Valley Natural Foods Hosts Free Screening of Food, Inc.
VALLEY NATURAL FOODS HOSTS FREE SCREENING OF FOOD, INC.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 | 6-9 p.m.
Location: School of Environmental Studies, 12155 Johnny Cake Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124
Cost: Free (Donations to the School of Environmental Studies Education Foundation encouraged.)
Agenda:
6:00-6:30 Free Fair Trade Alakef coffee, CSA sign-ups
6:30-8:00 Screening of the documentary film Food, Inc.
8:00-8:45 Panel of local farmers and food producers
8:45-9:00 Audience questions
Panelists Include:
Atina Diffley (Gardens of Eagan)
Byron Korus (Special Events Catering)
Jeff Jirik (Fairbault Diary)
Pat Schoenecker (Growing Community)
John Peterson (Ferndale Market)
Larry Schultz (Schultz Chickens)
Community Support Agriculture Sign-Up:
Eat local produce all summer. CSA shares make it easy-peezy.During this event, stop by one of the tables to talk to a representative of the farm to sign up for a CSA share:
Featherstone Farm — Rushford, MN featherstonefarm.com
Coffee Provided by Alakef Resource Partners Include:
Recent Chatter about our event:
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Another Sample of Local Food Leaders (March 26, 2010): valleynaturalfoods.com/wordpress
A Sample of our Community Food Leaders (March 19, 2010) valleynaturalfoods.com/wordpress
The Business Behind Your Food (March 12, 2010): valleynaturalfoods.com/wordpress
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Simple Good and Tasty: www.simplegoodandtasty.com
Green People: www.greenpeople.org
Heavy Table: www.heavytable.com
Do it Green: www.doitgreen.org
Next Step, Minnesota Sustainable Communities Network: www.nextstep.state.mn.us
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Press Release:
VALLEY NATURAL FOODS HOSTS SCREENING OF FOOD, INC. ON APRIL 8
In support of a healthier you, healthy community, and Earth Day, Valley Natural Foods will host a free screening of Food, Inc. at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley on April 8, starting at 6 p.m. The documentary film Food, Inc. uncovers surprising ─ and often unsettling ─ truths about what we eat, how it’s produced, and the long-lasting effects it has on us, our children, our local economy, our community and the environment. The screening will be followed by a panel of local fair trade farmers, food producers, and a community gardening advocate who will share their perspectives, offer sustainable healthy alternatives to what is revealed in Food, Inc., and respond to audience questions.
This event is free, with donations to the School of Environmental Studies Education Foundation encouraged. Valley Natural Foods will match up to $100 in donations collected. Fair trade coffee and healthy snacks will be provided before the film, as well as a chance to meet people and be inspired towards healthy eating, while supporting local farms, food businesses, our community, and environment.
The panel following Food, Inc. will include Atina Diffley of Eagan, organic vegetable farmer and educator; Jeff Jirik, organic farmer, cheese maker and president of Faribault Dairy; Byron Korus, chef owner of Special Events Catering and ChuckWagon Catering in Plymouth and co-developer for The Culinary Education Center to be based in Burnsville; John Peterson, president of Ferndale Market, selling regional foods in Cannon Falls; Pat Schoenecker, community gardening advocate and creator of the non-profit Growing Community in Apple Valley; and organic farmer and poultry grower Larry Schultz of Owatonna.
How much do we really know about the food we buy and serve to our families? In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, now controlled by a handful of corporations with the consent and support of our government’s regulatory agencies. Profit is often put ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers, and our environment. Food, Inc. exposes and educates about America’s industrialized food system, its immediate and long-lasting impact on our lives and our communities, and possible steps towards a healthier future.
About Valley Natural Foods: Valley Natural Foods of Burnsville, MN is a community-owned cooperative serving the south metro area. For 33 years, Valley Natural Foods has fostered relationships in support of local and fair trade healthy food and community, creating such innovations as Down in the Valley, a local food program that works directly with and supports small Minnesota farms. Valley Natural Foods also supports the environmental education at the School of Environmental Studies [www.district196.org/ses], an optional public high school located adjacent to the Minnesota Zoo, More about Valley Natural Foods co-op can be found at www.valleynaturalfoods.com.
