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Dinner and a Movie with the Community Farmers Market - featuring the new film ‘Good Food'
Thursday, July 10th - Olympic Club Theatre - Centralia, Washington
Contacts:
Brenda Book 360-880-9546, <http://www.communityfarmersmarket.net/> <http://www.communityfarmersmarket.net/> http://www.communityfarmersmarket.net/
Good Food: <http://www.movingimages.org/page25.html> www.movingimages.org/page25.html <http://www.movingimages.org/page25.html>
Something remarkable is happening in the Pacific Northwest; family farms are making a comeback. These farms, the farmers, ranchers, cultivators, and the food they produce, are the focus of a new Moving Images documentary, Good Food. Food, where it comes from, how it is grown and processed is becoming more important for everyone, and Good Food introduces us to the local farmers and ranchers, distributors and restaurants that are building a sustainable food system for the Pacific Northwest. In Good Food we see the beautiful landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and meet some of the leaders in bringing good food to tables across the region.
· Brooke and Sam Lucy of Bluebird Grain Farms in the Methow Valley, plant, harvest and sell organic grain on land they have recovered from years of disuse.
· The Hatfields, family ranchers in eastern Oregon who founded Country Natural Beef, explain how proper grazing of cattle can actually improve the environment.
· Hilario Alvarez, who came to the U.S. as a farm worker decades ago, shows off the innumerable varieties of colorful peppers that brighten his fields and Seattle markets.
· George and Eiko Vojkovich of Skagit River Ranch raise chickens, pigs and beef for your table, all sustainably and naturally.
· Seth Caswell, chef of Seattle restaurant Stumbling Goat, sources from individual farmers to make his menus local and delicious.
· Burgerville, an Oregon and Washington burger chain, discusses sourcing locally and offering seasonable faire that pleases both farmers and diners.
· Diane Dempster of Charlie's Produce, talks about how offering local growers the ability to distribute is an important part of their business and commitment to the area.
This new and thought provoking film will be shown on Thursday, July 10th at 6:00pm and 8:15pm at the Olympic Club Theater in Centralia. Presale tickets to the event are available beginning June 24th at the Shire Bar and Bistro in Chehalis, at Santa Lucia Coffee Shop in Centralia, or on Tuesdays at the Community Farmers Market. The event ticket price is $15 and includes an Olympic Club dinner along with the opportunity to meet the filmmakers and local farmers that are increasing the supply of healthy, local, sustainably grown food in our community. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be used to support the Community Farmers Market as it continues to create a venue for local food and local products in Lewis County.
2008 Marks the Fourth Year for the Community Farmers Market. After three extremely successful years, the Chehalis market has expanded to include more vendor booths and local products. Due to the hard work of these local vendors, the Market will be offering a bountiful diversity of fresh salad greens, vegetables, tree fruit, berries, cheese, herbs, eggs, flowers, freshly prepared baked goods, and lunches throughout the summer and fall. The opportunity to pick up the fresh produce and local products has also increased with the addition of an extra hour for shopping - during 2008, the Market is open every Tuesday from Noon-5pm through October 21st.
Don't miss the opportunity to join vendors and other supporters of the Community Farmers Market on July 10th for a fantastic film, food, fun, and a much needed celebration of summer!
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Film Review Comments:
"Couldn't be more timely! A film made to awaken our taste buds and our courage to create a food system aligned with what the earth needs and what our bodies yearn for. GOOD FOOD shows us it's possible. It's happening!" Frances Moore Lappe, author, Diet for a Small Planet, Hope's Edge
"Food scarcity may become the dominant issue of our time. This film demonstrates that abundance is possible, when we refocus on regional agriculture and honor those who are making it happen. This film is a celebration of the best of the Northwest, portrayed through food and those whose hands grow it." Michael Ableman, farmer and author of On Good Land and Fields Of Plenty.
"Good Food is an intelligent, sensitive, and very timely witness to the ultimate interdependence of producers and eaters. The warmth and wisdom of this film will inspire and reassure all who continue to work for greater community food security, in communities everywhere." Goldie Caughlan, nutrition educator, PCC Natural Markets, former member National Organic Standards Board
"The film visits many of the pioneers in the movement to ‘re-localize' our food system and documents, first hand, the tremendous grassroots work that is being done here in the Northwest." Mary Embleton, Executive Director, Cascade Harvest Coalition
"We grow stuff that's tasty. Ideally, with taste comes nutrition... that's what food is. If it doesn't taste good and it isn't good for you, then it is just sort of a bad habit." Sam Lucy, Bluebird Grain Farms [excerpt from the film].
"Not only does the film convey the ingenious methods of some of the sustainable producers, but it also shows innovative ways they are marketing their products to help sustain themselves as family farmers." Maurice Robinette, beef producer and field organizer for Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network
