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Posted on May 18, 2010 - by Lisa Madison

FRESH: Capitol Hill Screening & Associated Events

We’re so incredibly excited that FRESH is going to be screening on Capitol Hill on Friday, 5/21/10.  We’ve invited all of your senators & legislators as well as their aides.  Ana Joanes will be on site with Joel Salatin to answer questions after the screening and discuss what the upcoming vote on the Farm Bill, S 510, means for small family farms.  

If you have a relationship with your representative, please call them and invite them again to this special event! Details are below:

WHAT: CAPITOL HILL SCREENING: FRESH
WHEN: Friday May 21, 2010, 4:30-6:30
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building Foyer
DETAILS: Special screening of FRESH for legislators and staff

Do you want to get hyped up with FRESH while the legislators are viewing the film?  We got word that there will be a screening in Odenton, MD (outside Baltimore) on the same evening – we encourage you to attend if you can!

WHAT: FRESH Public Screening
WHEN: Friday May 21, 2010, 6:30 – 9:00 PM
WHERE: Inspired Journeys (1350 Blair Drive Suite E Odenton, MD 21113)
DETAILS: Public Screening of FRESH – come one, come all!
RSVP: http://action.freshthemovie.com/o/5958/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=22162

After the screening we have an incredible reception lined up at Poste Moderne Brasserie, near the White House.  EVERYONE IS INVITED, INCLUDING YOU!  Enjoy some locally sourced (Polyface!) fare, mix & mingle with heavy-hitter foodies from the DC Metro area and meet Ana Joanes and Joel Salatin, who will both be in attendance.

WHAT: FRESH Reception (w/ Joel Salatin & Ana Joanes)
WHEN: Friday May 21, 2010, 7:00 – 9:30 PM
WHERE: Poste Moderne Brasserie (555 – 8th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004)
DETAILS: $50 per person, cash bar.  Proceeds go to helping cover the cost of bringing FRESH to Congress
TICKETS: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/112812 TICKET SALES END THURSDAY, 5/20 – get yours today!!!

Posted on May 10, 2010 - by Lisa Madison

FRESH is coming to Congress!

The National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association and FRESH are sponsoring a special screening of FRESH for our legislators.
Has FRESH inspired you? It will also inspire those who make our laws.

The food safety bill is in front of the senate right now.  FRESH will educate our legislators on the benefits of a local food system threatened by S 510. Let’s get our Senators and Representatives there so they can see and understand the unintended consequences S 510 would have on our small farms.

WHEN: Friday May 21, 2010, 4:30-6:30
WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building Foyer
WHAT: Special screening of FRESH for legislators and staff

Ana Joanes, FRESH Director and Producer, and star Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms will introduce the movie, take questions after the screening and speak to legislators on the importance of preserving access to our Fresh foods and the farms those foods come from.

Learn more about FRESH and see a trailer on the FRESH homepage.

ACTIONS:

1. Please help by donating to cover expenses! We are a VERY small team and want to make this screening as dynamic as possible by having Ana Joanes attend.  You can help us do this by donating just $3!  Donate Now!

2. If you’ve already talked with your senators about S 510 please follow-up with the staffer you spoke to and ask them to attend the screening of FRESH.  If you haven’t yet contacted your representative, you can find yours by entering your zip-code here.

Questions or for more information please contact Liz Reitzig liz.reitzig@verizon.net or 301-807-5063

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.

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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.

Posted on November 9, 2009 - by Lisa Madison

News From the Field: Kansas City

News From the Field is meant to bring you stories from supporters around the world who have used FRESH to educate and motivate their communities. Share your stories with us by emailing info@freshthemovie.com.

From: Laura in Kansas City
Attended the FRESH premiere in Kansas City on 5.31.09

“I saw FRESH during your KC premier (which I enjoyed very much) and wanted to let you know a couple actions I have since taken:

* Joined the CSA at Hen House put together by Diane and David Ball. Two weeks into the program now and very excited to be a part of the movement. My daughter and husband are slowly following along with me and both enjoyed last night’s dinner consisting solely of CSA food.

* Volunteered to co-chair our home owners association’s water quality committee which tests our residential lake and the streams coming into it. Initially test results will be utilized locally and by Missouri to gain factual data to monitor and remedy sedimentary pollutants.

* Joined Green Drinks KC – environmental networking.

* Volunteered to be part of the watershed consortium for the cities of Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Lake Lotawana, Carriage Oaks, Odessa, and a portion of unincorporated Jackson County, Missouri. The consortium quickly developed cohesion and cooperation its first year showing great promise for successful education of residents and businesses within the watershed.

* Networked through job search clubs to find a few people that may collectively team to provide energy audits and repair services to homes in need of energy conservation.

It feels like I’ve started the multiple paths to reap future benefits. But I’m sure my efforts are small compared to the number of people and visibility your movie and the safe food movement has touched. Thank you so much.

The greatest benefits I see with the evolving food supply chain, renewable energy, conservation of natural resources, alternative use to keep trash levels lower, etc. is that each offers a huge cooperative Win-Win-Win climate big enough for everyone to play a part. Everyone give something and we all gain a lot. What a welcome change from the pyramid environment the corporate world revolves in.”