{"id":2390,"date":"2016-06-28T23:43:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T03:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2390"},"modified":"2016-06-28T23:43:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T03:43:20","slug":"charlie-hong-kong-hosts-benefit-for-amigo-bob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=2390","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Hong Kong hosts benefit for Amigo Bob"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charlie Hong Kong will donate 10% of sales on June 30 to Amigo Bob CantisanobSan<\/p><\/div>\n

On Thursday, June 30, during the entire time it\u2019s open (11 a.m. to 11 p.m.), Santa Cruz restaurant Charlie Hong Kong<\/a> is donating 10% of sales to organic pioneer Amigo Bob Cantisano. The man who many call \u201cAmigo\u201d has been fighting stage four cancer for the last two-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n

Charlie Hong Kong co-owner Carolyn Rudolph shares that Amigo \u201cdevoted more than 45 years to growing the Organic Movement\u2026he started one of the first organic farm supply companies, founded an organic food co-op, helped establish CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) and created the renowned annual Ecological Farming Conference at Asilomar.\u201d That latter event, known as EcoFarm, is the largest sustainable-agriculture gathering in the Western US and had its 36th incarnation earlier this year.<\/p>\n

An activist, teacher and leader, Amigo has advised organic farmers all over the world. For years, he has focused his life on building organic agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has probably prevented thousands of cancers through his work,\u201d Rudolph says. \u201cNow he needs our support. Charlie Hong Kong, with the support of CCOF, wants to express our gratitude and support to the \u2018grandfather\u2019 of the Organic Movement.\u201d Any questions, call her at 831-818-1814.<\/p>\n

For anyone unfamiliar with Charlie Hong Kong, the restaurant sells very delicious, affordable food featuring locally grown produce. They describe their cuisine as \u201corganic Asian street food\u201d and they have selections to satisfy vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free customers \u2013 as well as folks like me who love meat and seafood (although I probably order CHK\u2019s sweet garlic tofu about every other time I\u2019m there; it\u2019s fantastic!).<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about Amigo, I noticed that an oral history<\/a> about him is part of the \u201cCultivating a Movement\u201d series that was completed in 2010. \u201cCultivating a Movement: An Oral History Series on Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming on California’s Central Coast<\/a>\u201d includes 58 (!) interviews with farmers, activists, researchers, and educators. UC Santa Cruz\u2019s Regional Oral History Project conducted this documentary oral history project.<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: Charlie Hong Kong, 1141 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, 831-426-5664<\/p>\n

Follow me on Twitter @santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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