BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Slow Food Russian River - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Slow Food Russian River X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Slow Food Russian River REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140416T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T080444 CREATED:20150715T210447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T211403Z UID:2086-1397674800-1397682000@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: Three Sonatas of the Soil DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nNo cost to attend\nTHREE SONATAS OF THE SOIL\nWednesday | April 16 at 7pm | Cotati \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Location dotails will be sent to those planning to attend. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nWe will view some of the Sonatas of the Soil\, from the companion disk to the Symphony of the Soil by Mill Valley cinematographer Deborah Koons Garcia\, especially those on biodynamics and soil building in the vineyards. Ned Horton\, Assistant Winegrower at Quivira Vineyards in Dry Creek Valley\, a Demeter Certified Organic Biodynamic estate\, will give his vision on soil in grape growing. \nThree Sonatas of the Soil are short films about the role of soil and soil building in regenerative agriculture. \nNext film event is on Wednesday\, May 14. We’ll resume the Book Group in the Fall. \n*** \nAbout the Films in the Sonatas of the Soil Collection: \nA Talk by Satish Kumar\, 2008\,  44 minutes\nA full presentation from Satish Kumar\, Editor of Resurgence Magazine and Program Director of Schumacher College. \n \nPortrait of a Winemaker: John Williams of Frog’s Leap\, 2011\, 15 minutes\nPortrait of a Winemaker tells the remarkable story of John Williams and Frog’s Leap Vineyards in the Napa Valley where organically managed dry-farmed grapes make for great soil and award winning wine. \nSekem Vision\, 2011\, 14 minutes\nSekem Vision features the sustainable development and business pioneers Dr Ibrahim Abouleish and his son\, Helmy Abouleish as they discuss their vision for the comprehensive development initiative\, Sekem\, a giant biodynamic farming community in the deserts of Egypt. \nSoil In Good Heart\, 2008\, 13 minutes\, 2008\, 13 minutes\nSoil in Good Heart is a brief look at why good soil fertility is vital to life. It illustrates how valuable soil is to society and how it’s been neglected at our peril. A mini-primer on what we’ve done to soil and how we can fix it! \nTransition Town Totnes\, 2011\, 13 minutes\nTransition Town Totnes is a short film featuring Transition movement founder Rob Hopkins as he discusses the core principles of the Transition Initiative\, a global community response to the twin pressures of climate change and peak oil. \nWalking and Talking with Vandana Shiva\,  2008\, 54 minutes\nAn extended interview with acclaimed writer\, physicist and activist Dr. Vandana Shiva from Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm in Doon Valley\, Uttarakhand\, India. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-three-sonatas-of-the-soil/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/soilsonatas.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140329T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140329T133000 DTSTAMP:20260513T080444 CREATED:20150713T230727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150713T231032Z UID:2333-1396092600-1396099800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:After Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012) DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River is sponsoring the gripping documentary After Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012) in the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival. \nIn the Périgord region of southwest France\, a rural community wrestles with a profound question: will it be the last generation of farmers in a region cultivated for 5\,000 years?\nFilmed over four years\, After Winter\, Spring captures the changing lives of farmers with deep roots in the Périgord.\nTheir story is recorded by their American neighbor\, a filmmaker raised on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania.\nInter-weaving their stories\, it reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. \n**** \nSYNOPSIS \nIn the Périgord region of southwest France\, a rural community grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five thousand years? \nAfter Winter\, Spring\, a Film by Judith Lit (2012)\, is an intimate study of these French farmers as they struggle with that issue. Shot over three years\, the film captures the daily lives of Nanou\, Guy and other neighbors with deep roots in the Périgord. At their kitchen tables and in their fields\, these family farmers communicate a profound attachment to the land. But the film’s characters also share their day-to-day challenges and their fears that small-scale operations such as theirs may be no match for the multitude of 21st century threats. \nIn an era of rapid growth of mega-farms\, the encroachment of suburbia\, new European Union rules\, and reductions of agricultural subsidies\, these farmers — young and old — are forced to confront challenges that threaten the very existence of their small farms. \nTheir story is recorded by one of their neighbors\, an American filmmaker who grew up on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Inter-weaving her story and theirs\, the film explores the nature of the farming life and the changes\, over the last 60 years\, that impact the lives of families whose survival is tied to the land. As each of the farmer’s stories unfolds\, we see their individual responses to change…the losses and the surprising adaptations. \nThe Périgordine farmers show us that as agriculture moves out of the hands of families who have farmed for generations and into a model of “agriculture as business\,” something fundamental shifts. This farming community caught between tradition and an uncertain future struggles to hold on not only to their farms but to a set of values that comes of their intimate relationship with the natural world. \nAFTER WINTER\, SPRING reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/after-winter-spring-a-film-by-judith-lit-2012/ LOCATION:Sebastopol Center for the Arts\, 282 South High Street\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/afterwinterspring.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140319T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T080444 CREATED:20150715T204808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150715T210756Z UID:2345-1395255600-1395262800@www.oldsf.bmkt.net SUMMARY:Free Movie: Symphony of the Soil DESCRIPTION:Slow Food Russian River Film Group\nSYMPHONY OF THE SOIL\nwith a talk by Cotati farmer Roy Smith\nWednesday | March 19 at 7pm | Cotati \nSlow Food Russian River is organizing a Film Series this Spring with showings in March\, April\, and May. The events will take place in Cotati\, on Wednesdays at 7pm. \nPlease RSVP to Slow Food Russian River Film Group Details will be sent to those attending. Free (donation). If you can please bring a dessert for 3. \nThe Film Series is open to Slow Food members and non-members alike. Bring a friend! \nOn Wednesday\, March 19\, at 7pm we will view Symphony of the Soil by Mill Valley cinematographer Deborah Koons Garcia plus a few of the Sonatas of the Soil. \nCotati farmer and Slow Food Russian River member Roy Smith will talk about how he is building soil on Green Goose Farm\, what role his pigs play\, and what climate shifting has to do with it. \nSYMPHONY OF THE SOIL is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil\, water\, the atmosphere\, plants and animals\, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil\, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture\, deforestation and development\, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents\, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers. \nFuture events are on Wednesday\, April 16 and Wednesday\, May 14. URL:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/event/free-movie-symphony-of-the-soil/ LOCATION:Cotati Cohousing\, Cotati\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.oldsf.bmkt.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/symphonyofthesoil.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Slow Food Russian River Film Group":MAILTO:sfrrfilmgroup@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR