Next Tuesday night, the Internet Archive will host “A Town Hall Meeting for Small-Scale Agriculture”, featuring a fall harvest potluck, a screening of the documentary film “The Greenhorns” about America’s young farming community, and a panel and roundtable discussion.
The event kicks off with a potluck dinner at 6:30pm where you can mingle with experienced and amateur green farmers. Bring your favorite dish to share with the party.
They will then screen the documentary “The Greenhorns” in the Internet Archive auditorium. The film showcases the next generation of young farmers who are embracing small-scale agriculture and sustainability.
The screening will be followed by a panel and roundtable discussion about the film and “decentralized food
production, the new farming, and how to encourage 5 million new young farmers”.
The event is co-presented by The Greenhorns organization, who also produced the film. Their mission is “to recruit, promote and support the new generation of young farmers in this ample and able 21st century America.”
The Greenhorns organization was founded in Berkeley in 2007 by Severine von Tscharner Fleming. Recently graduated and fresh from several seasons of apprenticeship adventures, Severine began filming young farmers with friends from “King Corn” and fellow documentarians. A rotating team of soil enthusiasts, filmmakers, tech ninjas, artists, graphic designers, cartographers, and hustling interns took shape. In 2008-09 Greenhorns were based on leased land in New York’s Hudson Valley (growing/raising organic veggies and herbs + flowers, Muscovy ducks, chickens, rabbits and Tamworth pigs).
The October 18 event is free and starts at 6:30pm at the Internet Archive, located at 300 Funston Street at Clement.
Sarah B.
