Posted on January 25, 2010 - by Lisa Madison

News From the Field: Screening in Fort Collins, CO

News From the Field highlights FRESH screenings around the world that our supporters report back to us on.  We would love to hear how your screening went, and share it with the rest of the FRESH community!  Please email comments to Lisa Madison – Lisa (at) FRESHthemovie.com

The comments below are from Bonnie Thompson of Fort Collins, Colorado, who hosted a successful screening which involved much of the community.

Hosting a community screening of FRESH was a great experience for me. I met so many wonderful people and learned a lot about organizing an event!

I was pleasantly surprised at how everyone that I contacted was so willing to help. Of course, it helped that the screening was also a benefit for a local program to provide CSA vegetable shares to low-income families. A contact at the local community college made copies of the flyer and sent her students out to put it up on all the bulletin boards on campus. The local natural food co-op store sent the email flyer to all of their members (1600) recommending that they attend. A local coffee shop donated the space for the screening.

I also organized a panel discussion with local farmers and leaders in the local food movement. We had some excellent questions and discussion. I especially enjoyed the questions from the young people wanting to know how they could make a difference. One of those girls (age 11) is working on getting a screening of FRESH at her school now!

And, thanks to the publicity on this event, the local library has just purchased a copy of FRESH for their collection.

Feel free to contact me with questions at bonnie(at)healingtreewellness.com.