Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 18:53:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Traca Savadogo <tsavadogo@yahoo.com>
To: Traca Savadogo <tsavadogo@yahoo.com>
Subject: Polyface Farm's Joel Salatin in Seattle
Hi all! Wow. There are some interesting events coming down the pike and I couldn't be more excited!
First up: Polyface Farm's Joel Salatin...featured in Ominvore's Dilemma, Food Inc., and the film FRESH will be speaking at 3 rare Seattle appearances.
Joel will be in town to help promote the film FRESH http://www.freshthemovie.com/ which examines some of the great efforts our country's farmers are making to return to a smaller, more connected economy. Joel's in town on April 20th and FRESH will be screening the following week. (Stay tuned for more on that.)
For now, jump on these Joel Salatin events. I expect they'll sell out early.
Details:
April 20th - Lunch with Joel Salatin
Noon - 2:00 PM
An intimate lunch with Joel at Seth Caswell's new restaurant, Emmer & Rye (1825 Queen Anne Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109). This is an opportunity to have a meal with this great leader and thinker of modern agricultural solutions. The lunch will cost $125 per guest and we'll be donating 20% of the proceeds to Cascade Harvest Coalition, a non-profit organization that is a local food and farming resource center that promotes the Puget Sound Fresh program, Eat Local for Thanksgiving, and many Farm-to-Table workshops for farmers (full disclosure - I am on the board of CHC). Lunch promises to bring together great food, great conversation and great energy that is driving this movement to smaller-scaled economies. A limited number of seats are available for this event. Tickets.
April 20th - Lecture "The Sheer Extacsy of Being a Lunatic Farmer"
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Kane Hall, University of Washington
In this mischievous lecture, Joel Salatin compares the industrial global food paradigm with the heritage local food paradigm. Using hilarious stories from his family's Polyface Farm experience, Salatin examines the contrast on many different levels: fertility, carbon cycling, energy use, relationships, marketing, and spirit. If you ever wondered: "What's really the difference between pastured poultry and Tyson's"?--now you'll know.
All proceeds go to support FRESH in their continuing efforts to educate and inspire communities about sustainable agriculture
Tickets: $25 At this event you will receive a movie voucher to see FRESH: Central
Cinema April 30-May
April 20th - Lecture "Can you feed the world? -- Answering elitism, production and choice." 8:30 - 9:30 PM
Kane Hall, University of Washington
By far and away the two most common questions asked of Joel Salatin are: How can we afford local artisanal heritage-based food? And: Is it realistic to think we can really feed the world with a non-industrial food system? Because the local clean food movement, for all its allure, is still only some 2 percent of all food sales, envisioning it as a credible, viable alternative to industrial corporatized genetically modified food seems like pie-in-the-sky dreaming. Using his own Polyface Farm principles as a foundation, Joel builds this vision one piece at a time by blending theory and practice. You will never think about the food system the same way again.
All proceeds go to support FRESH in their continuing efforts to educate and inspire communities about sustainable agriculture.
Ticket: $25 At this event you will receive a movie voucher to see FRESH, Central Cinema, April 30-May
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