Events

As a fundraiser for the Piedmont Environmental Council, the movie, American Casino about the sub-prime lending crisis (a movie made by PEC board member Leslis Cockburn) will be shown at The Highland School on March 14 at 3 PM. Tickets will sell for $25.

The film lasts 90 minutes, so it is possible to both attend this and the SSC meeting at 5:15!

Tickets may be purchased here, and perhaps at the door.

For more information about the film, click here.

We are very happy to announce that our topic for this month will be "Introducing the Farm-to-Table Program: Growing Agriculture, Nutrition, and Community in Public Schools." Our speaker will be Trista Scheuerlein, Director of the Rappahannock Farm-to-Table Program.

Trista will be discussing how Farm-to-Table works in Rappahannock County to provide hands-on experiences in sustainable agriculture and nutritional education through an innovative multi-disciplinary approach in the public school system, and how creating the next crop of healthy students also supports our local food system and our rural ag-based economy. She will also speak briefly about other programs that are happening in Virginia, and about what it takes to get a program like this one started.

For more information on the Rappahannock program click here.

We will be meeting at our new home, the Marshall Community Center at 4133-A Rectortown Road, Marshall, VA. Please bring a dish to contribute to our pot luck supper if you can, and join us to learn about this very interesting topic.