Comments on: Edible Education 101: Rock Stars of Food Movement Teach UC Berkeley Class

By: jHolland

jHolland — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:15:30 +0000

I’ve only missed a couple of classes and there have been some high points and some low points. I go with a group of “native” Berkeley-ites, UCB alums, foodies, over 50, the whole 9 yards. We were devastated by the Wal Mart guy- avoidance corporate-speak and filibustering indeed!; thought Ms. Waters should NEVER appear without a script and compared very poorly to Reich; the Public Health lady totally boring. However, the “statistician” was fantastic for an otherwise potentially dull presentation; Petrini is the real rock star here in partnership with Kumer – their duet was a piece of theatre!!!! – ; Lustig was outstanding; the Small Planet lady a bit over the top but loveable; etc. Your concept is wonderful but you know by now it needs fine tuning. The format for question and answer never works well so should be changed – the “don’t talk about yourself” admonition needs to be repeated. The “2-questions-at-a-time” idea loses the questions, which might be a good thing in some cases.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:41:26 +0000

any chance this class series could come up to UC davis or Sacramento State?

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:55:51 +0000

Marijke, good news! There is a webcast, sponsored by Bon Appetit Management Company. Here is a link to last week’s talk with Marion Nestle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tCkGenlDlw. Also, if you scroll up on our blog you can see the webcast from the first class in the course with Slow Food Movement founder, Carlo Petrini.

By: Marijke Blazer

Marijke Blazer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:23:44 +0000

Sounds amazing! Any chance of making podcasts/videos available?