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Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2009Burchfield Penney Screening: Fresh
The Burchfield Penney at Buffalo State is pleased to present Fresh—a film celebrating the farmers, thinkers, and business people across America who are reinventing our food system—today at 6:30 p.m.
Fresh features Will Allen, an urban farmer and activist and a 2008 MacArthur’s “Genius Award” fellow; Joel Salatin, a sustainable farmer and entrepreneur featured in Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma; David Ball, a supermarket owner who is creating a new market model for family farmers; and similar people and initiatives around the country.
A panel discussion with Diane Held, Western New York representative for American Farmland Trust; Kate Mendenhall, director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York; Tom Tower, small-scale fruit and vegetable farmer in Youngstown, New York; and Karen Agle from Eden Valley Growers in Eden, New York, follows the film.
Tickets are available online. Fresh is presented by Edible Buffalo with support from the American Farmland Trust and Buffalo Spree.
