May 8–14, 7:00 p.m.
Cinema 21
616 NW 21st, Portland
Discussion on food and farming follows each screening
Good Food is an inspiring documentary about sustainable food and farming in the Pacific Northwest.
For decades small family farmers have been disappearing, but there is new life in the fields, orchards and pastures of the Pacific Northwest, and in the business community to help sustain them. In Good Food we see the beautiful rural landscapes and meet some of the leaders in bringing good food to tables across the region.
- Brooke and Sam Lucy of Bluebird Grain Farms in the Methow Valley, plant, harvest and sell organic grain on land they have recovered from years of disuse.
- The Hatfields, family ranchers in eastern Oregon who founded Country Natural Beef, explain how proper grazing of cattle can actually improve the environment.
- Hilario Alvarez, who came to the U.S. as a farm worker decades ago, shows off the innumerable varieties of colorful peppers that brighten his fields and farmers markets.
- George and Eiko Vojkovich of Skagit River Ranch raise chickens, pigs and beef for your table, all sustainably and naturally.
- CEO Jeff Harvey of Burgerville discusses sourcing locally and offering seasonal foods that please both farmers and diners.
With the Northwest leading the country in the development of a more sustainable local food system, these Good Food stories are making the elements of such a system accessible to other regions of the country.
October 29th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Awesome ideas here, thanks. I actually took the plunge and got me some chickens last week! Now I have so many eggs like you wouldn’t believe. You might be interested in these egg recipes.