Friends & Campus Kitchen at NU Host a Film Series About Food
Friends of Evanston Farmers Markets  and Campus Kitchen at NU want to help us all start thinking about food as the 40th season of the Downtown Evanston Farmers Market approaches
“Food Matters” is the name of a series of Sunday film events to be shown at the Evanston Public Library on three Sundays in March and April. Admission is free, and each film will be followed by a panel discussion that should be both entertaining and full of information.

Sunday, March 15 at 2 pm: Dirt! The Movie

DIRT! The Movie – narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis–brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has. It shares the stories of experts from all over the world who study and are able to harness the beauty and power of a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with soil.

But more than the film and the lessons that it teaches, DIRT! The Movie is a call to action. “When humans arrived 2 million years ago, everything changed for dirt. And from that moment on, the fate of dirt and humans has been intimately linked.”

How can you affect that relationship for the better?

A Sundance 2009 Official Selection, DIRT! The Movie  will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Gareth Proctor and Louise Egerton-Warburton. Gareth is the founder of Endless Greens, Evanston Organic Grower and builder of growing systems. Louise is a conservation scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden,and teaches a soil ecology course at NU. Their topic is, “Sustainable Agriculture and Food Justice”.

Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm: Food Stamped

Food Stamped is an informative and humorous award-winning documentary film by Shira & Yoav Potash that follows a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Through their adventures they consult with members of U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deep look at America’s broken food system.

The Panel Discussion that follows, titled “Food Insecurity”, will include  Paige Ottmar and Kelly Koss of NU’s Campus Kitchens and Miranda Cawley of NURealFood.

Sunday, April 12 at 2 pm: A Season of Change on Henry’s Farm

An excerpt from a work-in-progress, A Season of Change on Henry’s Farm is the story of three generations and a half-dozen farm hands who practice the complex art and science of sustainable farming.

Co-producers Ines Sommer and Terra Brockman will lead a panel discussion on small farms’ impact after the screening.

The Evanston Public Library is located at 1703 Orrington. Call for information at 847.448.8600.