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Upcoming Events:
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  • Recycle in Your Yard Tue, February 09

    Discover 101 neighbor-friendly ways to compost and “grasscycle” to save money and connect to the environment. An Eat Local Kalamazoo event.
  • Know your local eateries and their specialties. Thu, February 25

    Learn about Kalamazoo's own unique flavors, menus, and events. (2:00 pm & 6:30 pm)
  • Getting the Most Nutrition from your Food. Wed, March 10

    Learn how to maximize the benefits of what you eat by attending this panel discussion with a registered nutritionist and food experts. Free! (1 - 3 pm )

Fair Food Film Festival

Where does our food come from? Why does it matter?

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To explore the answers to these important questions, Fair Food Matters and its community partners* hosted southwest Michigan's first Fair Food Film Festival in 2008.

Now we're in the planning stages for our next festival, to be held in the spring of 2010. If you'd like to help, please email us.

Below, check out the intriguing films we offered last year - from quirky to educational.

  • King Corn: King Corn: Two friends, one acre, and the commodity that supports our fast-food nation

    More about "King Corn"

  • Organic Opportunity: Small Farms & Economic Development:Exploring Woodbury County's (Iowa) pioneering economic development campaign based on local, organic agriculture.

    More about "Organic Opportunity"

  • Food & Community: a tasty program of movie scenes and brief essays by local writers.
  • The Real Dirt on Farmer John:How one man revolutionized his family farm and redeemed his own life.

    More about "The Real Dirt on Farmer John"

*Presented with support from Kalamazoo Film Society, Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo College, Michigan Land Trustees and Portage United Church of Christ. Logo courtesy of Mehring Design.

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