May 27, 2006

Chef Nathan Anda from Tallula Restaurant will lead the tour on June 10th at 10 am
Chef Cathal Armstrong from Restaurant Eve will lead the tour on July 29th at 10 am

Meet at the corner of Courthouse Rd. and 14th St at 10 am.

The San Fransisco Cronicle recently reported on the quandry of big organic production in “GREEN GIANTS: Mega-producers tip scales as organic goes mainstream.” The article discusses how “Consumers who think they're buying from a small local farm may actually be buying from a company moving up to half-a-million pounds of lettuce a day. Their organic milk might come from cows grazing on lush spring grass near Bodega Bay -- or it might come from a barren 5,000-cow feedlot dairy in Colorado.”

Positive or negative? Read the whole article at:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/30/MNGJGII7B21.DTL

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN airs nationally on the PBS series "Independent Lens" on Tuesday, June 13, at 10 p.m. (check local listings)

The Independent Television Service (ITVS) and the Social Action and Leadership School for Activists (SALSA) invite You to a Free Community Cinema Event

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
The Charles Sumner School
1201 17th St. NW, WDC
Metro stop: Farragut North

This unprecedented story captures the rise and fall of the Peterson family farm and its resurrection through John's courage to build a new form of community. Against all odds, eccentric Peterson abandons conventional chemical farming and fights local hysteria to build a thriving organic farm and a progressive farm community.

The screening will be followed by a discussion.

Free and open to the public; RSVP encouraged:
e-mail itvs.cinema@gmail.com | call 202-787-5229 | register online www.hotsalsa.org

www.itvs.org/outreach/realdirt/