished farmers, chefs, artisan food producers,

thinkers, and food entrepreneurs. The event consists of five

days of speaker panels, chef demos, exhibitor trade and

consumer shows, food policy summit, and film screening, plus a

"Localicious Gala" party at the Annenberg Community

Beach House on the ocean.

urban green llc will be presenting at the good food festival

Join Urban Green at the Santa Monica GOOD FOOD Festival & Conference this Sunday, September 18, 2011, 10:30am – 11:45am — Urban Farming/ Homesteading at Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, $10

Click here to buy tickets to the Good Food for Thought Speaker Series and all our other Good Food Festival Events.

The Santa Monica Farmers Market is celebrating its 30th anniversary by partnering with FamilyFarmed.org to launch the GOOD FOOD Festival & Conference. This unprecedented multi-day festival showcases locally and sustainably produced food and innovative leaders from the good food movement.

It will focus on regional and national issues integral to building local food systems, supporting California family farms, and educating people and families about the benefits of good food.

Participants include some of the nation and region's most distinguished farmers, chefs, artisan food producers, thinkers, and food entrepreneurs. The event consists of five days of speaker panels, chef demos, exhibitor trade and consumer shows, food policy summit, and film screening, plus a "Localicious Gala" party at the Annenberg Community Beach House on the ocean.

The GOOD FOOD Festival Street Fair will take place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 & 18 from 10am-7pm at Santa Monica High School. Tickets are $10 and include a one-day pass, admission to workshops, food sampling and activities for the entire family.

Tickets can purchased at http://goodfoodfestivals.eventbrite.com/

Urban Green Plants Seeds of Change

Intersections South L.A.

Published: August 23, 2010

He wants to open little kiosks all over Los Angeles that sell food that is grown on site. He wants one day a week to be devoted to feeding the hungry. He wants his cafés and gardens to empower "city dwellers" to take control of their food source. And he wants to do this in a zero waste, environmentally friendly way.

In this audio slideshow, Smith talks about his vision for Urban Green, a company he started in 2001 with the motto “Waste Not, Want Not.”

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The Neighborhood Files: Urban Green

South Pasadena Patch

Published: October 28, 2010

While at first glance it may seem that the Urban Green booth at Farmers Market is just another vendor selling homemade, organic goods, this company is doing a whole lot more than just preparing tasty nibbles.

Defined as a "triple bottom line life style company," Urban Green L.A. is a business that values and promotes all aspects of healthy, sustainable and locally grown food. From the food they grow and prepare, to the workshops and films put on at "On Spring," a community event space with a café and edible garden in downtown Los Angeles, this is one business model that packs a lot of punch.

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