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Hi Everyone!
Hope you are well. We know you are all busy!
Maureen and I are hoping you can send the event announcement below, with poster attached, out to your chapter members if you think they might be interested in a little in-state travel. We 're having this screening a couple of times Earth Day Weekend. The
filmmakers are really wonderful, and live on Whidbey Island. We're also featuring the Friday Harbor House Hotel and the Bluff
restaurant because they haveThe Skagit River Ranch folks on the poster, Eiko, George and Daughter Nicole Vojkovich, use the same mobile slaughter unit as some of the farmers in the San Juan islands. | not asked for anything from us and just
offered up the San Juan room free to us for public screenings of this
and other films as often as we need it, and because they're trying so
hard to support local people and serve food from local people. We just
think that's great. They also offered the Bluff Bucks coupons, for Slow
Food members and people who mention Slow Food, when we asked if that
was possible. WE are hoping to show the movie "Flow" in the future and
other films, as a film series/teach in. We've already featured "Food
Inc" and had a great response.
(We have more info in a post on our blog slowfoodlandandsea.blogspot.com
It includes the link for the Islands Certified Local list of island
businesses and restaurants who are serving or selling local foods, and
more info places to stay on that same post.)
Thanks again for your time,
Linda and Maureen
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 4/23 & 4/24/2010:
Land & Sea, the San Juan island chapter of Slow Food will be presenting three screenings of the film "Good Food" in the San Juan Room at Friday Harbor House Hotel on Earth Day Weekend, Friday April 23rd at 8:30 pm and Saturday April 24th at 2pm and 8pm.
Celebrated filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin will visit San
Juan Island on the Earth Day weekend, and will introduce this acclaimed documentary. |
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Movie Reviews:
From a description by distributor Bullfrog Films: "Something remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the
Pacific Northwest. After leaving the land for decades, family farmers
are making a comeback. They are growing much healthier food, and more
food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms.
And most of this food is organic."
"Good Food" goes behind the scenes with producers,
farmers' markets, distributors, stores, restaurants and officials
developing a more sustainable food system for all.
Sample of reviews for this film:
"Exhilarating...Chronicles a veritable revolution going on all around
us...This one is not out to scare us with an environmental horror story
so much as to inspire us." William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligence "A magical, lyrical journey, Good Food
shows us that a sustainable future is already here. If anyone has any
doubts about whether organic, local food systems can feed us
economically and tastefully, they need to see this film." Warren Belasco, Professor of American Studies, University of Maryland, Author, Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food"
"Food scarcity may become the dominant issue of our time. This film
demonstrates that abundance is possible, when we refocus on regional
agriculture and honor those who are making it happen. This film is a
celebration of the best of the Northwest, portrayed through food and
those whose hands grow it." Michael Ableman, farmer and author, On Good Land, Fields Of Plenty
"The best I've seen dealing with local food issues--particularly
linking issues of sustainability to the growing demand for locally
grown foods. Good Food,
subtly but forcefully, makes a compelling case: the best way to be
assured of good food is to buy food from people you know and trust.
There is no better way of making the case for local foods than through
the voices and images of the farmers, food retailers, and eaters of the
Pacific Northwest who are proving that eating local is possible and
local food can be good food." John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Author, Sustainable Capitalism, A Return to Common Sense, Small Farms are Real Farms, and Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture
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Doc, Connie and Travis Hatfield, founders of the marketing cooperative of family ranchers, Country Natural Beef
photo by Melissa Young
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Billy Allstot and Stephanie Blackstead of Tonasket in their productive greenhouse, heated with underground pipes. Photo by Melissa Young
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Colorful produce at a NW farmers' market. Photo by Mary Embleton, Cascade Harvest Coalition |
Good Food screening and filmmaker presentation:
Friday April 23rd
8:30 pm
San Juan Room
Friday Harbor House Hotel, 130 West St. and
Saturday April 24th
2 pm and 8 pm
San Juan Room
Friday Harbor House Hotel.
Free to the public, limited seating. |
Friday Harbor House information on dinner reservations and overnight accommodations: 360-378-8455 |
The opportunity to see this film, meet
the filmmakers, and the opportunity to taste delicious foods from our
island while strengthening the local economy will be one great way to
spend Earth Day weekend!
"Good Food"
will be shown free to the public at the San Juan meeting Room at Friday
Harbor House. Filmgoers who mention Land and Sea or Slow Food
will receive "Bluff Bucks" coupons worth 10% off wine from the
carefully selected and surprisingly affordable wine list. Coupons
will be available at the hotel, and at Compost It! store on Nichol St.
More info available on Land & Sea Slow Food chapter's page at http://slowfoodlandandsea.blogspot.com.
To contact Lane & Sea, email slowfoodlandandsea@gmail.com, or call Linda or Maureen at 360-317-5890 |
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| Friday Harbor House has
generously made their San Juan Room available for these free
screenings. The San Juan Room, with its Northwest decor and large
fireplace - along with a drop down screen and state-of-the-art
audio-visual equipment - can comfortably seat 70. Location of the movie showings - The San Juan Room Friday Harbor House Hotel, 130 West Street, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (360-378-8455, map - http://www.fridayharborhouse.com/directions.php).
Before or after the movie, Land and Sea recommends viewers visit Friday Harbor House's Bluff Bar and Restaurant to sample from Chef Joseph Foriska's highly praised new menu, which goes heavy on the bounty of local San Juan farmers' and
fishers products available in the San Juans. The menu includes island pork, lamb, cheese, oysters, clams,
halibut, and cheeses.
Island products even flavor a cocktail at
the new Bluff bar - the Bees Knees.
Dedicated young Chef Joseph Foriskais
passionate about buying local, in serving island products at their
peak. and about creating plates that showcase the flavors of the
freshest and
the best of what the islands offer. Reflecting the changed economy, he
has also kept his menu prices low, making dining from this lovely menu
affordable.
Joseph is well known to island diners for his work as
food and beverage purchasing manager at Roche Harbor Resort, overseeing
culinary offerings for all five venues within the
resort including McMillans Dining Room and the Madrona Grill from
2006-2009. (The McMillans wine program was consecutively
awarded Wine Spectator's "Award of Excellence." during those years). He
also is known for his skills as sous chef at both Duck Soup and Roberto's, and
executive chef and owner at French-influenced Fleur de Lys.
Joseph is also popular with the many farmers on San Juan, Waldron,
and Lopez who produce our island's food, as much for his friendly personality as for his enthusiastic support of their local businesses. He has been a booster of local farms and fishermen and buying local for many years. He is respected for his knowledge
and understanding of what the islands have to offer, and for being able to find it and bring it to his dining room.
Most
items on the restaurant's menuare island grown. The Bluff's dedication to buying local
extends to ingredients that are not immediately available here, and the
closest regional sustainable supplier - ranchers from Ellensburg WA,
crabbers from the Oregon coast... - are sought out for any items not available
on island. | |
Come to the Movie!
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| Land and Sea
San Juan Island
P.O. Box 2084
Friday Harbor WA 98250
(360) 317-5890 Linda/472-0880 Maureen
slowfoodlandandsea@gmail.com | |
Come to the Movie!
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