Showing posts with label Real Dirt on Farmer John. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Real Dirt on Farmer John. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Greendrinks, food, and film


Tuesday night was quite busy for me, whew! I made my usual stop at the monthlySeattle Greendrinks. If you have a Greendrinks in your city, you should go...if not, you should start one. As usual, lots of good people and discussions.



Next, it was off to a screening of The Real Dirt on Farmer John hosted by none other than Seattle's own The Warren Report. Being a hippie-greener type small town farm boy from Nebraska myself, this movie touched about every emotion in my body. The story of a farm boy growing up in Illinois, with classic themes of the looming loss of a farm, family members passing, neighbors turning against one another, etc. But in Farmer John, you get a few, shall I say, "fabulous", twists and turns along the way. The story itself is wonderful, the film beautiful, but the fact that it is a great explanation of the importance of community supported agriculture (CSA) makes it by far one of my favorite movies of all time. It's one that I will see over and over again and encourage everyone I know to see as well.