Tableland

Monday, Jan 28, 7pm
Santa Barbara Library Faulkner Gallery 40 E. Anapamu Street
$6-$10 suggested donation

with wine (extra) and fingerfoods

TABLELAND is a culinary expedition in search of the people, place and taste of North American small-scale, sustainable food production. From the Orchards of the interior of BC, the Napa Highlands, the Lake Country of rural Quebec, Fairview Gardens in Goleta and everywhere in between, TABLELAND showcases from field to plate, the successful production of tasty, local, and seasonal food.

The characters in TABLELAND are doers, passionate people who are committed to their cause and bound by principles. They are not just farmers and chefs; they are writers, teachers, activists and leaders of the movement towards a sustainable food system. Most are famous (within food circles), outspoken and witty.

TABLELAND tackles four important issues, sustainability, economics and marketing, health and taste education, and eating locally and seasonally. These are intensely, at times humorously discussed by the farmers, chefs and activists that have had years of experience and knowledge of these issues. The “goods” will come straight from the horses mouth.

With a great deal of recent attention focused on food safety issues such as, Mad Cow, Avian Flu and E. Coli this subject matter is as relevant and topical as ever and concerns everyone, because everyone has to eat. Recent popular publications such as Fast Food Nation and films as Super Size Me, The Future of Food and King Corn, criticize the industrial food establishment. Instead, TABLELAND deals with this hot topic and shows positive working models of a more healthy, sane alternative, with as much focus on beautiful delicious food and where it comes from as the economic and ethical forces behind it.

TABLELAND is not a gloom and doom piece, it focuses on the positive and will be inspiring to watch, enough so that you will want to eat something deliciously and nutritiously local. By including passionate human stories, bucolic locations, exquisite food and a pertinent message, TABLELAND will entertain and tantalize viewers.

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Bob Banner
Publisher & Director
HopeDance
Radical Solutions Inspiring Hope
PO Box 15609
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406

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