Events :: January 2006

FREE Preview screening of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN

Date: Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Location: Presidio Theater

2340 Chestnut St

San Francisco, CA

Time: 7 PM

Cost: FREE, but $5 donation suggested

Description:

The true story of John Peterson, third generation Northern  Illinois farmer. Using 50 years of richly textured footage, filmmaker Taggart Siegel weaves together Farmer John’s haunting and humorous hero’s journey of struggle, hippie days, vicious rumors and violence, the farming crisis of the 80s, death and resurrection. Through melding farming with free expression, Farmer John’s powerful story of transformation heralds a renewal of local agriculture in America.

Contact:

Joy Rowe at CAFF, (530) 756-8518 x 17 or joy@caff.org.

Proceeds Benefit:

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

Happy Farms

Ecological Farming Conference

Date: January 25-28, 2006

Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA

Admission: $400-$600 for lodging, meals, and conference

Guest Speakers:
Michael Ableman, farmer, author and photographer

Jim Hightower, Austin, TX

“Woody Guthrie” Portrayed by David Fenimore, University of Nevada, Reno

Marion Nestle, New York University, New York

Anna Marie Carter, Watts Garden Club, Los Angeles

David Roach, Mo’ Better Food and Mandela Farmers’ Market

Larry Bain, Nextcourse, San Francisco

Mary-Howell and Klaas Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain

John Teixeira, Lone Willow Ranch, Firebaugh

Michael Alexander and Sharlene Grunerud, No Cattle Company, Hanover, NM

Description:

Principal annual conference on the west coast about sustainable agriculture and alternative food systems.

Contact:

Ecological Farming Association at www.eco-farm.org, info@eco-farm.org, or 831-763-2111

A Meeting of the Minds: Farm Bill 2007

Date: January 25, 2006

Time: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA (during Eco-Farm Conference)

Admission: $50, includes lunch

Description:

Strategic discussion of collaboration for sustainable agriculture in the 2007 Farm Bill.

Contact:

Claudia Reid, California Coalition for Food and Farming, 916-447-1711, or the Ecological Farming Association at www.eco-farm.org, info@eco-farm.org, or 831-763-2111

Sponsors:

California Coalition for Food and Farming

California Food and Farming NGO Mixer at the Ecological Farming Conference

Date: Friday, January 27, 2006

Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM

Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA (during Eco-Farm Conference)

Admission: FREE!

Description:

Wine, beer, and appetizers provided along with the best schmooze-fest at Eco Farm

Contact:

Ecological Farming Association at www.eco-farm.org, info@eco-farm.org, or 831-763-2111

Sponsors:

ALBA, CCFF, CAFF, EFA, WFA