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What makes food “good?” Does good indicate nutritious? Organic? Vegan? Affordable? Fair trade? Artisanal? Just plain tasty? Really, there is no one answer. Food trends come and go, and vouching for definitive, restrictive food rules can do more harm than good.

Join Shelburne Farms, the Farm-Based Education Network, Vermont Community Garden Network, Vermont Edible Landscapes, and City Market for a film showing of Can You Dig This?, a film that follows the stories of 4 unlikely gardeners in south Los Angeles.

We’re all about celebrating the under-appreciated parsnip this winter, and what better way than to challenge you to a local parsnip recipe contest?  Get creative with this hearty, understated root vegetable and you could win fabulous prizes!

On Thursday, October 1st, 2015 generous restaurants, coops, and food stores statewide will participate in Share the Harvest 2015 by donating a portion of their day’s sales to the Far

Meet over four dozen local producers and sample their delicious products! Door prizes, face painting, and live music provide a fun atmosphere for meeting your local farmers and learning where your food comes from.

Celebrate the book launch for The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer with Melanie and Jeff Carpenter of Zack Woods Herb Farm, as well as special guest Rosemary Gladstar.  There will be favor bags for the first 100 attendees at the door, prizes, an Urban Moonshine bitters tasting, and light fare provided by City Market.  Seating is limited.

Tickets are available at Phoenix Books, starting May 1.

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Join us and NOFA-VT for a showing of the film After Winter, Spring.  The film is captures the roots of farm-to-table in France and the tenacity of a people who have taken it one season at a time for generations. One hundred years ago, half of the population of France were farmers. Now less than 3% farm. In the Périgord, a rural community fears they may be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five thousand years. The farmers’ stories are recorded by one of their neighbors, an American filmmaker who grew up on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Inter-weaving her story and theirs, the film explores the nature of the farming life and the impact of rapid modernization on families whose survival is tied to the land.

Join us, Americas Media Initiative, and Vermont Caribbean Institute for a showing of Tierralismo: Stories from a Cooperative Farm.  Tierralismo is a documentary  about the history and practices of one of Cuba’s most successful and important urban farms, the Organoponico Vivero Alamar.  What began

Doors open at 6:00pm

Join us and several of our partner organizations for a showing of the documentary Food Chains and a panel discussion with Migrant Justice and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (moderated by author Barry Estabrook).  Food Chains tells the story of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food program, which works with growers and retailers to improve farmworker working conditions. This screening kicks off the 30th anniversary of VT International Film Foundation in honor of its historical roots as a peace and justice film festival.