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I'm in a community a short flight or an hour of so by snowmobile, outside Nome as an artist in the schools. On the first evening of spring, with temperatures hovering around minus 10 degrees F, while I ate a little local fare of crock pot musk ox with the principal, First lady Michelle Obama ushered in the day with a groundbreaking on the South Lawn of the White House. As many know, the Obamas plan to grow their own organic vegetables, berries and herbs. It is a teaching tool and a hands on illustration/commentary on the importance of access to fresh fruits and vegetables and a healthy diet.
"The White House Kitchen Garden," is not the first on the White House grounds. Eleanor Roosevelt's vegetable plot inspired as many as 20 million victory gardens during World War II. Toward the end of the war, nearly 40-percent of the country's fresh produce was home grown. Michael Pollan, among others, has been urging us to return to growing our own produce. He cited a recent National Gardening Association study that revealed a $70 investment can yield $600 in fruits and vegetables.
I've had excellent locally picked wild blueberries from the freezer, seen photos of willow leaves in seal oil and know that in the warm summer months there might be a few gardens here too. No matter the images of the far North, there is more than blubber to eat here. Yet, among all the promotion of gardens and such, it seems relevant to note, as the film points out, eating a local, ethical and healthy diet is not a one size fits all matter.
SCREENINGS COMING UP:
March and April include screenings and events from Florida to Nome and from Bainbridge Island to Boston. Just as we hoped, these screenings are not just showings alone. They include local events, gatherings and discussions with a vegan potluck in Pasadena, beekeepers and ranchers in Colorado, a discussion series that includes Anna Lappe in New York, as part of the Unitarian Universalist Green Sanctuary movement to improve our impact on the Earth, a Slow Food in Boston event and Earth Day celebrations in Homer, Alaska.
03/21/2009: "Musk Ox and a White House Kitchen Garden"
It is 9 A.M. The sky is a tinged orange, from the sun that recently came up. Out the window in White Mountain, a village of 200 on the Seward Peninsula in Alaska, the ground is covered with layers of sculpted wind blown snow and tracks from skis and snow mobiles.I'm in a community a short flight or an hour of so by snowmobile, outside Nome as an artist in the schools. On the first evening of spring, with temperatures hovering around minus 10 degrees F, while I ate a little local fare of crock pot musk ox with the principal, First lady Michelle Obama ushered in the day with a groundbreaking on the South Lawn of the White House. As many know, the Obamas plan to grow their own organic vegetables, berries and herbs. It is a teaching tool and a hands on illustration/commentary on the importance of access to fresh fruits and vegetables and a healthy diet.
"The White House Kitchen Garden," is not the first on the White House grounds. Eleanor Roosevelt's vegetable plot inspired as many as 20 million victory gardens during World War II. Toward the end of the war, nearly 40-percent of the country's fresh produce was home grown. Michael Pollan, among others, has been urging us to return to growing our own produce. He cited a recent National Gardening Association study that revealed a $70 investment can yield $600 in fruits and vegetables.
I've had excellent locally picked wild blueberries from the freezer, seen photos of willow leaves in seal oil and know that in the warm summer months there might be a few gardens here too. No matter the images of the far North, there is more than blubber to eat here. Yet, among all the promotion of gardens and such, it seems relevant to note, as the film points out, eating a local, ethical and healthy diet is not a one size fits all matter.
SCREENINGS COMING UP:
March and April include screenings and events from Florida to Nome and from Bainbridge Island to Boston. Just as we hoped, these screenings are not just showings alone. They include local events, gatherings and discussions with a vegan potluck in Pasadena, beekeepers and ranchers in Colorado, a discussion series that includes Anna Lappe in New York, as part of the Unitarian Universalist Green Sanctuary movement to improve our impact on the Earth, a Slow Food in Boston event and Earth Day celebrations in Homer, Alaska.
- Yes, We Must! Environmental Film and Discussion Series. March 27, 2009 7 PM
Sponsored by Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church Green Sanctuary committee, Grace Episcopal Church Earth and Spirit committee, Eagle Harbor Congregational Church (EHCC), and IslandWood
(105 Winslow Way W., Bainbridge Island).
Doors open at 6:45 PM; program begins at 7 PM.
SEE Sustainable Bainbridge - Unitarian Universalist Church, Jacksonville, Florida
Friday, March 27 in the Social Hall with "meet & greet" at 7 p.m.
Movie showing at 7:30 p.m
Hosted by the Jacksonville Green Sanctuary Program and Wage Peace of Jacksonville. - EATING ALASKA & Local, Vegetarian Potluck
Sunday, March 29 (5:30 PM - 9:00 PM)
626 Cypress Ave, Pasadena CA
SEE Little Homestead in the City
For the vegetarian potluck, attendees are encouraged to contribute food
produced within a 100-mile radius of their homes (Santa Barbara to San
Diego). If that's not possible, then strive to purchase organic foods grown
within the closest distance. - Nome, Alaska Community Screening, April 3rd.
- Ketchikan, Alaska Community Screening, April 6th
Ellen Frankenstein, on 03.21.09 @ 10:26AKT
