Food has always been integral to the way we live. Nowhere are we more powerfully connected than in the daily cultivation, preparation and enjoyment of food—and food is the central component of our health, culture, environment, and relocalization/sustainability efforts.
Transition Colorado’s 2011 EAT LOCAL! Week celebrates the delights and benefits of locally grown and locally processed food, featuring local family farms and farmers’ markets, along with the outstanding restaurants, grocers, and organizations which support them. Please join us for nine days of inspiring and informative events—and an abundance of fresh, delicious local food!
“Local Food to the Rescue”
with Joel Salatin
Presented by Transition Colorado, an evening with Joel Salatin, the world’s most recognized “beyond organic” and strictly local, clean food farmer. Prolific author and inspiring speaker, who with his family owns Polyface Farm in Virginia, and is featured prominently in the New York Times bestseller, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the Oscar-nominated documentary, Food Inc. as well as Fresh: The Movie.
In this unforgettable presentation, Joel will reveal the astonishingly obvious steps we all must take towards a food future that is beyond sustainable.
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Monday, August 29 at 7:30pm
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder
ADMISSION $20.
Tickets available through the Chautauqua event site or call (303) 442-3283.
All events are FREE unless otherwise indicated.
Come to the Farmers’ Market for a harvest-gathering celebration of those who support local organic food, offering culinary pleasure with awareness and fun! Here you can see demos and enjoy samples from some of Boulder Country’s finest farmers, chefs, culinary artists, and food educators.
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with Joel Salatin
Meet Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, the world’s most-recognized beyond organic and stricly local, clean food farmer, prolific author and inspiring speaker, the ethical farmer in the critically-acclaimed Academy Award nominated documentary, Food Inc.Co-produced by Chautauqua.
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Admission: $20
Tickets available through the Chautauqua event site or call (303) 442-3283.
Hear from and interact with some of the people who are at the front lines of the revitalization of local food and agriculture. These local heroes will share their views, answer questions, and engage in lively discussion of some of the issues and challenges. Topics include:
- Local food for local health
- So you want to be a farmer? Agriculture-supported community in Boulder County
- Spotlight on county commissioner candidates
- The farm-to-school challenge
- Building the Boulder County local food brand
Admission: $5 at the door
with Michael Shuman
Economist and author Michael Shuman will reveal the first results of a major economic study investigating the potential impacts of 25% food localization in Boulder County and the state of Colorado. Learn how investment in our local foodshed can substantially increase both demand for and supply of local food, create thousands of new jobs in Colorado, generate hundreds of new businesses, and produce millions in revenue to support the local economy. The economic impact in Boulder county could be significant. Meet local food innovators whose examples inspire a strategic plan for achieving food localization.
with with Woody Tasch
This event is designed to spark conversations and connections amongst local eaters, food and farming entrepreneurs, investors, intermediaries, and food activists. Meet the founder of Slow Money, Woody Tasch, and learn about this revolutionary approach to shifting local dollars into the local food and farming enterprises that deserve our patronage.
