Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Celebrating Urban Farmer and Activist Will Allen...


Organic and Fresh is something that my sister and I have been striving towards since we were just out of high school.  Raising two girls on my own I think about fresh, organic and healthy all the time... while of course still tasting fabulous. While still on the search I ran across this amazing Film, Fresh: The Movie.

In July 2009: Santa Barbara Food Not Lawns and Hope Dance Films hosted a viewing of Fresh, the movie in Santa Barbara. It was a gathering of local Fresh enthusiasts including IV Food Co-op, Fairview Gardens, Avalon Farms, and Shepherd Farms.  At the gathering there was yummy and sustainable food along with the opportunity to meet local activists and local farmers. The film FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen , a 2008 MacArthur’s “Genius Award” fellow; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, the Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, who is creating a new market model for our family farmers. FRESH focuses on these inspiring individuals and their initiatives around the US providing inspiration for you to make the change in your own life.



Take a look....the beginning is a bit hard to watch, but the truth about of farming practices often stings a bit.

To FRESH families....

4 comments:

Sabina said...

Great post - I will share it via my blog!!

Love ya!!

Linda Lou said...

Hi, I came over via Sabina, this film reminds me a little of Food Inc. which totally blew me away..some scary stuff in there, thanks for sharing this important info about what is really important!

NikNet said...

Has the video been removed? It's giving a 404 not found error when clicked on...

Stacey said...

Still there... try again and if it doesn't work I can email it to you if you'd like.

Stacey