“Fresh” Documentary Screening and Panel Discussions

On November 8, 2009, a screening of the local foods documentary, Fresh, will be held in Oakton, VA. A panel discussion will follow, including these Hartkeisonline.com Heroes of Sustainable Agriculture: Sally Fallon, President of the Weston A. Price Foundaton, Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm, Andrew Kimbrell Center for Food Safety, Carole Morison, Sustainable Food Systems Consultant, Monica Corrado, Chef and Nutrition Consultant.

Please come and bring a friend! For more details, and to attend, please join our Northern Virginia Whole Foods Nutrition meetup group and register for the event (it’s free). http://www.meetup.com/WholeNutrition/calendar/11430362/

For more information, here is a radio show with the producer of the film, Ana Sofia Joanes and Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food Policy Council, and Kathy Ozer of the National Family Farm Coalition.

Melissa Harris, Publisher of Flavor Magazine is the panel moderator. Melissa just served on a similar panel at an Alexandria screening of Fresh. Here is an excerpt from Jordan Wright’s blog, about that event:

Eco-Friendly Converge in Alexandria to Shine a Light

Melissa Harris, Flavor Magazine

Flavor, the region’s premier food magazine promoting local, sustainable farming and artisanal food, in conjunction with Alexandria Councilman Rob Krupicka and local restauranteurs hosted an evening of food, film and friends at the George Washington Masonic Memorial last week.  Guests were greeted at the door with nibbles from Brabo, Artfully Chocolate, Food Matters, Toigo Farms, Cheesetique, KiwiKuisine, Mom Made Foods, Buzz, Grape + Bean, Evening Star and Alexandria’s farmers markets to benefit ALIVE’s local food bank program.

It was also a chance to view Ana Sophia Joanes 2009 eco-documentary, “Fresh” which has received so many film festival “Official Selection” designations it’s off the charts.  The film features Joel Salatin, author and farmer; Michael Pollan, food writer extraordinaire; Milwaukee’s Will Allen, a strapping former basketball player turned urban farmer; George Ball, who turned his family’s supermarket into a vehicle for the theme Buy Fresh Buy Local; Diana Endicott, who organized the local farmers of Kansas City with the Good Natured Family Farms co-op; and an assortment of farmers who have turned their backs on agri-business for the health of their animals, their farms, their customers and their planet.

After the showing Krupicka announced Alexandria’s recent “Eco-City” award from the Virginia Sustainable Building Network, and invited the audience to meet the panel. Read the rest of the story on Whisk and Quill blog.